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Both parties duck on immigration
Associated Press WriterThe tricky politics of immigration, an issue once seen as a driving force of the 2008 election, have relegated it to a back but hot burner in the presidential campaign debate and paralyzed Congress on the topic. Both John McCain and Barack Obama...Tags: Government, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Armed Forces, Barack Obama, Illegal Immigrants
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Letters to the editor
Runaway runway expansion Re "Getting too close to home," Aug. 26 Thanks for sharing the concerns of the Westchester/Playa del Rey community by bringing attention to the sad story that is Los Angeles International Airport. But nowhere in the article...Tags: Health Treatments, Government, Automotive Equipment, Don Perata, Fannie Mae
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Many migrant marchers have moved on
GUSTAVO ARELLANO is a contributing editor to Opinion and author of the new book "ĦAsk a Mexican!"MILLIONS OF Latinos surprised the United States a year ago with a kick to the political cojones. Men, women, children and their multiethnic amigos marched through Los Angeles and dozens of other cities, proclaiming to the world that they wanted amnesty...Tags: Luis V Gutierrez, Government, Illegal Immigrants, Labor Legislation, Culture
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For U.S., it's close but no cigar
NEWSDAY WASHINGTON BUREAU; This story was supplemented with a wire report.HAVANA - A contingent of U.S. lawmakers left here yesterday without meeting with the nation's leader, but in agreement that a possible U.S.-Cuba prisoner swap might open a way to improve relations. The 10-member bipartisan contingent - the largest...Tags: Freedom of the Press, Laws, Far Rockaway, Fidel Castro, United States of America
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DeLay Ends His Drive to Regain Post
Times Staff WritersWASHINGTON — Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, indicted in Texas last fall and under scrutiny in a blossoming political scandal on Capitol Hill, abandoned on Saturday his effort to regain his leadership post. His decision touched off a race...Tags: Nick Lampson, Government, Court Preliminary, Upper House, Roy Blunt
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Fiscal conservatives riled
Washington BureauAs Republicans rush to make amends for a slow initial response to Hurricane Katrina by doling out billions of dollars in aid, GOP leaders in the process are angering their core supporters and dividing their members in Congress by greatly expanding the...Tags: Government, Health Treatments, Mary L Landrieu, Mike Pence, George Bush
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A flicker of life on the Hill
SOME PRIVACY ADVOCATES ARE troubled by reports in The Times and in other newspapers Friday that the U.S. government has been trying to detect terrorist plots by sifting through an international database of financial transactions. But whatever one thinks...Tags: Government, Walter B Jones, Upper House, Arlen Specter, National Security Agency
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Immigration reform, again
IF THE WHITE HOUSE IS finally serious about a comprehensive plan to fix the nation's immigration system, and there are signs that it is, then President Bush needs to get serious about working with Democrats -- and standing up to the more unreasonable...Tags: John McCain, Government, National Government, George Bush, Thomas G Tancredo
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GOP immigration bill could make H-4A and the H-4B visas available
Staff WriterQ. I have been living in the United States 12 years and have been illegally here. I had giving up hope of ever legalizing my immigrant status until the other day, when I was reading about the H-4A and the H-4B visas. What are they? I understand they are...Tags: John McCain, Interior Policy, Migration, Laws, Illegal Immigrants
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Latest results in House races
The Associated PressALABAMA District 1 -- 100 percent Sonny Callahan, GOP (i) 151,024 - 91 percent Dick Coffee, Lib 14,032 - 9 percent District 2 -- 100 percent Charles Woods, Dem 67,624 - 30 percent Terry Everett, GOP (i) 154,785 - 68 percent Wallace McGahan, Lib 4,214...Tags: Michael Green, Harold Rogers, Nancy Johnson, Jerry Moran, Loretta Sanchez
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