PINAL COUNTY & ARIZONA NEWS : Immigration
Budget ax shaping immigration policy
Wed, Feb 27, 2013
Immigration
After detaining growing numbers of immigrants in deportation proceedings for years, the federal government reversed course this week, releasing more than 300 immigrants from facilities in Arizona and hundreds more in other states.The highly surprising move was made to save money in anticipation of looming budget cuts known as sequestration,
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How will we know Arizona border is ‘secure’?
Fri, Feb 1, 2013
Immigration
As Congress moves to tackle meaningful immigration reform this year, one of the obstacles may be determining when the border between the U.S. and Mexico can be declared secure.For years, even as border enforcement increased dramatically, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer and other critics charged that the federal government doesn’t do
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Immigration plan needs to include a path to citizenship
Tue, Jan 15, 2013
Immigration
By Roberto Reveles, My Turn Sun Jan 13, 2013 6:15 PMArizona has been at the epicenter of our country’s often-ugly debate on immigration for too long, but the ground is shifting, and the reverberations of our state’s deplorably contentious conversation over the issue are once again being felt all the
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Rules eased for some seeking Green Card
Thu, Jan 3, 2013
Immigration
Some illegal immigrants who are immediate relatives of U.S. citizens might not have to spend as much time apart while they process their green cards after a change was announced by the Obama administration."The law is designed to avoid extreme hardship to U.S. citizens, which is precisely what this rule
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Brewer’s order to end migrant driver licenses ‘contradictory’
Wed, Nov 21, 2012
Immigration
Gov. Jan Brewer’s executive order denying driver’s licenses and ID cards to undocumented immigrants who obtain work permits through President Barack Obama’s deferred-action program is a significant change in state policy, records obtained by The Arizona Republic show.Over the past eight years, Arizona issued licenses and ID cards nearly 40,000
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Statement by the President on the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Arizona v. the United States
Mon, Jun 25, 2012
Immigration
I am pleased that the Supreme Court has struck down key provisions of Arizona's immigration law. What this decision makes unmistakably clear is that Congress must act on comprehensive immigration reform. A patchwork of state laws is not a solution to our broken immigration system – it’s part of the
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Az Dems: SB 1070 'a tool of divisive voices for political gain'
Mon, Jun 25, 2012
Immigration
Arizona Democratic Party Executive Director Luis Heredia issued the following statement regarding the Supreme Court's ruling Monday on SB 1070:The Supreme Court of the United States has ruled section 2B of SB 1070 to be constitutional. That does not make it just or moral. Other parts were ruled unconstitutional as
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Poll: Arizona voters support Dream Act
Fri, Apr 27, 2012
Immigration
Three out of four registered voters in Arizona support the Dream Act, according to a new state poll.The Merrill/Morrison Institute survey indicated that 73 percent of registered voters support the Dream Act -- 45 percent of them strongly.
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Immigration law, politics see wave of change in 2 years
Mon, Apr 23, 2012
Immigration
Two years ago today, Gov. Jan Brewer signed Senate Bill 1070, considered at the time to be the toughest immigration-enforcement law in the nation.
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-Tucson Sector arrests at border fall 40 percent last year
Sat, Nov 5, 2011
Immigration
NOGALES - The number of illegal immigrants arrested by the Border Patrol in the Tucson Sector fell by more than 40 percent last year, a significant drop that indicates illegal immigration has slowed considerably in Arizona.
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