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Yet, the media treat this as if it were a mainstream event.
Citizenship filings decline after fee hike
By AMY TAXIN, Associated Press Writer
Wed Sep 10, 4:26 AM ET
ORANGE, Calif. - Immigrants aren’t seeking U.S. citizenship as often these days — not since the American dream became more expensive.
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Following a 69 percent increase last summer in citizenship fees, about 281,000 immigrants have applied to become U.S. citizens in […]
From the Washington Post series: CARELESS DETENTION
Some Detainees Are Drugged For Deportation
Immigrants Sedated Without Medical Reason
by Amy Goldstein and Dana Priest | Washington Post Staff Writers
Page A1; May 14, 2008
The U.S. government has injected hundreds of foreigners it has deported with dangerous psychotropic drugs against their will to keep them sedated during the trip back […]
W ‘n Friends reward the man with disdain while having praised
vermin in the guise of Chalabi. But, why wouldn’t W’s regime
appreciate someone accused of embezzling $300,000,00
from a Jordanian bank?
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Stalwart Service for U.S. in Iraq Is Not Enough to Gain Green Card
By Karen DeYoung
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, March 23, 2008; A01
During his nearly four years as […]
Hey, Fred. Even in your brand of English,
a preposition should not end a sentence.
Nevertheless, Freddy the Sloth is unaware that
many legal immigrants don’t speak the lingo.
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Thompson’s got trouble in River City
Iowa has become central to his GOP campaign as he’s slid to asterisk status in New Hampshire. Challenges include lackluster polling, energy and […]
Op-Ed Columnist
Spies Like You and Me
By BOB HERBERT
Published: December 8, 2007
Let the witch hunt begin. Are you now or have you ever been an illegal immigrant?
Are any of your friends illegal? Relatives?
The last place you’d expect to encounter a chilling moment is at a presidential debate sponsored by National Public Radio. But on Tuesday, there […]
Julie Myers
Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Julie Myers, who oversees illegal export investigations as head of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has apologized for condoning a Halloween party costume depicting a black dread locked prisoner.
(Charles Dharapak/AP Photo)
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This AP story is from Think Progress.
Bush official lauded racially offensive Halloween costume.
Julie Myers, head of Homeland Security’s […]
Hey, Condi, what’s the prob?
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State Dept. To Order Diplomats To Iraq
As Many as 50 Positions Are Expected to Be Open
By Karen DeYoung
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, October 27, 2007; A01
The State Department will order as many as 50 U.S. diplomats to take posts in Iraq next year because of expected shortfalls in filling openings there, the […]
Could it be that both of them want to hold their breath so no one will know their background. Tin Horn does it by carrying W’s water and Alito apparently joined a club at Princeton which was a bit against minorities. While I do not like Scalia’s politics, he does not seem embarrassed by his […]
Voters in Dallas suburb OK ban on renting to illegals
May 13, 2007
BY ANABELLE GARAY
FARMERS BRANCH, Texas — Voters in this Dallas suburb Saturday overwhelmingly approved a measure banning landlords from renting to most illegal immigrants.
More than 90 local governments nationwide have proposed similar measures, but Farmers Branch was the first to put the issue to […]