Immigration

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Does Rubio's "DREAM Act" Really Put Obama in a Box?

Rubio wants to give some undocumented students legal status, but not citizenship.

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| Thu Apr. 26, 2012 9:54 AM PDT
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Is the Supreme Court About to Mobilize Latino Voters?

This week, the court is considering the constitutionality of Arizona's harsh immigration law. The justices' decision may well change the shape of American politics.

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| Thu Apr. 26, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
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3 Things to Know About the Challenge to Arizona's Immigration Law

A primer on today's Supreme Court oral arguments over Arizona's strict anti-illegal immigration law.

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| Tue Apr. 24, 2012 12:20 PM PDT
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Arizona, Immigration, and the Supreme Court: A Dispatch from Foxnewsistan

When it comes to Arizona's SB 1070, the high court's conservative justices are living in an alternate universe.

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| Mon Apr. 23, 2012 10:52 AM PDT

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House GOP: Rape Prevention Measures an Unreasonable Luxury

Republicans say Obama's policy to prevent abuse of immigration detainees amounts to "holiday" accommodations for them.

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| Thu Mar. 29, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
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Romney Endorser: Immigrants Make Walmart a Scary Place

This same Louisiana state representative has proposed a rape test for women seeking abortions.

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| Fri Mar. 23, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
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"It's Just Not Right": The Failures of Alabama's Self-Deportation Experiment

What happens when outside agitators work with state politicians to pass the nation's most draconian anti-immigrant law yet? The Cotton State learned the hard way.

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| Thu Mar. 1, 2012 4:00 AM PST
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Kris Kobach, Nativist Son

The legal mastermind behind the wave of anti-immigration laws sweeping the country.

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| Thu Mar. 1, 2012 4:00 AM PST

How Did Harsh Immigration Laws Spread to Your Statehouse?

Hint: The conservative American Legislative Exchange Council and legal experts like Kris Kobach had a lot to do with it.

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| Thu Mar. 1, 2012 4:00 AM PST
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Is Your State Hostile to Obama's Mini-DREAM Act?

Plus: four other maps tracking the anti-immigrant movement nationwide.

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| Thu Mar. 1, 2012 4:00 AM PST

The Immigration Hardliner Family Tree

A guide to the funders, think tanks, lawyers, and politicians behind harsh Arizona-style legislation.

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| Thu Mar. 1, 2012 4:00 AM PST

The Effects of Self-Deportation in Alabama

Photos from Birmingham, Alabama, where residents are experiencing the downside of anti-immigration bill HB 56

Photographs by David Walter Banks/Luceo Images

 | Thu Mar. 1, 2012 4:00 AM PST

Inside the Self-Deportation Movement

A Mother Jones analysis of the 164 state anti-immigration bills and the forces behind them.

Wed Feb. 29, 2012 3:49 PM PST
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Rick and Mitt Give Latinos a Reason to Turn Out for Obama in November

Did Romney and Santorum just save Obama from his own record on immigration?

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| Thu Feb. 23, 2012 9:35 AM PST
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GOP Candidates Pander to Sheriff Joe

At Wednesday's debate, the candidates took their marching orders from a rogue sheriff who's been accused of civil rights abuses

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| Wed Feb. 22, 2012 7:28 PM PST
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Gingrich and Romney Want to Say Adios to Bilingual Ballots

The GOP front-runners endorse a plan that could disenfranchise millions of voters—including their own.

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| Mon Jan. 30, 2012 4:00 AM PST
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What Newt Gingrich Doesn't Get About Deportation and Gangs Like MS-13

Deportation was supposed to solve the problem of Salvadorian gangs—instead, it did the opposite.

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| Thu Jan. 26, 2012 6:55 PM PST

Mitt Says Newt Was for "Self-Deportation" Before He Was Against It

"Self-deportation" is all the rage.

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| Wed Jan. 25, 2012 2:52 PM PST

Gingrich Woos the Latino Vote on Univision

Will the ex-speaker's new strategy backfire?

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| Wed Jan. 25, 2012 9:25 AM PST
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SERVICE GUARANTEES CITIZENSHIP! DO YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE?

Republicans come out for a military-only DREAM Act

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| Tue Jan. 24, 2012 10:24 AM PST