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    <title>Immigrant's List News Clips</title>
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      <title><![CDATA[Immigrants Deported, by U.S. Hospitals]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/us/03deport.html?_r=1&th=&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&emc=th&adxnnlx=1217779704-wkKDY2aYRTmkbLHcdPIspA]]></link>
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      <description><![CDATA[U.S. Hospitals are now taking the role of ICE and deporting sick illegal immigrants.

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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[U.S. Hospitals are now taking the role of ICE and deporting sick illegal immigrants.

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      <dc:date>2008-08-03T16:17:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Immigration authorities accused of racial profiling]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2008/07/29/c1b_ice_0731.html]]></link>
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      <description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, immigrant advocates publicly accused agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Border Patrol of racial profiling &#151; detaining only those who look Hispanic.]]></description>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[On Wednesday, immigrant advocates publicly accused agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Border Patrol of racial profiling &#151; detaining only those who look Hispanic.]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2008-07-31T15:36:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Diverse crowd gathers at vigil]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.republicanherald.com/articles/2008/07/30/news/local_news/pr_republican.20080730.a.pg1.pr30vigil_s1.1844725_top2.txt]]></link>
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      <description><![CDATA[A candlelight vigil Tuesday night for an illegal Mexican immigrant fatally beaten earlier this month was marked by impassioned calls for racial unity and justice.]]></description>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[A candlelight vigil Tuesday night for an illegal Mexican immigrant fatally beaten earlier this month was marked by impassioned calls for racial unity and justice.]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2008-07-30T19:13:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Immigration official asks Newsom for access to SF jails]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.insidebayarea.com/ci_9977704]]></link>
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      <description><![CDATA[A letter sent to Newsom from ICE director Julie Myers urging more access to inmate records was the latest flare-up following accusations that a San Francisco policy to shield undocumented immigrants also caused the city to shelter felons charged with serious crimes.]]></description>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[A letter sent to Newsom from ICE director Julie Myers urging more access to inmate records was the latest flare-up following accusations that a San Francisco policy to shield undocumented immigrants also caused the city to shelter felons charged with serious crimes.]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2008-07-24T21:22:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Feds arrest 58 undocumented workers in raids on 8 eateries]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1216888248263560.xml&coll=2]]></link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Federal agents walked into Mexican restaurants in Oberlin, Vermilion and six other Ohio communities Wednesday and walked out with 58 workers in handcuffs.]]></description>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Federal agents walked into Mexican restaurants in Oberlin, Vermilion and six other Ohio communities Wednesday and walked out with 58 workers in handcuffs.]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2008-07-24T16:53:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chertoff defends border actions, calls for immigration bill]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=40504&dcn=todaysnews]]></link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff Thursday defended actions his department has taken to control the nation's borders and prodded Congress to continue to provide funding and support for key security programs.]]></description>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff Thursday defended actions his department has taken to control the nation's borders and prodded Congress to continue to provide funding and support for key security programs.]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2008-07-22T14:23:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Alberta, Canada Welcomes H-1B Visa Holders and Their Families While the U.S. Rejects them]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.pontealdia.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=626]]></link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Canada is currently seeking to capitalize on the flaws of our immigration system by offering Canadian Permanent Residency to H-1B visa holders in the United States who are fed up with the U.S. immigration system and the scarcity of available visas. ]]></description>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Canada is currently seeking to capitalize on the flaws of our immigration system by offering Canadian Permanent Residency to H-1B visa holders in the United States who are fed up with the U.S. immigration system and the scarcity of available visas. ]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2008-07-21T16:27:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Reports Spur Debate Over Immigrant Detention Conditions]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.migrationinformation.org/USFocus/display.cfm?id=688]]></link>
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      <dc:date>2008-07-18T18:01:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[House Immigration Subcommittee Approved HR 6034]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The House Immigration Subcommittee Approved HR 6034 by voice vote with only one opposing!  Congress Now reports on the vote that moves the bill forward.  Following this action, the bill now goes to the full House Judiciary Committee for consideration. ]]></description>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The House Immigration Subcommittee Approved HR 6034 by voice vote with only one opposing!  Congress Now reports on the vote that moves the bill forward.  Following this action, the bill now goes to the full House Judiciary Committee for consideration. ]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2008-07-10T15:07:01Z</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[With E-Verify, Too Many Errors to Expand Its Use?]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0707/p02s01-usgn.html]]></link>
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      <description><![CDATA[A recent executive order mandating that all federal contractors use E-Verify and legislation pending in Congress that would make the program mandatory for all employers nationwide have heightened concerns among critics that thousands of legal Americans will be unfairly denied jobs. ]]></description>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[A recent executive order mandating that all federal contractors use E-Verify and legislation pending in Congress that would make the program mandatory for all employers nationwide have heightened concerns among critics that thousands of legal Americans will be unfairly denied jobs. ]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2008-07-08T16:05:01Z</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Study: N.Va. hub for immigrants]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.examiner.com/a-1470764~Study__N_Va__hub_for_immigrants.html]]></link>
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      <description><![CDATA[For the first time in commonwealth history, one in 10 Virginia residents was born outside the U.S. The overall percentage of foreign-born Virginians has doubled since 1990.]]></description>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[For the first time in commonwealth history, one in 10 Virginia residents was born outside the U.S. The overall percentage of foreign-born Virginians has doubled since 1990.]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2008-07-03T16:47:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Judge stalls border fence at UT Brownsville]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/stories/DN-borderfence_01tex.ART.State.Edition1.4d4bd80.html]]></link>
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      <description><![CDATA[U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen said the government had not complied with his March order to work with the University of Texas at Brownsville to come up with a better plan than the one that puts more than a quarter of the school's acreage &#150; including the golf course &#150; behind the U.S.-Mexico border fence.]]></description>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen said the government had not complied with his March order to work with the University of Texas at Brownsville to come up with a better plan than the one that puts more than a quarter of the school's acreage &#150; including the golf course &#150; behind the U.S.-Mexico border fence.]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2008-07-02T21:35:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[45 People Are Detained in Md. Immigration Raid]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/30/AR2008063000604.html]]></link>
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      <description><![CDATA[In article dated July 1st, Washington Post staff writer Willam Wan, reported that 75 federal immigration agents and 50 Anne Arundel County police officers raided the offices of an Annapolis painting company yesterday and detained 45 suspected illegal immigrants, who officials say were hired and housed by the company in private homes. 

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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[In article dated July 1st, Washington Post staff writer Willam Wan, reported that 75 federal immigration agents and 50 Anne Arundel County police officers raided the offices of an Annapolis painting company yesterday and detained 45 suspected illegal immigrants, who officials say were hired and housed by the company in private homes. 

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      <dc:date>2008-07-02T20:37:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Child Detainees Battle System Alone]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.truthout.org/article/child-detainees-battle-system-alone]]></link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Undocumented children entering the US alone must confront barriers that extend far beyond the border. If apprehended, they're met with a sometimes-brutal detention period, followed by a trial under a legal system that treats them the same as apprehended adults, according to children's rights advocates and recent reports by the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General's Office (OIG) and the Government Accountability Office.]]></description>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Undocumented children entering the US alone must confront barriers that extend far beyond the border. If apprehended, they're met with a sometimes-brutal detention period, followed by a trial under a legal system that treats them the same as apprehended adults, according to children's rights advocates and recent reports by the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General's Office (OIG) and the Government Accountability Office.]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2008-07-01T21:20:02Z</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Detaining Asylum-Seekers and Torture Victims]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080618/news_lz1e18aceves.html]]></link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Under U.S. law, individuals who have been persecuted because of race, religion, nationality, or political opinion may apply for political asylum. However, due to increased restrictions in immigration policies, many of these legal asylum-seekers find themselves behind bars in detention centers upon entering the U.S.]]></description>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Under U.S. law, individuals who have been persecuted because of race, religion, nationality, or political opinion may apply for political asylum. However, due to increased restrictions in immigration policies, many of these legal asylum-seekers find themselves behind bars in detention centers upon entering the U.S.]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2008-06-23T15:16:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Dead-Ends and Deportation for America&#8217;s Youth]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/images/File/pressrelease/DeadendsDeportations06-19-08.pdf]]></link>
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      <description><![CDATA[As lawmakers keep trying to &#147;deport their way out&#148; of a dysfunctional immigration system that 
has fueled a growing undocumented population, deporting students would be 
traumatic not only for the students themselves, but for the American workforce as a whole.  An 
IPC fact sheet, Dreams Deferred: The Cost of Ignoring Undocumented Students, details the 
financial and emotional costs of deporting these students and wasting human resources that are 
vital to our nation&#146;s future. ]]></description>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[As lawmakers keep trying to &#147;deport their way out&#148; of a dysfunctional immigration system that 
has fueled a growing undocumented population, deporting students would be 
traumatic not only for the students themselves, but for the American workforce as a whole.  An 
IPC fact sheet, Dreams Deferred: The Cost of Ignoring Undocumented Students, details the 
financial and emotional costs of deporting these students and wasting human resources that are 
vital to our nation&#146;s future. ]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2008-06-20T15:38:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Federal prosecution of illegal immigrants soars]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http_wwwlatimescom_news_nationworld_washingtondc_la_na_immig18_2008jun1]]></link>
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      <description><![CDATA[With the dramatic increase of prosecutions of illegal immigrants along the U.S.-Mexico border in the last year, immigration offenses now account for as much as half the nation's federal criminal caseload.]]></description>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[With the dramatic increase of prosecutions of illegal immigrants along the U.S.-Mexico border in the last year, immigration offenses now account for as much as half the nation's federal criminal caseload.]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2008-06-20T01:30:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Puncturing Immigration Myths]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.insidebayarea.com/timesstar/ci_9585052]]></link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Contra Costa Times debunks several popular myths regarding Latino immigration in California. ]]></description>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The Contra Costa Times debunks several popular myths regarding Latino immigration in California. ]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2008-06-16T14:04:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Waiting Period for Immigrant Background Checks]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-fbi10-2008jun10,0,3189496.story]]></link>
      <guid><![CDATA[http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-fbi10-2008jun10,0,3189496.story]]></guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The FBI system for performing background checks on immigrants has become so overloaded since the Sept. 11 attacks that thousands of legal immigrants are waiting years to get into the United States or obtain citizenship, according to findings from an internal investigation released Monday.]]></description>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The FBI system for performing background checks on immigrants has become so overloaded since the Sept. 11 attacks that thousands of legal immigrants are waiting years to get into the United States or obtain citizenship, according to findings from an internal investigation released Monday.]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2008-06-13T13:52:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Workers on Hunger Strike Say They Were Misled on Visas]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/07/washington/07immig.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1]]></link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Metalworkers from India staged a hunger strike after learning that they would not receive visas to remain in the United States legally. The workers were brought to the United States by American labor recruiters and promised the opportunity for "permanent lifetime settlement in U.S.A. for self and family." However, the H-2B visas they were granted are for short-term contracts and the workers may soon be forced to leave the country and return to India. ]]></description>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Metalworkers from India staged a hunger strike after learning that they would not receive visas to remain in the United States legally. The workers were brought to the United States by American labor recruiters and promised the opportunity for "permanent lifetime settlement in U.S.A. for self and family." However, the H-2B visas they were granted are for short-term contracts and the workers may soon be forced to leave the country and return to India. ]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2008-06-09T13:52:00Z</dc:date>
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