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Immigration-rights advocates say thousands of people with credible claims to U.S. citizenship are detained every year by an overloaded immigration-enforcement system, in part because of pressures on agents to show results in numbers of deportations and a lack of adequate civil-rights protections.
Wonk Room » Another U.S. Citizen ‘Accidentally’ Deported 2009
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Opponents of the measure say the impact of an immigration-enforcement measure signed into law last month in neighboring Georgia offers a cautionary tale.
Alabama Gets Tough on Illegal Immigrants Arian Campo-Flores 2011
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Opponents of the measure say the impact of an immigration-enforcement measure signed into law last month in neighboring Georgia offers a cautionary tale.
Alabama Gets Tough on Illegal Immigrants Arian Campo-Flores 2011
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A senior administration official described the move as an effort to better use limited immigration-enforcement resources and to alleviate pressure on overburdened immigration courts.
U.S. Alters Policy on Deporting Immigrants Miriam Jordan 2011
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According to the Tribune, these costs are all a result of his immigration-enforcement crusade that has netted a lot of brown-skinned traffic violators, but neglected violent crimes and homicides which have gone up by 166%.
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The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, the immigration-enforcement unit of the Department of Homeland Security, said in an outline of the initiative that its "attorneys nationwide will review all incoming cases in immigration court."
More Discretion In Deportations Miriam Jordan 2011
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Arizona lawmakers on Tuesday passed one of the toughest pieces of immigration-enforcement legislation in the country, which would make it a violation of state law to be in the U.S. without proper documentation.
Arizona Clears Strict Immigration Bill Miriam Jordan 2010
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Arizona lawmakers on Tuesday passed one of the toughest pieces of immigration-enforcement legislation in the country, which would make it a violation of state law to be in the U.S. without proper documentation.
Arizona Clears Strict Immigration Bill Miriam Jordan 2010
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Arizona lawmakers passed one of the toughest pieces of immigration-enforcement legislation in the country.
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Arizona lawmakers passed one of the toughest pieces of immigration-enforcement legislation in the country.
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