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Breakthrough on immigration
A bipartisan group of eight senators defied conventional wisdom and broke through years of political gridlock Wednesday when they unveiled a rational, pragmatic plan to overhaul the nation's unworkable immigration system. The bill they introduced would...
Tags: Interior Policy, Labor Legislation, Illegal Immigrants, U.S. Congress, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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Israel's free pass from Boxer
Sen. Barbara Boxer introduced legislation last month that would allow Israel to continue racially profiling Americans of Arab and Muslim heritage who travel to Israel, even as it confers new privileges on Israelis traveling to the United States. I...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Interior Policy, Islam, Israel, Civil Rights
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How to get an American passport quickly when yours is about to expire
Question: My passport will expire at the end of August. Because I travel for my job frequently and sometimes with little advance notice, I cannot be without a passport for the four to six weeks it will take to get a new one. Also, many visas I will be...
Tags: Interior Policy, Trips and Vacations, Politics, Silver Spring (Montgomery, Maryland), Travel
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Some California employers eagerly await immigration reform bill
Central Valley farmers, Southern California bankers and Silicon Valley executives have all struggled to find workers — and they say an outdated immigration policy has been to blame. They're all hoping that a bipartisan group of U.S. senators...
Tags: Mark Zuckerberg, Interior Policy, Corporate Officers, AOL LLC, Immigration
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Senate immigration bill looks promising despite some unease
WASHINGTON — Complete satisfaction with the Senate's bipartisan immigration proposal was hard to find Tuesday as details of the bill became known, but despite reservations, a growing consensus was developing in favor of the proposal as the best...
Tags: Mitch McConnell, Crime, Law and Justice, Parties and Movements, Interior Policy, Immigration
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L.A. Now Live: Activists hopeful about Senate immigration bill
Details of the long-awaited Senate immigration proposal began to circulate Tuesday. Immigrant-rights advocates said they were pleased that a legalization measure was on the table, but they expressed concern about the specifics, including long waits to...
Tags: Interior Policy, Immigration, Migration, Politics, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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Immigration bill would be largest such effort ever attempted
WASHINGTON — After months of negotiations, a bipartisan group of eight senators is poised to offer a sweeping bill to rewrite the nation's immigration laws this week, taking advantage of a changed political alignment that, for the first time in...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Barack Obama, Interior Policy, Tea Party Movement, Marco Rubio
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Immigrants in L.A. guardedly optimistic about Senate bill
Under the immigration bill proposed by a bipartisan group of senators, Maria Galvan could achieve her dream of opening a hair salon in Southern California. She has spent more than a decade doing odd jobs, barred from getting the required business...
Tags: Barack Obama, U.S. House of Representatives, Interior Policy, Immigration, Labor Legislation
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Immigration bill would spark surge of legal arrivals
WASHINGTON — While much of the debate over immigration has focused on the fate of the estimated 11 million people in the U.S. without legal authorization, one of the biggest immediate impacts of the reform bill being prepared in the Senate would...
Tags: Interior Policy, Immigration, Labor Legislation, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Unemployment
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Executives' immigration dilemma: 'We can't find the workers'
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Aslam Khan, owner of 165 Church’s Chicken eateries, still has the text message — a plea from a general manager at one of his restaurants in Indiana: “Please don’t fire me. If I lose my job, I lose...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Interior Policy, Corporate Officers, Immigration, U.S. Congress
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Accord reached on farmworkers for immigration bill
WASHINGTON — Agreement was reached late Friday between farm labor unions and growers on one of the last major components of a sweeping immigration bill being drafted in the Senate — a deal that would set the terms of wages, visas and working...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Interior Policy, Michael F. Bennet, Immigration, Marco Rubio
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California lawmaker wants to regulate social network sites
Senate Majority Leader Ellen M. Corbett (D-San Leandro) is making a second attempt to regulate social network websites, including Facebook and Twitter, amid privacy concerns. With support from Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, Corbett has...
Tags: Lee Baca, Arts and Culture, Sociology, Interior Policy, Social Media
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