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Teacher pays it forward on immigrant's path to education
Itzel Ortega should have been bursting with the good news. Instead, her eyes filled with tears as she confided in her former English teacher. She had just been accepted to the architecture program at Cal Poly Pomona. But she wasn't eligible for...
Tags: California Polytechnic State University, Politics, Economy, Business and Finance, Crime, Law and Justice, Teachers
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Immigration talks bog down over numbers
WASHINGTON — Senate negotiations to overhaul the nation's immigration laws have stumbled over the hiring of half a million migrant farmworkers each year — an issue that is crucial for California's vast agricultural industry, which employs more...
Tags: Patrick Leahy, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Dianne Feinstein
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On the Spot: Dealing with a lost passport? What you should know.
This post has a correction. See below for details.Question: My girlfriend lost her passport on March 17 on a United Airlines flight. Someone in United's customer service team called on April 10 and left me a voicemail saying they had it. I accidentally deleted the voicemail. Since then she has called...Tags: Politics, U.S. Department of State, Interior Policy, United Air Lines, Consumers
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French countess is key advocate for AIDS patients in Myanmar
SHWEPYITHA, Myanmar — After her heroin-addict husband died five years ago, Ei Ei Phyu discovered she was HIV-positive. She thought her life was over until friends directed her to the open-air clinic here where she receives antiretroviral medicine....
Tags: Government, Politics, Social Issues, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice and Rights
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Application deluge for high-tech visas forces lottery
American companies are so eager to hire highly skilled foreign workers that a cap on new visas has been reached within a matter of days. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced Friday that it has received more than 85,000 applications...
Tags: Engineering, Politics, Interior Policy, Technology, Science and Technology
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A simple fabulist, or a killer clever at covering his tracks?
He mixed with the well-to-do in the upscale suburb of San Marino, proclaiming himself an English baronet who taught film at USC. He briefly settled in a wealthy Connecticut enclave, convincing locals he was a successful television producer. He talked...
Tags: Marriage, Politics, Alfred Hitchcock Presents (tv program) , Today (tv program), Students
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Survey: Most small businesses support E-Verify immigration checks
More than half of small businesses are in favor of requiring all employers to comply with some kind of E-Verify system, even though a majority of them don't use it or have never heard of it, according to a national survey. The National Small Business...
Tags: Engineering, Politics, Interior Policy, Technology, Science and Technology
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A shockingly sensible immigration plan
The recent agreement between business and labor leaders on how to provide visas for nonagricultural workers in such industries as construction, hotels and restaurants is a surprising and welcome development. Such a breakthrough agreement would have been...
Tags: Politics, Labor Legislation, Interior Policy, Immigration, Employment Opportunities
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Afghans seek their own exit strategy
KABUL, Afghanistan — Nabil Ahmad was at his desk at a logistics support firm last spring when an explosion ripped through the office. Windows shattered. The ceiling collapsed. "I thought it was an earthquake — or the end of the world," the...
Tags: Politics, U.S. Embassy, International Organizations, Migration, Services and Shopping
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Hundreds march downtown in support of immigration reform
Rodolfo Bravo, a native of Baja, Mexico, crossed the border illegally when he was 24. He found work at a Los Angeles-area tire shop. He had two children, Stephany and Rodolfo. Over two decades passed. Stephany is now 21 and a student at UC Santa...
Tags: Mexico, Politics, Elections, Illegal Immigrants, Interior Policy
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Immigration reform -- a conservative approach
A consensus has been building about the need to reform and modernize our immigration system. While I am optimistic that Republicans, including "tea party" members, will support reform, it must be done right. We must create a system for the 21st century...
Tags: Laws, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Labor Legislation, Justice and Rights
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Labor and business leaders clear hurdle in immigration talks
WASHINGTON – Labor and business leaders have agreed to a plan for setting wages for low-skilled immigrant workers, possibly ending a scuffle that delayed negotiations in the Senate over a sweeping plan to overhaul the country’s immigration...
Tags: Politics, Interior Policy, Immigration, Migration, U.S. Congress
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