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Feds will no longer seek to arrest medical marijuana users or suppliers, as long as they are conforming to state law
Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio defying feds and moving forward with illegal immigration sweep
Some immigration agents have eased up for fear of retaliation from Obama administration
Laura Ingraham squares off with activist over suspension of immigration raids
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Utah School Suspends Girl for Nose Piercing, Highlights Culture Clash
AP| U.S.
… natives, according to a 2007 U.S. Census estimate. The Indian population increased rapidly after a 1965 change to immigration law , which ended preferences given to specific European nations. Sandhya Nankani, who moved to the United States from …
Story|11/09/2009
More Immigrants Seek Asylum Over Sexual Orientation
AP| U.S.
… and threats of death from places where homosexuality is either outlawed or strongly, socially shunned. Federal immigration law allows individuals asylum if they can prove a well-founded fear of persecution in their country of origin based …
Story|10/27/2009
Arizona Sheriff Launches Controversial Immigration Sweep
AP| U.S.
… rings, Kobach said. "It's really a slight narrowing, but it's not much," said Kobach, who worked as an immigration law adviser to then-U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft from 2001-2003. Dan Pochoda, legal director for the American …
Story|10/19/2009
Arizona Sheriff Launches Immigration Sweep
AP| U.S.
… rings, Kobach said. "It's really a slight narrowing, but it's not much," said Kobach, who worked as an immigration law adviser to then-U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft from 2001-2003. Dan Pochoda, legal director for the American …
Story|10/19/2009
Arizona Sheriff Vows to Continue Immigration Sweeps Despite Federal Downgrade
FOXNews.com| Politics
… forward with the sweep on Friday. The federal government stripped Arpaio of part of his federal authority to enforce immigration law by changing its rules under a program allowing local police to enforce those laws. Under the changes, Arpaio's …
Story|10/12/2009
Immigrants Struggle to Bring Adult Kids to U.S.
AP| U.S.
… federal government to try to get their adult children into the country without another lengthy wait. Under U.S. immigration law , children 21 and older cannot immigrate under their parents' applications for green cards. Immigration attorneys …
Story|08/25/2009
Feds to Change Immigration Detention Oversight
AP| Politics
… themselves in court and fight to remain in the country. A report released last month by the Los Angeles-based National Immigration Law Center found that detainees have faced limited access to phones, mail and law libraries in violation of federal standards …
Story|08/05/2009
Immigration from Mexico at Lowest in Decade
AP| U.S.
… people detained by Border Patrol are Mexican. The findings come as the Obama administration has pledged to take up immigration law this year. A key Democrat in the effort, Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer has said he hopes to have a bill ready by …
Story|07/22/2009
Same-Sex Couples Seek Immigration Benefit
AP| Politics
… heritage contributed to his taking a closer look at protecting same-sex couples through an overhaul of the nation's immigration law . Japanese-Americans were sent to internment camps during the fallout from Pearl Harbor and redefined as persons …
Story|07/18/2009
Homeland Security Revises Immigration Plan, Limits Officers' Power to Arrest Illegals
U.S.
… program that authorized local police to enforce federal immigration law — a controversial aspect of U.S. border policy ..... and worksite raids. "If I'm told not to enforce immigration law except if the alien is a violent criminal, my answer …
Story|07/11/2009
