Immigration: The Case for Amensty
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It has emerged as the pariah term in the immigration debate. But here's why legalizing aliens makes sense
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Being English can be fraught with peril. Consider, for instance, the dilemma posed by peas.
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Gelia Crayton is the picture of conservative California. She worships at the Crystal Cathedral, Orange County's gleaming megachurch. She opposes abortion and gay marriage. And she thinks illegal immigration is the scourge of the state.
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Fundamental issues of ethnic and religious identity and the agony of exile are at the heart of âLive and Become.â
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COPENHAGEN -- The "Amens!" flew like popcorn in hot oil as 120 Christian worshipers clapped and danced and praised Jesus as if He'd just walked into the room. In a country where about 2 percent of the population attend  church regularly and many churches draw barely enough worshipers to fill a si...
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President Bush's plan to liberalize the nation's immigration laws to allow millions of undocumented workers the opportunity for legal status appears to be on a collision course with newly aroused sentiment among House Republicans pushing for a crackdown on illegal immigration.
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ROME, Sep 11 (IPS) - Migrants most often carry their religion with them,  and this often leads to clashes with people in their host  country, Peter Schatzer, Director Mediterranean Regional Office  and Head of Mission in Italy for the International Organisation  for Migration (IOM), tells IPS correspondent Sabina Zaccaro. And  that makes religion a particular issue for about 95 million  migrants around the world.
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Comment is free: Madeleine Bunting: An important US study shows us that the effects of ethnic diversity can be read as a challenge, rather than a threat.
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On a recent political round table on CNN, Ann Coulter took a swipe at Canadians, saying that we should consider ourselves "lucky that [we] are allowed to exist on the same continent" as the US.     Alright, Ann, this isn't the first time that an American has denied our right to exist. It's been going on for most of US history. But let's say, for the sake of argument, that we exist at the USA's continued sufferance. If we're that much trouble, why not do what your implications in those statements suggest.    Invade. You're bound to do better than you did before.    Just remember that last time, someone  burned the White House down.
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NEW YORK -- Would America open its doors for the next Albert Einstein? Under the new immigration bill, the answer is maybe, but maybe not.
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Landmark legislation to secure U.S. borders and offer millions of illegal immigrants a share of the American dream cleared the Senate on Thursday, a rare election-year reach across party lines and a triumph for President Bush.
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By Lindee, Susan  REBECCA M. HERZIG, Suffering for Science: Reason and Sacrifice in Modern America. New Brunswick, NJ and London: Rutgers University Press, 2005. Pp. ?+194. ISBN: 0-8135-3662-6.
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Bush would raise legal immigration; Kerry is more liberal on amnesty.
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To forgive is divine. To forget may be asking too much of religious conservatives when it comes to Sen. John McCain.
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A provocative study asks whether religion is a product of evol ution. Inside a quest for the roots of faith
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Legislation implemented by New England's devout earliest residents, such as laws against blasphemy and adultery, are coming under fire as not just anachronistic but also potentially harmful -- and, in some cases, unconstitutional.
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New feelings of insecurity in immigrant communities is helping fuel a rise in the number of legal immigrants seeking to become United States citizens.