L.I. Clash on Immigrants Is Gaining Political Force
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The issue of illegal immigration is gathering political force in Long Island, and as the complaints grow, politicians are responding with new laws.
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Making it easier to deport immigrants seeking political asylum will get a vote in the House this week, a few days after a federal commission said that many of them already are being treated like criminals.
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Republicans who want to slow  immigration to the United States and crack down on illegal  immigrants believe they are gaining political strength and  public backing, which may pose a problem next year for  President Bush.
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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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New feelings of insecurity in immigrant communities are helping fuel a rise in the number of legal immigrants seeking to become U.S. citizens.
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GuardianFilms:  The illegal immigrant has become the whipping boy of the  Republican Party.  But, in California with the GuardianFilms team, the Observer's Paul Harris finds that the crackdown on cheap, immigrant labour is hurting food production
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The Senate debate over legalizing millions of immigrants is on hold as lawmakers brace for political blowback from unhappy liberals and conservatives.
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As Congress resumes work on the immigration bill, a point system will be at the heart of the debate.
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As the U.S. wrestles with questions of terrorism and immigration control, Muslims appear to be moving here again in surprising numbers.
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Tens of thousands of Iraqi immigrants across the United States who may be entitled to vote in their homeland's elections this month are finding that confusion is the front-runner.
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Like politicians in Washington, Massachusetts business and labor leaders are finding plenty to gripe about in the proposed overhaul of America's immigration laws.
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In the city, some 250,000 to 300,000 immigrants-turned-US citizens will vote Tuesday.
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On Iraq, immigration, and Attorney General Gonzales, some staunch supporters have begun to defect.
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The dispute over Indiana's voter ID law that is headed to the Supreme Court in January is as much a partisan political drama as a legal tussle.
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Republicans are finding that a hard-line stance on immigration resonates with a wide swath of voters.
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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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In the last few years, political races from Congress to county sheriff have begun to hinge on the American Indian vote.