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• Groups protest Ariz. immigration law’s enforcement

  September 19, 2012 PHOENIX (AP) — A day after the most contentious provision of Arizona’s immigration law took effect, rallies were held around Phoenix to protest the mandate that civil rights activists say …

• Texas town’s rental ban gets second hearing

  September 19, 2012 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Dallas suburb has asked a federal appeals court to uphold an ordinance that would ban illegal immigrants from renting homes in the town. The full …

• Arizona immigration law spurs education campaign

  September 19, 2012 PHOENIX (AP) — A day after the most contentious provision of Arizona’s immigration law took effect, rallies were planned around Phoenix to protest the law that civil rights activists contend …

• Texas town’s rental ban to get second hearing

  September 19, 2012 DALLAS (AP) — A Dallas suburb’s long, expensive fight to ban illegal immigrants from renting homes will have perhaps its most important hearing before a largely conservative group of judges …

• Feds: NC sheriff and deputies targeted Latinos

  September 18, 2012 RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A two-year investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice has found that a North Carolina sheriff and his deputies routinely discriminated against Latinos by making unwarranted … 1

• Judge: Police to enforce Ariz. immigration law now

  September 18, 2012 PHOENIX (AP) — A judge in Arizona ruled Tuesday that police can immediately start enforcing the most contentious section of the state’s immigration law, marking the first time officers can … 2

• Obama chides China, hopes to use as campaign wedge

  September 17, 2012 CINCINNATI (AP) — President Barack Obama lodged an unfair-trade complaint against China Monday and immediately used it as a wedge against Republican challenger Mitt Romney, whose beleaguered campaign hit another …

• Romney makes fresh appeal to Latino voters

  September 17, 2012 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Republican Mitt Romney is making a fresh appeal to Latino voters and trying to cut into President Barack Obama’s advantage with a key portion of the …

• Calif. illegal immigrants ask for school records

  September 17, 2012 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Thousands of illegal immigrants have inundated the nation’s second-largest school district with requests for copies of records that might qualify them for the Obama administration’s Deferred … 1

• Young illegal immigrants may get driver’s licenses

  September 15, 2012 FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — When 17-year-old Alondra Esquivel needs to get from her rural central California home to classes at Fresno State University 20 miles away, she must rely on … 2

• Arpaio the last of Arizona’s immigration troika

  September 13, 2012 PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio is gearing up for what he expects will be the toughest of his five re-election campaigns. He is facing a determined effort from …

• Delayed deportations approved ahead of elections

  September 11, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) — Less than two months before a presidential election in which both parties are fighting for the key Hispanic vote, the Obama administration has approved the first wave …

• First group of delayed young deportees approved

  September 11, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) — Just three weeks after the Obama administration started accepting applications from young illegal immigrants seeking to avoid deportation and get a work permit, the government already has …

• Salvadoran accused in 1989 killings admits US lies

  September 11, 2012 BOSTON (AP) — A former El Salvadoran military official accused of colluding in the 1989 slayings of six Jesuit priests admitted Tuesday that he lied to U.S. immigration officials, a … 1

• APNewsBreak: Border Patrol halts Mexico flights

  September 10, 2012 TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The U.S. government has halted flights home for Mexicans caught entering the country illegally in the deadly summer heat of Arizona’s deserts, a money-saving move that …

• Police in legal minefield on Ariz. immigration law

  September 6, 2012 PHOENIX (AP) — The most contentious part of Arizona’s immigration law finally has approval to move forward, surviving a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, a heated national debate and two years …

• Judge OKs contentious part of Ariz immigration law

  September 5, 2012 PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona authorities can enforce the most contentious section of the state’s heavily debated immigration law, according to a federal judge’s ruling Wednesday regarding a section of the … 1

• Chance encounter prompts torture suspect’s arrest

  September 4, 2012 DENVER (AP) — A chance encounter at a restaurant in a Denver suburb led to the arrest of an Ethiopian immigrant who authorities say tortured political prisoners decades ago in …

• Judge rules for students in immigrant-tuition suit

  September 4, 2012 MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that Florida college students cannot be charged higher out-of-state tuition simply because their parents may be in the U.S. illegally. The lawsuit …

• In Chicago, lifeline schools brace for strike

  September 3, 2012 CHICAGO (AP) — Elfega Cazares isn’t taking sides in the standoff between the Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools over contract talks. Like many of the immigrant parents in …

• Eye on Boise: Labrador rips immigration shift

  June 17, 2012 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – U.S. Rep. Raul Labrador, an immigration attorney who touted his expertise on the issue as he ran for Idaho’s 1st District congressional seat two years ago, blasted President …

• Out & About: Group working to translate fishing rules into Russian

  May 13, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C10 OUTDO – A group of anglers is trying to get Spokane River anglers speaking the same language on fishing restrictions to protect struggling native redband trout. The group has worked … 7

• Border Patrol’s Spokane presence raises questions

  May 2, 2012 in City, News Federal agents have increased their presence in the Spokane area in what some believe is an overreaching effort to combat illegal immigration at a local level. Officials with the U.S. … 32

• May Day protests disrupt downtown Seattle, Portland

  May 1, 2012 in Region SEATTLE — May Day demonstrators who marched through Seattle turned violent today, with black-clad protesters using sticks and bats to smash downtown stores and automobile windows. A small fire was … 24

• Dana Milbank: Arizona law won’t help Romney

  April 26, 2012 in Opinion on Page A11 WASHINGTON – Aficionados of the Etch A Sketch will recall a certain flaw in the toy: If you use it often, some of the lines drawn no longer disappear when … 5

• Supreme Court to weigh Arizona immigration law

  April 23, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court and the Obama administration are set for another politically charged clash Wednesday as the justices take up Arizona’s crackdown on illegal immigrants. It will be … 33

• Marshallese making a new life in Spokane

  March 4, 2012 in City on Page A1 One day last spring, Spokane resident Rick Burnham suddenly realized a lot of people from the Marshall Islands live here. Until then he had no idea where the Marshall Islands … 16

• Immigration crackdown changes harvest plans

  January 22, 2012 in Business on Page E5 ATLANTA — It’s unclear whether farmers in Georgia and Alabama will face a shortage of workers due to tough new laws targeting illegal immigration, but some producers said they have …

• Kennewick council to vote on E-Verify use

  January 15, 2012 in News The Kennewick City Council on Tuesday will vote on whether to adopt E-Verify as a condition for employment and for contractors who want to do work for the city. 4

• High court to look at state immigration laws

  December 12, 2011 in Nation/World The Supreme Court agreed today to rule on Arizona’s controversial law targeting illegal immigrants. 2

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