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The Political Carnival (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
By GottaLaff 2007 The good news? There were protesters protesting the Nazi protesters. The bad news? The Nazi protesters: "I've never done anything like this before, but there's just so much racial tension in Phoenix lately, " Wilcox said, as he held a sign that read " Nazis stay out of PHX" "I don't want it to seem like (they are) welcome here ." Members of the National...
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ACLU (Free subscription) | yesterday
LOS ANGELES – Immigrants who waited for years for their citizenship applications to be processed due to extraordinary backlogs will finally have the chance to become Americans and enjoy the privileges of citizenship, under the terms of a settlement announced today between the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the National Immigration Law Center, the ACLU of Southern California,...
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Daniel's political musings (Free subscription) | yesterday
Stable farm labor seems elusive in global economy In 1986, immigration reform tried to legalize undocumented farmworkers and offer farmers a stable, legal work force. But it failed to deter illegal immigration. The Immigration Reform and Control Act granted legal status to more than a million agricultural workers. It also introduced sanctions for employers who knowingly hire undocumented workers and...
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Florida Sun Sentinel (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
More than 2,500 South Florida residents are without power this morning due to heavy gusts of wind, Florida Power & Light officials report.
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Boots and Sabers (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
The truth is always a good defense. HR 3962 now also contains language that allows illegal immigrants to be covered under the legislation. When The Gouverneur Times attempted to contact Mr. Owens for clarification of this language, we received no response other than the press release heretofore mentioned. Specifically, we asked if illegal immigrants would be forced to purchase healthcare insurance...
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Florida Sun Sentinel (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Landscaper Jeff Price was tending to the last lawn of the day when he saw men outside his open equipment trailer.
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Florida Sun Sentinel (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
For the latest sports news, go to Previous entry: Next entry: Am I really a Gator Hater?> Posted by Dave Hyde on November 7, 2009 07:25 AMI've been attacked, criticized, besmirched and generally taken a roundhouse punch from a blog poster. You know, a typical day at the office.MarkMo called me a Gator hater. He brought some thoughts to the fight, too. And so with my feelings hurt, and having nothing...
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Florida Sun Sentinel (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
It might even flirt with intensifying into a hurricane again while approaching Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, as it is being nourished by very warm water in the Caribbean.
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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
The House of Representatives is set to vote on major health care reform legislation today. Check this page throughout the day for the latest news, or follow live streaming video and Twitter updates HERE . 10:10 AM ET -- Rep. Dingell to preside over House for first time since 1965 Medicare vote. Democrats wavering on the health care bill will have their heart-strings tugged by the man overseeing today's...
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HolyCoast.com (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
The Democrats are having trouble bullying enough of their members to vote for this monstrosity : Amid intense lobbying by the Obama administration, House Democratic leaders struggled Friday for the final votes needed to pass sweeping health care legislation, working to ease concerns among Hispanic holdouts and abortion foes. "We're very close" to having enough votes to prevail, said Majority...
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Florida Sun Sentinel (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The engineer accused of fatally shooting one employee and wounding five others at the firm where he once worked is "very mentally ill" and crumbled under the stress of his divorce, bankruptcy and unemployment, his attorney said Saturday.
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Florida Sun Sentinel (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
The 220-acre park has not hosted thoroughbred races in 8 years and now will turn to quarter horses Once known as the most beautiful thoroughbred track in the United States, Hialeah Park hosted its last horse race eight years ago. Since then the 220-acre park has been raked by two 2005 hurricanes that only abetted the ravages of time and neglect.
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Florida Sun Sentinel (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
South Florida now has more than 550,000 doses of swine flu vaccine in circulation or en route to physician offices, public agencies, clinics and hospitals, health officials said Friday.
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Zandar Versus The Stupid (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
You see, that historic House health care vote tomorrow? Not gonna happen tomorro w ... House Democrats acknowledged they don't yet have the votes to pass a sweeping overhaul of the nation's health care system, and signaled they may push back the vote until Sunday or early next week. Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., told reporters in a conference call Friday that the make-or-break vote on President...
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Militant Ginger (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Nancy Pelosi , speaker of the house and one of the fiercest Democrats in Congress, has launched her own Health Care bill which she aims to put to the vote on Saturday, or early next week. The problem is? It stinks. Much like Max Baucus ' broken bil l, it's filled with useful provisions, but fatally flawed - this time by conceding to the conservatives and including a line that bans illegal immigrants...
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dschrage | 11/16/2007
The real solution in solving America’s Illegal Immigration problem is not going to be found in building fences, high tech ID's, the Various Shamnesty provisions or in worker programs. The real solution is not even America’s to solve, but one for the Mexican government to accomplish. When the Mexican economy can offer its citizens the oppertunity to earn a decent wage and provide a better future for
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dschrage | 11/10/2007
I seriously doubt that there is a snowballs chance in hell of this bill getting a vote in Ringside Harry Reid's Senate, simply because it would put Democrats in the awkward position of having to either supporting the bill and angering the Shamnesty base or oppose it and turning off a large majority of voters that recognize that providing legal ID's to Illegal immigrants is a bad idea.
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anthonymarechal | 10/11/2007
Scores of organizations, ranging from mainstream to fringe groups, are marshaling forces in what former House Speaker Newt Gingrich calls "a war here at home" against illegal immigration, which he says is as important as America’s conflicts being fought overseas in Iraq and Afghanistan. While most of the groups register legitimate, widespread concerns about the impact of illegal immigration on jobs,