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Alabama House Bill 56: The Immigrant Trespassing Law Explained

By Mary Phillips-SandyMar 8th 2011 – 4:01PM

A new bill aimed at curbing illegal immigration is causing controversy in Alabama. House Bill 56, modeled on similarly controversial immigration legislation in Arizona, passed the Alabama House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee today. That means it will move on to debate by the full House of Representatives as...

At Least 99 Hunger Strikers Hospitalized in Greece

By Anthee CarassavaMar 3rd 2011 – 3:24PM
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ATHENS, Greece -- More than a third of almost 300 North African immigrants refusing food and water to protest their lack of legal residency status have been rushed to a rash of hospitals here and in another Greek city, ratcheting fresh pressure on a government grappling with unstoppable flows of immigration and a faltering...

Said Jaziri: 5 Facts About the Muslim Imam Caught After Illegally Crossing the Mexican Border

By David KnowlesJan 26th 2011 – 7:05PM

Welcome to America! U.S. Border Patrol agents made an interesting discovery when they stopped a car 50 miles east of San Diego earlier this month. Inside the trunk of a BWM that was allegedly being driven by immigrant smugglers from Mexico, they found Said Jaziri, a Muslim cleric from Tunisia who was deported from Canada...

illegal immigration News From the Web

  • 05/15/12 Editorial: Secure Hispanic Vote by Securing Jobs Source: Moorpark Patch - Moorpark CA There shouldn't be any secret to securing the Hispanic vote.
  • 04/07/11 Illegal Immigration Laws Source: Buzzle When Arizona took lead with some tough laws against illegal immigrants and accused federal government of "failing in its duty to protect Americans", few eyebrows were raised.
  • 11/09/10 Imagined Illegal Immigrants Source: Andrew Sullivan's The Daily Dish In 2008, the Pew Hispanic Center, calculated that there might be 11.2 million illegal immigrants in the United States.

Background on illegal immigration

Illegal immigration is the migration into a country/state in violation of the immigration laws and sovereignty of that country/state.

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