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Coming to America

"Immigration is the sincerest form of flattery." - Jack Parr

America's melting pot is on fire. Twelve million illegal immigrants currently live in the US, and nearly 900,000 more arrive each year. Yet the immigration reform that topped President Bush's second-term agenda has stalled as a skittish Congress attacks the proposal from left and right; meanwhile, a different kind of debate is heating up over skilled immigrants, and whether American firms need more to stay competitive.

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July 2008
- More Mexican Immigrants Becoming US Citizens
  
  Los Angeles Times | Jul 11, 08 1:45 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - In 2007, while the US hotly debated immigration reform, the number of Mexican-born immigrants who became American citizens skyrocketed, the LA Times reports. Experts attribute the jump—122,000 people took the oath, 84,000 more than in 2006—largely to an aggressive pro-citizenship campaign and a desire to beat steep fee increases. Applications rose about 50%, to 1.4 million, in the same period. More »
- McCain 'Wobbling' Leftward Again on Immigration
  
  The Hill | Jul 10, 08 7:10 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - By John McCain’s own admission, his embrace of immigration reform nearly sunk his candidacy in the early primaries, writes Byron York in the Hill . But after saving his hide with a swing to the right and a pledge to "secure the border first" (a “legitimate flip-flop,” York specifies), the pendulum is moving leftward again. McCain recently told a Latino audience that comprehensive reform “will be my top priority yesterday, today, and tomorrow.” More »
- Cash-Strapped Businesses Battle Immigration Crackdown
  
  New York Times | Jul 6, 08 6:57 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - As state and federal authorities crack down on illegal immigration, businesses are fighting back, the New York Times reports. Employers, stung by aggressive new measures that would revoke the licenses of those found to have hired illegals, say their very existence is threatened. A few states are responding to the fears, and revising or rejecting tougher immigration laws. More »
June 2008
- Feds Triple Cases Against Illegals
  
  Los Angeles Times | Jun 18, 08 12:00 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Prosecutions of illegal immigrants have soared in recent months, now accounting for half of all federal cases, the Los Angeles Times reports. Some 9,350 illegal immigrants faced federal charges in March of this year, up from 3,746 in March 2007, as the Bush administration ratcheted up efforts to use jail time, and the prospect of a criminal record, as a tactic to dissuade illegal border crossers. More »
- Justices Will Decide If Immigrant Can Sue Ashcroft
  
  Los Angeles Times | Jun 16, 08 3:01 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Supreme Court today agreed to hear an appeal from John Ashcroft, with the former attorney general insisting top government officials cannot be sued by immigrants who allege they were beaten and abused after 9/11. Lower courts have refused to dismiss a suit from a man who was held for 6 months before being deported to Pakistan—without being charged, the Los Angeles Times reports. More »
- Prison of Cuban Baseball Ensnares US Agent, Too
  
  Vanity Fair | Jun 13, 08 3:17 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Politics is keeping "at least half a billion dollars of baseball players in Cuba right now," one agent tells Michael Lewis as he investigates, for Vanity Fair , the case of an American sports agent now in jail for smuggling athletes. Gus Dominguez appears to be a victim of politics on the US side—though that web isn't half as tangled as the one facing athletes on Castro's island. More »
- Hands Bound, States Find Ways to Attack Immigration
  
  New York Times | Jun 9, 08 9:13 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - You hear a lot less Spanish these days in Milton, Fla. Hispanic immigrants fled the panhandle town after local police raided more than a dozen businesses, arresting at least 27 illegals. Technically, only federal agents can enforce immigration law, but cops around the country have found ways around that problem, the New York Times reports. Milton’s illegals were rounded up for identity theft. More »
- Under Violent Seige, Tijuana's Elite Flee
  
  Los Angeles Times | Jun 8, 08 3:03 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - As drug-fueled violence skyrockets in Tijuana, the upper-class is fleeing the city, with more than 1,000 wealthy families migrating to the US, reports the LA Times . The Mexican city is now second to Baghdad in kidnappings and many American real estate agents describe clients who arrive missing fingers or with fresh wounds. A government crackdown on drug cartels may have forced organized crime groups to seek out other means of income. More »
May 2008
- Gay? Fine. How About Some Grandkids?
  
  New America Media | May 30, 08 2:30 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Once, most gay Indian-Americans could come out with one simple sentence: “Mom, Dad, I don’t think I am going to get married,” Sandip Roy writes for New America Media. But now that California has legalized gay marriage, Roy isn’t sure how to appease his folks. Like many supposedly conservative immigrant parents, they'd probably prefer married and gay over straight and single. More »
- 297 Illegal Immigrants Get Jail in Federal Crackdown
  
  New York Times | May 24, 08 7:08 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Some 270 illegal immigrants have been sentenced to 5 months in federal prison in a sign that the Bush administration is taking a much harder line on undocumented workers, the New York Times reports. Busted for using fake IDs, the workers were among 389 swept up at a kosher meat-packing plant in Iowa in the biggest immigration raid on a workplace in US history. Until now, undocumented workers have usually been detained and deported. More »
- Illegal Immigration Spurs Identity Theft
  
  City Journal | May 18, 08 6:15 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Identity theft and illegal immigration are not only keeping cops busy, they're often linked, Steven Malanga writes in City Journal . Illegals are known to swipe US workers' data to obtain jobs or commit crimes, and the top five states for identity theft have large immigrant populations. But efforts to stop the ID crime wave are drying up. More »
- US Drugging Foreigners for Deportation
  
  Washington Post | May 14, 08 1:40 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The US government injects hundreds of illegal immigrants with dangerous psychotropic drugs to keep them sedated while being deported, the Washington Post reports. The so-called "pre-flight cocktail" often leaves detainees so incapacitated they need a wheelchair to get onto the plane. Used far more often than the "last resort" it's advertised as, the practice violates some international human-rights codes. More »
- No Rebates for Immigrant Taxpayers—or Yank Spouses
  
  Associated Press | May 12, 08 3:30 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Hundreds of thousands of legal, taxpaying immigrants and their Americans spouses are among the unhappy few who won’t be getting a tax rebate check, AP reports. Taxpayers need a Social Security number to qualify—a rule intended to carve out illegal immigrants. Also inadvertently cut from the benefit are legal residents and American citizens—including US soldiers—who filed jointly with a spouse without a Social Security number, which can take years to obtain. More »
- Detained Immigrants Dying for Lack of Health Care
  
  Washington Post | May 11, 08 8:49 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The number of detained immigrants has skyrocketed since 9/1