Immigration
Dairies Left In Limbo On Immigration Reform
Immigration reform appears stalled in Congress.
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E-Verify Adds New Capabilities
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has launched a complete redesign of the E-Verify Web Interface that enhances its usability, security, accuracy and efficiency. The newly redesigned E-Verify features a clean and modern design, easy and intuitive navigation, and clear and simple language.
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Video: Feds Suing to Block Arizona Immigration Law
The federal government is suing to stop Arizona's new immigration law, setting the stage for a clash between the federal government and state over the nation's toughest immigration crackdown.
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Arizona Lawmaker Takes Aim At Automatic Citizenship
Emboldened by passage of the nation's toughest law against illegal immigration, the Arizona politician who sponsored the measure now wants to deny U.S. citizenship to children born in this country to undocumented parents.
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New Mexico Rancher Has Close-Up View Of Immigration Debate
Rancher Chip Johns calls a spacious, hacienda-style house in southwestern Dona Ana County home. He's lived there about 25 years, ever since selling the food processing plant he used to own in Santa Teresa and jumping into the ranching business.
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Networking Opportunity For Those Working With Migrant Farmworkers
A conference later this month in Indianapolis will bring together
business leaders, community advocates, lawmakers and others to learn
about issues related to migrant farmworkers in Indiana.
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Survey Reflect Division On Immigration
Judging by the results of a poll by ImmigrationWorksUSA, there are no easy answers to the issue of immigration for legislators or U.S. voters. According to the survey, a majority of voters think the United States needs an overhaul of the immigration system and policies.
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Obama Set To Send 1,200 Troops To US-Mexico Border
President Barack Obama will send 1,200 National Guard troops to help secure the U.S.-Mexico border, an administration official and an Arizona congresswoman said Tuesday, pre-empting Republican plans to try to force votes on such a deployment.
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AMI Guest Editorial: E-Verify Is A Path Forward On Immigration Reform
Although the meat industry’s support for comprehensive immigration reform has not changed, “we don't want the debate to evolve into an all or nothing, politically charged proposition, especially when reauthorization and improvement of one component - the online employment verification system E-Verify - could be a big step forward,” notes AMI President and CEO J. Patrick Boyle in a guest editorial in the Austin American-Statesman.
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Jolley: Fox News Reports DHS Won’t Actively Enforce Immigration Laws
Fox News reported that “a top Department of Homeland Security official reportedly said his agency will not necessarily process illegal immigrants referred to them by Arizona authorities.”
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Senators Press For National Guard Troops On Border
Homeland Security and Pentagon officials are at loggerheads over a plan to send National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, even as President Barack Obama is pledging to bolster security there.
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- New school lunch beef recipes win approval from kids, foodservice
- Prices for corn and soybeans, five years from now
- Drier weather to give big boost to U.S. corn plantings
- The relationship between retail gasoline prices and futures prices
- Agriculture is expected to remain strong in the coming decade
- Domestic ethanol production starts to grow again
