After nearly two years of preparation, an Arizona state senator says a plan will be unveiled in a few weeks to build a fence along the border with Mexico to keep out illegal immigrants.
Source: New York Times | Hazleton, Pa. |
April 1, 2013
The Pennsylvania city presents a test case of whether the party risks leaving behind a critical part of its core constituency: white working-class voters for whom illegal immigration stirs visceral reactions.
Places like Hoboken, N.J., aren’t waiting for another Superstorm Sandy. They're taking matters into their own hands. But what’s best for one city may not be best for the region.
Source: Bloomberg News | Oklahoma |
March 27, 2013
Scientists have linked Oklahoma’s biggest recorded earthquake to the disposal of wastewater from oil production, adding to evidence that may lead to greater regulation of hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas.
New York City has created the country's first municipal program that uses volunteer tech experts, including Facebook employees, to improve its emergency response.
The Monday quake, centered about 35 miles south of Palm Springs, was a successful test of an early warning system researchers have been working to perfect.
Source: Newark Star-Ledger | New Jersey |
March 13, 2013
If the plan is approved by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the state said, more than 20,000 homeowners, 5,000 renters and 10,000 businesses could get grants to help close the gap in the cost of repairing or rebuilding.
When state lawmakers consider granting in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants, they tend to focus on strict university-related spending and tuition revenues. A new study finds that government and society would see a net economic benefit.
Source: Arizona Republic | Arizona |
March 5, 2013
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an injunction against a section of the state's controversial immigration law targeting traffic obstructions by day laborers or their would-be employers.
Source: Politico | Maricopa County, Ariz. |
February 28, 2013
Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio says he has a solution for the federal government’s mass release of illegal immigrants to cut costs ahead of the sequester: Send them for free to his “Tent City," where prisoners sleep in tents and are required to wear pink underwear.
Source: Washington Post | Nation |
February 27, 2013
The Obama administration announced that it had released hundreds of illegal immigrants held in detention facilities, saying it could no longer afford to house them because of across-the-board cuts that are set to start taking effect Friday.
Source: Denver Post | Colorado |
February 26, 2013
A bill that would allow illegal immigrants to attend college at in-state tuition rates passed the Colorado Senate and for the first time, had the support of some Republicans.
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