• Sequestration's Impact on Public Health
• BY: Dylan Scott   |   February 28, 2013
• If the automatic budget cuts are allowed to take full effect, public health advocates warn the impact on the safety net could be devastating.
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• Illegal Immigration Divides California GOP
• BY: McClatchy News   |   California   |   February 28, 2013
• A number of views on illegal immigration have emerged within the state's Republican party, but which one will prevail is still anyone's guess.

• Sheriff Arpaio Offers to Detain Freed Illegal Immigrants in 'Tent City'
• 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.

• Illegal Immigrant Detainees Released as Sequestration Nears
• 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.
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• Immigrant Tuition Bill Passes Major Hurdle in Colorado Senate
• 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.

• On Immigration, Labor and Business Strike Some Compromises
• Source: USA Today   |   Nation   |   February 22, 2013
• The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the AFL-CIO have agreed on a set of recommendations to deliver to Congress on how to revamp the nation's visa programs that bring in low-skilled workers.

• State-by-State Impact of Sequestration's Military Cuts
• Source: USA Today   |   Nation   |   February 21, 2013
• Budget cuts by the Air Force, Army and Navy scheduled to take effect March 1 will force almost $34 billion in wage and spending reductions and prompt furloughs or layoffs for millions of people, according to documents obtained by USA TODAY.

• State Officials Urge Insurers to Join Climate Change Debate
• BY: Stateline   |   Nation   |   February 20, 2013
• Some state officials and environmental groups are pushing the insurance industry, which has successfully lobbied for laws designed to minimize risk, to join their calls for comprehensive solutions to climate threats.

• Bipartisan Immigration Plan Opposed by Arizona Republicans
• Source: Politico   |   Arizona   |   February 20, 2013
• All four Republican Arizona House members penned a letter voicing opposition to the bipartisan immigration proposal rolled out in the Senate by the Gang of Eight, a group led in part by Arizona Sen. John McCain.

• Illegal Immigrants Most Helped by Emergency Medicaid Program
• BY: Kaiser Health News   |   Nation   |   February 13, 2013
• Federal law generally bars illegal immigrants from being covered by Medicaid, but a little-known part of the state-federal health insurance program for the poor pays about $2 billion a year for emergency treatment for a group of patients comprised mostly of illegal immigrants.

• Immigrant Tuition Bill Gets Oregon Gov. Kitzhaber's Support
• Source: Oregonian   |   Oregon   |   February 12, 2013
• Gov. John Kitzhaber, Rep. Michael Dembrow and several Oregon business leaders threw their support behind a tuition equity bill that would grant in-state university tuition rates for undocumented Oregon high school graduates who meet certain criteria.

• New Jersey to Track How Federal Sandy Aid is Spent
• Source: Newark Star-Ledger   |   New Jersey   |   February 11, 2013
• Gov. Chris Christie today announced he signed an executive order for his administration to track billions of dollars in federal aid for Hurricane Sandy that will flow through the state.

• Blizzard Hits Hurricane Sandy-Affected States
• BY: false   |   Northeast   |   February 9, 2013
• The massive storm that's set to slam into New England is following the same track as Hurricane Sandy and already disrupting road and air travel.

• Immigration Reform Brings Business and Labor Together
• Source: New York Times   |   Nation   |   February 8, 2013
• The A.F.L.-C.I.O. and the Chamber of Commerce have formed an alliance to find a way for immigrants illegally in the United States to gain citizenship.

• Study Measures Immigrants' Children's Success
• Source: New York Times   |   Nation   |   February 8, 2013
• Americans who were born to immigrant parents are doing better than the foreign born on important measures of socioeconomic success, and in at least one area — education — have outperformed the population as a whole.