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Thursday, May 19, 2011

Will Congress take action on immigration?

Not likely before 2012: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110519/ap_on_re_us/us_immigration_overhaul_2

But the states continue to push forward legislation:http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-politics-elections/cops-das-confer-on-949329.html?cxtype=rss_georgia-politics-elections
despite many of them being considered unconstitutional: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110513/ap_on_re_us/us_immigration_laws_3

In Texas, the biggest immigration bill of the year was derailed by a procedural maneuver:  http://www.statesman.com/news/texas-politics/senators-maneuver-derails-sanctuary-cities-legislation-1484076.html?cxtype=ynews_rss

Illegal immigration hit the headlines as Mexican authorities catch a truckload of over 500 illegal immigrants.  Here's a commentary from Michael Lind on CNN: http://articles.cnn.com/2011-05-19/opinion/lind.immigration_1_illegal-immigrants-workplace-enforcement-labor-demand?_s=PM:OPINION

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