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Obama border strategy emphasizes enforcement

On a Southwest tour, Obama administration members laid out their strategy for border security and narcotics control—emphasizing an enforcement partnership with Mexico’s President Calderón.

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Radical right ties emerge in Tiller killer suspect

Scott Roeder, arrested in the slaying of Kansas abortion provider Dr. George Tiller, is a member of the Montana Freemen, and apparently chose to act on the anniversary of the arrest of Eric Rudolph.

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Xenophobia: the real pandemic

The right-wing hate circuit is reaping a windfall from the “Swine Flu” scare. Talk radio hosts Michael Savage and Jay Severin both take the opportunity to contagion-bait “illegal aliens.”

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US detains record number of immigrants: report

The number of immigrants detained by the US has drastically increased over the last decade, according to ICE figures released under the FOIA, with 32,000 now held—a fivefold jump since 1994.

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Justice Department investigates Sheriff Arpaio

The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation of Sheriff Joe Arpaio in Arizona’s Maricopa County following months of complaints of discriminatory immigration enforcement.

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Phoenix: 5,000 march against Sheriff Joe Arpaio

Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in Phoenix this weekend to protest Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and policies that critics charge violate immigrants’ basic human rights.

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Homeland Security to review Bellingham ICE raid

US Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano has called for a review of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) workplace immigration raid that occurred in Bellingham, WA.