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Never mistake Barack Obama for an impassioned environmentalist. An impassioned politician? Yes. A committed civil libertarian? Often. Especially when not politically inconvenient. But a green tech-faithful, recycling-addicted, conservation conscious, ...

Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.), co-chairman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, called on President Barack Obama to fight a new law signed Friday in Arizona that gives police power to request ID from suspected illegal immigrants. Grijalva, speaking ...

PHOENIX An Arizona congressman urged the Obama administration on Sunday not to cooperate when illegal immigrants are picked up by local police if a tough new state immigration law survives legal challenges. U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva, a Democrat, and civil ...

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LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Thousands of people have marched in Phoenix, Arizona to express their opposition to a controversial immigration law signed by the state governor. Television images showed the protesters converging on the State Capitol, where they held ...

PHOENIX Gov. Jan Brewer of Arizona signed the toughest illegal immigration bill in the country into law on Friday, aimed at identifying, prosecuting and deporting illegal immigrants. The governor's move unleashed immediate protests and reignited ...

So what did President Obama mean when -- responding on Friday to Arizona's new immigration law -- he said that he'd 'instructed members of my administration to closely monitor the situation and examine the civil rights and other implications of this ...

Senator says if Obama "doesn't like what the Arizona Legislature and governor may be doing," then he should dispatch the National Guard. ...

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A stringent new Arizona law aimed at identifying and prosecuting illegal immigrants drew harsh criticism Saturday from New York politicians and activists. 'We do need comprehensive immigration law in this country but not like this,' said Sen. Chuck ...

Cotton seed bug found on an island in the Florida Keys. The cotton seed bug, Oxycarenus hyalinipennis (Costa), has been found on cotton in a residential area of Monroe County by a U.S. Department of Agriculture inspector, according to a new release from ...

Former President Bill Clinton said Sunday that the sputtering economy and a longer-than-expected healthcare reform debate sidetracked immigration reform. The immigration issues has arguably been pushed the forefront as the next issue to consider after ...

PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona's tough new immigration law has renewed calls for Washington to reform federal immigration laws, and protesters decried the state's action as a violation of civil rights at a rally on Sunday in the state's capital. ...

WASHINGTON Amid mounting frustration over taxation and banking problems, small but growing numbers of overseas Americans are taking the weighty step of renouncing their citizenship. What we have seen is a substantial change in mentality among the ...

PHOENIX Opponents who fear that Arizona's tough new immigration law will lead to police harassment of legal immigrants and U.S. citizens who look Hispanic rallied against the measure at the state Capitol Sunday afternoon. The protest comes two days ...

NEW YORK The Rev. Al Sharpton says he's ready to travel to Arizona and march in the streets to protest the state's new immigration law. Sharpton joined Lillian Rodriguez Lopez from the Hispanic Federation in New York City on Sunday to speak out against ...

In recent days, numerous Fox News personalities have voiced support for Arizona's new controversial immigration law that requires law enforcement to demand immigration papers of those they suspect to be in the country illegally, which many argue will ...

WASHINGTONRepublican Sen. Lindsey Graham threatened Saturday to withdraw his support for energy and climate legislation if Democratic leaders move first on immigration reform in what he dismissed as 'a cynical political ploy.' The South Carolina senator ...

New America Media, Commentary, Earl Ofari Hutchinson, Posted: Apr 25, 2010 President Obama wasted no time in denouncing Arizonas hard-nosed anti-immigration law. He called it misguided, irresponsible and a threat to civil liberties. Obamas right. The ...

WASHINGTON - With a divisive new law in Arizona providing the kindling, the national debate over immigration has reignited, as Democrats and Republicans in Congress appeal to their political bases ahead of November's elections. It's unclear, however, ...