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March farm update
Large specialty crop farmers are reassessing their spring planting plans because of rising fuel prices. Many farmers are considering planting more subsidized crops such as corn and cotton as market pr ...
12 Mar, 2011
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Immigrant rights group takes issue with California's 'Secure Communities' program
As California enters its second week of full enrollment in the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency's Secure Communities program, a California-based immigrant rights group claims that it's creat ...
08 Mar, 2011
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California now a Secure Communities state
All police departments in the state with the highest population of illegal immigrants are now equipped to work with federal immigration authorities to determine the legal status of all suspects arrest ...
02 Mar, 2011
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Housing illegal immigrant prisoners in California becoming expensive for taxpayers
According to a recent Modesto Bee editorial, the costs associated with housing imprisoned illegal immigrants who commit offenses in California are on track to becoming an unfunded liability for t ...
25 Feb, 2011
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Credibility will be key to winning the immigration debate
As those immersed in the immigration debate configure their tactical strategy to reform a currently unsatisfactory system, both major political ideologies face the prospect of losing credibility in wi ...
22 Feb, 2011
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How California could learn a thing or two about immigration reform from Florida
Michael Bennett, Florida Senate President Pro Tempore, expressed no confidence in the federal government's current ability to fix a broken immigration system, according to a recent News-Pres ...
18 Feb, 2011
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Independents gather for national conference in New York City
On Saturday, hundreds of Independents from across the country gathered in New York City for the CUIP’s National Conference of Independents entitled, “Can Independents Reform America?” The con ...
16 Feb, 2011
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Michelle Obama blames lack of comprehensive immigration reform on Republicans
Recently speaking before a key Hispanic audience through the Spanish television network Univision, The Hill newspaper blog reports that First Lady Michelle Obama placed blame for her husband's inabili ...
14 Feb, 2011
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Bill introduced to ban open carry of handguns in California
What's that you say? You didn't even know open carry was legal in California? Why yes it is. The gun must be in clear view at all times and be unloaded. You may also legally carry ammo on a clip ...
14 Feb, 2011
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As Sheriff Joe Arpaio calls out California for lax immigration policies, Hispanic voters make immigration reform their top priority
In a speech on Tuesday night at the Nixon Library in Yorba Linda, immigration hawk Joe Arpaio of Arizona said that California's lax immigration policies are to blame for the state's lingering high con ...
11 Feb, 2011
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