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Boxer and Whitman take the more centrist route while reaching out to voters across the aisle
Over the past week, two Californian politicians whose fates hang uncomfortably in the balance this November have made surprising moves courting the center. On the one hand, Sen. Barbara Boxer, the inc ...
21 Jun, 2010
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Drugs, border violence, and alternative solutions
Last December, Antonio Maria Costa, head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, said $352 billion in criminal money was laundered and kept the financial system afloat during the worst of the crisis."In ...
21 Jun, 2010
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Meg Whitman's opposition to Arizona immigration law could attract Hispanics in November
With a whopping victory of sixty-four percent over Steve Poizner’s twenty-seven percent, Meg Whitman is prepared to fight her Democratic opponent Jerry Brown in November for the big cheese. As o ...
18 Jun, 2010
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Catalina Island consular event heats up illegal immigration debate
For California cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco, opposition to the Arizona immigration law has been strident. Their reaction is quite typical, considering that their citizens and govern ...
15 Jun, 2010
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California officials continue to inject race into immigration debate
Reported by the Whittier Daily News, Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-Lakewood) believes racist forces are the driving support for Arizona’s immigration law. She slammed the law for being a “concentrated e ...
04 Jun, 2010
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Poizner and Whitman battle it out over illegal immigration
With the primary just a week away, the Republican gubernatorial dance around illegal immigration seems to have ended for now. The clock ticking with an intense urgency, contenders on the Republi ...
01 Jun, 2010
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ACLU claims Arizona immigration law is unconstitutional
Attempting to snuff out Arizona’s immigration law, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is trying to wield its influence, asserting the problematic law is a violation of the Constitution’s 4th Am ...
25 May, 2010
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California city raises the stakes in illegal immigration debate
For all the media coverage many California cities are receiving for their call of an Arizona boycott, the new immigration law seems to have had the opposite effect in another part of California that a ...
21 May, 2010
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Steve Poizner's tough stance on illegal immigration has him rising in the polls against Meg Whitman
Steve Poizner was once considered too far behind in the polls for the Republican gubernatorial nomination; however, the tide now seems to be changing. With recent events on the immigration refor ...
18 May, 2010
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Bad economy forces Los Angeles City Council to be selective in its boycott of Arizona businesses
Passing by a 13-1 vote, the Los Angeles City Council’s ban on Arizona’s businesses seems to be selective in nature, affecting only some business sectors.One of the charges hurled at the new immigratio ...
14 May, 2010
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