en-us http://www.newsique.com/tags/us/immigrants/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/us/illegal_immigrants_choice_work_u/ Jorge S., an East Bay grocery store clerk, worries about his family's future if the Bush administration follows through with its declaration this month to crack down on employers who fail to verify the legal status of their workers. "Everyone at the st news us 2007-08-27 08:17:34 http://www.newsique.com/us/illegal_immigrants_choice_work_u/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/148686668/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Interesting [6] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/illegal_immigrants_choice_work_u/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/immigrants_rush_to_beat_higher_a/ Immigrants are rushing to apply for citizenship, green cards and other benefits before hefty fee increases kick in at the end of the month. Starting July 30, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will raise application fees an average of 66 news us 2007-07-16 08:16:11 http://www.newsique.com/us/immigrants_rush_to_beat_higher_a/ USA Today http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/134074166/2007-07-15-immigrant-applications_N.htm http://www.newsique.com/sources/usatoday/ 91 Interesting [8] 80 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/immigrants_rush_to_beat_higher_a/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/us_deal_over_illegal_immigrants/ The White House and the US Senate have reached a deal on an immigration bill that could give legal status to many of the 12m illegal immigrants in the US. Democratic Senator Edward Kennedy announced the agreement that would also establish a merit-based news us 2007-05-17 16:59:42 http://www.newsique.com/us/us_deal_over_illegal_immigrants/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/americas/6667257.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Important [34] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 1 http://www.newsique.com/us/us_deal_over_illegal_immigrants/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/shooting_prompts_bosnian_backlas/ The mayor and police chief assured Bosnian immigrants Thursday that authorities would not stand for any backlash against them after an Bosnian teenager shot five people to death in a crowded shopping mall and then died in a shootout with police. As man news us 2007-02-16 01:19:22 http://www.newsique.com/us/shooting_prompts_bosnian_backlas/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17176227/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Interesting [8] 90 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/shooting_prompts_bosnian_backlas/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/us_agent_gets_5_years_for_immigr/ A former U.S. border agent who allowed hundreds of illegal immigrants to cross from Mexico in return for $120,000 in cash was sentenced on Thursday to five years in federal prison. Get the gifts you really wanted Michael Gilliland, 44, who worked on th news us 2007-02-16 00:54:54 http://www.newsique.com/us/us_agent_gets_5_years_for_immigr/ Yahoo News http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/usa_crime_immigration_dc http://www.newsique.com/sources/yahoo_news/ 93 Shocking [14] 90 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/us_agent_gets_5_years_for_immigr/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/report_bank_of_america_credit_ca/ Bank of America Corp. has begun offering credit cards to customers without Social Security numbers, typically illegal immigrants, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. In recent years, banks across the country have been offering checking accounts a news us 2007-02-13 15:48:31 http://www.newsique.com/us/report_bank_of_america_credit_ca/ CNN http://money.cnn.com/2007/02/13/news/companies/bc.bofa.card.reut/index.htm?postversion=2007021306 http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Shocking [7] 90 mrmdc http://www.newsique.com/profiles/mrmdc/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/report_bank_of_america_credit_ca/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/three_illegal_immigrants_shot_de/ Three illegal immigrants were shot dead and two more were wounded after falling prey to suspected bandits as they crossed into the United States from Mexico, police said. Sergeant James Ogden of Pima County Sheriff's Department said the bodies of three news us 2007-02-09 10:11:54 http://www.newsique.com/us/three_illegal_immigrants_shot_de/ Yahoo News http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/usmexicoimmigration http://www.newsique.com/sources/yahoo_news/ 93 Important [17] 100 mrmdc http://www.newsique.com/profiles/mrmdc/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/three_illegal_immigrants_shot_de/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/unfilled_tunnels_a_weak_link_at_/ Seven of the largest tunnels discovered under the U.S.-Mexico border in recent years have yet to be filled in, authorities said, raising concerns because smugglers have tried to reuse such passages before. news us 2007-01-31 10:24:36 http://www.newsique.com/us/unfilled_tunnels_a_weak_link_at_/ Los Angeles Times http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-tunnel30jan30%2C0%2C117229.story http://www.newsique.com/sources/latimes/ 93 Interesting [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 1 http://www.newsique.com/us/unfilled_tunnels_a_weak_link_at_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/beaufort_county_council_approves/ A company that knowingly hires illegal immigrants could lose its business license under a county law given final approval Wednesday evening. news us 2006-12-28 23:57:14 http://www.newsique.com/us/beaufort_county_council_approves/ www.thestate.com http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/local/16331054.htm Insightful [8] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/beaufort_county_council_approves/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/a_us_military_at_its_breaking_po/ The armed forces, already struggling to meet recruiting goals, are considering expanding the number of noncitizens in the ranks, including disputed proposals to open recruiting stations overseas and put more immigrants on a faster track to U.S. citizenshi news us 2006-12-27 00:18:56 http://www.newsique.com/us/a_us_military_at_its_breaking_po/ International Herald Tribune http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/12/26/news/military.php http://www.newsique.com/sources/iht/ 94 Important [8] 80 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/a_us_military_at_its_breaking_po/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/us_immigrants_may_be_held_indefi/ Immigrants arrested in the United States may be held indefinitely on suspicion of terrorism and may not challenge their imprisonment in civilian courts, the Bush administration said Monday, opening a new legal front in the fight over the rights of detaine news us 2006-11-14 13:05:31 http://www.newsique.com/us/us_immigrants_may_be_held_indefi/ Associated Press http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/D/DETAINEES_LAWSUITS?SITE=FLSTU&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://www.newsique.com/sources/ap/ 95 Under Rated [8] 100 mrmdc http://www.newsique.com/profiles/mrmdc/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/us_immigrants_may_be_held_indefi/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/us_tightens_medicaid_rules_for_b/ Under a new policy, children born in the United States to undocumented immigrants with low incomes will no longer be automatically entitled to health insurance through Medicaid, federal officials said today. news us 2006-11-02 22:12:54 http://www.newsique.com/us/us_tightens_medicaid_rules_for_b/ New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/02/washington/02cnd-medicaid.html?hp&ex=1162530000&en=ad3e1e13580a8a4d&ei=5094&partner=homepage http://www.newsique.com/sources/nytimes/ 96 Under Rated [8] 90 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/us_tightens_medicaid_rules_for_b/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/rise_in_bribery_tests_integrity_/ Bribery of federal and local officials by Mexican smugglers is rising sharply, and with it the fear that a culture of corruption is taking hold along the 2,000-mile border from Brownsville, Texas, to San Diego. news us 2006-10-24 08:18:17 http://www.newsique.com/us/rise_in_bribery_tests_integrity_/ Los Angeles Times http://www.latimes.com/news/local/politics/socal/la-na-border23oct23,0,2778084.story?coll=la-home-headlines http://www.newsique.com/sources/latimes/ 93 Under Rated [4] 95 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/rise_in_bribery_tests_integrity_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/immigrants_sending_45_billion_ho/ Immigrant workers are sending more money than ever to their families in Latin America, but two new studies show that only a small portion of the billions of dollars directed there has gone to economic development. news us 2006-10-19 00:26:26 http://www.newsique.com/us/immigrants_sending_45_billion_ho/ Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/18/AR2006101801756.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/washingtonpost/ 94 Under Rated [2] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/immigrants_sending_45_billion_ho/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/immigrant_activism_taking_a_bold/ Christian Ocampo makes about $200 a day selling nutritional supplements to fellow Hispanics in Milwaukee. His income helps support his mother, who uses a wheelchair, and his 21-year-old sister. If Ocampo misses work, he doesn't get paid. On Wednesda news us 2007-09-13 08:15:45 http://www.newsique.com/us/immigrant_activism_taking_a_bold/ USA Today http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/155813521/2007-09-12-immigrants_N.htm http://www.newsique.com/sources/usatoday/ 91 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/immigrant_activism_taking_a_bold/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/cities_get_at_illegal_immigrants/ Local officials getting tough on illegal immigrants have a new target: their cars. Communities in Alabama, California, Illinois and elsewhere are using laws that punish drivers without licenses. Cities often tow cars immediately. The laws don't sing news us 2007-08-15 08:23:10 http://www.newsique.com/us/cities_get_at_illegal_immigrants/ USA Today http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/144292348/2007-08-14-towing15_N.htm http://www.newsique.com/sources/usatoday/ 91 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/cities_get_at_illegal_immigrants/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/weekend_feature_american_homelan/ Somewhere in central Los Angeles, about 20 miles from LAX airport, there is a nondescript building housing a detention facility for foreigners who have violated US immigration and customs laws. I was driven there around 11pm on May 3, my hands painfully h news us 2007-08-08 08:28:24 http://www.newsique.com/us/weekend_feature_american_homelan/ Guardian Unlimited http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1231089,00.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/guardian/ 92 Under Rated [1] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/weekend_feature_american_homelan/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/illegal_immigrants_targeted_by_s/ Frustrated with Congress's inability to pass an immigration overhaul bill, state legislatures are considering or enacting a record number of strongly worded proposals targeting illegal immigrants. By the time most legislatures adjourned in May, at leas news us 2007-06-25 09:59:56 http://www.newsique.com/us/illegal_immigrants_targeted_by_s/ Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/24/AR2007062401662.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/washingtonpost/ 94 Interesting [5] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/illegal_immigrants_targeted_by_s/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/ny_court_sides_with_dmv_on_immig/ New York has the right to deny driver's licenses to people who can't prove they are in the country legally, the state's highest court ruled Thursday. A lawsuit brought by immigrants and their advocates claimed a Department of Motor Vehicles policy "is news us 2007-06-07 15:41:40 http://www.newsique.com/us/ny_court_sides_with_dmv_on_immig/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/122990329/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/ny_court_sides_with_dmv_on_immig/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/city_oks_id_cards_for_illegal_im/ City officials approved a plan Monday to offer illegal immigrants identification cards that would let them open bank accounts and use other services that may be unavailable without driver's licenses or state-issued IDs. Supporters say the program, appr news us 2007-06-05 18:09:44 http://www.newsique.com/us/city_oks_id_cards_for_illegal_im/ USA Today http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/122447353/2007-06-05-immigrant-id-cards_N.htm http://www.newsique.com/sources/usatoday/ 91 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/city_oks_id_cards_for_illegal_im/#comments