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Immigration reform bill heads to full Senate
WASHINGTON — A sweeping bipartisan plan to overhaul the nation’s immigration system headed to the Senate floor after a key committee approved it Tuesday, but not before tilting the bill to the political right with amendments designed to...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice and Rights, Labor Legislation, Politics, Interior Policy
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Immigration: A wider better welcome mat
As an immigrant and an engineer, I know the magnetic pull that the United States exerts on anyone who dreams of a career in science. From the time I watched NASA technicians on television during the first lunar landing in 1969, I resolved to get the...
Tags: Education, Same-Sex Marriage, Financial Aid, Startups, Technology
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Arizona's limits on immigrant driver's licenses upheld
TUCSON — Young people granted immigration relief and work permits under a new Obama administration program still won't be able to obtain driver's licenses in Arizona, a federal judge has ruled. Although the decision is a win for Republican Gov....
Tags: Justice System, Court Preliminary, Barack Obama, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice and Rights
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Ruben Barrales, party guy
When President Obama told students in Mexico that without the support of U.S. Latinos he would not be president, he wasn't talking about the GOP's Ruben Barrales. But Barrales gets the message. He is the son of immigrants, and San Mateo County's first...
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, White House, University of California, Riverside, Hewlett-Packard Co., George W. Bush
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May Day activists cheer state immigration laws
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — As Congress debates the first national immigration overhaul in decades, a state-level push advancing rights for people in the U.S. illegally has picked up momentum across the country. Among the patchwork changes to state law...
Tags: Justice System, Jeff Stone, Democratic Party, John Kitzhaber, Barack Obama
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For Maryland Republicans, new messenger, same message
Maryland's House Republicans decided this week to jettison Del. Anthony J. O'Donnell from the leadership of their caucus on the grounds that a new messenger is needed to revitalize the party's prospects and pick up seats in the 2014 election. We wish...
Tags: Gun Control, Same-Sex Marriage, Annapolis, Personal Weapon Control, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.
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New Voices: Reform must include students who arrived in the U.S. legally
On April 17, I got a call around 3 a.m. My friend Melissa said, "It's here! It's here!" I was half asleep, but I knew exactly what she was talking about. I started up my computer before I even turned on the light in my dorm room. I had been waiting...Tags: Education, Colleges and Universities, Personal Data Collection, Politics, Interior Policy
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Laurene Powell Jobs gives first interview since Steve Jobs' death
Laurene Powell Jobs is giving her first public interview on Friday since the death of her husband, Steve Jobs. Jobs will appear on NBC's Rock Center with Brian Williams to promote a new documentary called "The Dream is Now" that will air this weekend...Tags: Steve Jobs, MSNBC (tv network)
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Some area lawmakers uneasy with outcome of 2013 session
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comLegislators in Annapolis spent a marathon day Monday in sessions spread throughout the day and the evening as they addressed business one last time before the Maryland General Assembly adjourned at midnight. Republican lawmakers from Washington County...Tags: Gun Control, Voting, Annapolis, Personal Weapon Control, Christopher B. Shank
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Maryland becomes a liberal paradise
If you're a liberal living in Maryland, there's been plenty of reason to smile lately. The Old Line State continues to beat a steady path toward leading a new vanguard of progressive policy and politics in the United States. Let's start with last...
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Voting, Democratic Party, White House, Frank Kratovil
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Don Young's racist slur not good for GOP's minority outreach
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a Republican elected official who casually uses the racist term “wetbacks” during a radio interview is a dunderhead of the first magnitude. “My father had a ranch; we used to have 50-60...Tags: Reince Priebus, Halloween, George W. Bush, Minority Groups, Science and Technology
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Giving illegal immigrants drivers license encourages them to break more laws
As a life-long Maryland citizen, I completely oppose efforts within our misguided General Assembly to pass the Maryland Highway Safety Act of 2013, which would allow the state to issue a Maryland driver's license to illegal immigrants ("State Senate...Tags: Justice System, Illegal Immigrants, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Politics
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