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Anti-Immigration Activists See Opportunity in Health Care Debate

By | 08.14.09 | 1:05 am

When President Obama showed up for a town hall meeting in New Hampshire on Tuesday, he heard more than just protests against health care.

“We don’t need illegals,” yelled a white-bearded protester into his megaphone outside the high school auditorium in Portsmouth, caught on video here. More…

Is Sotomayor Just a Bone Tossed to Hispanics?

By | 05.27.09 | 10:11 am

If you thought President Obama’s pick of Sonia Sotomayor was a good sign for Latinos, think again — the latest buzz is that Obama picked Sotomayor as a consolation prize for all his Hispanic supporters clamoring for comprehensive immigration reform, which so far he’s not doing much about.

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Immigration Reform Inching Up on the Agenda

By | 04.09.09 | 12:33 pm

As The New York Times reported in a front-page story today, President Obama is slowly coming around to saying he’s thinking that he’s probably going to do something about immigration reform at some point in the future, hopefully this year.

He might even talk publicly about it in May. More…