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<p> Is immigration reform back?</p>
<p> Hoping to jump-start a major legislative drive on immigration reform in the U.S. Congress, more than 100 pro-reform House Democrats signed a letter reminding President Obama of his administration’s commitment to overhaul immigration.</p>
<p> The letter was clearly meant to nudge the White House toward engaging an issue it has allowed to languish.</p>
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<p><strong>WASHINGTON</strong> — Representatives of 29 civil rights organizations gathered on Capitol Hill Tuesday to express their opposition to legislation that would require individuals to indicate their citizenship status in the 2010 census.</p>
<p> Simon Rosenberg, president of the liberal Washington think tank NDN, said the amendment put forth by Sens. David Vitter, R-La., and Robert Bennett, R-Utah, will “undoubtedly politicize the census.”</p>
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<p> Los miles de usuarios de la garita de San Ysidro estuvieron como público cautivo en un tiroteo que terminó con 5 personas heridas y 78 detenidos, todos ellos migrantes indocumentados mexicanos.</p>
<p> Además, el tiroteo dejó cerrada la importante garita por más de 4 horas.</p>
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<p> Uno de los temas acalorados de debate público tiene que ver con las cárceles, que lejos de ser lugares de rehabilitación o tratamiento de adicciones se han vuelto un lugar de hacinamiento, violencia y gasto público tanto en California como a Baja California.</p>
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<strong></strong> – Amid criticism and bitter comments, Escondido Police Chief Jim Maher tried to explain his policy surrounding the controversial check points, to a skeptical crowd and where activists described his policies as anti-immigrant.</p>