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Utah on immigration: We aren’t Arizona

Stateline — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 04:40:59 +0000

Less than a year ago, Utah business leaders worried that their state would follow in Arizona’s controversial footsteps by passing tough new laws to crack down on illegal immigration.

Feds put brakes on ‘Real ID’ again

Stateline — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 13:39:45 +0000

States have another two years to comply with a…

Obama ups border budget to chorus of gripes

Catherine A. Traywick, The Media Consortium — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 16:59:14 +0000

President Obama is taking heat from all sides this…

TSA gone wild

Wendy Norris — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:31:42 +0000

Laugh it up, patriots, while you say goodbye to your Fourth Amendment rights.

Feds quietly halt student deportations

Progressive States Network — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:03:09 +0000

Amid a tightening circle of immigration enforcement by the federal government, officials are quietly halting deportations of some student activists organizing in favor of the federal DREAM Act.

Real ID punted until 2011

Wendy Norris — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:29:56 +0000

Score one for the states. The Dept. of Homeland Security announced Friday it will suspend the Dec. 31 deadline on a controversial national ID law.

Getting real on national ID

Wendy Norris — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:36:05 +0000

A year-end deadline looms on the controversial federal ID card system to which the National Governors Association replied: Get real.