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Asians edge out Latinos as fastest-growing U.S. group
Los Angeles TimesAsian Americans are now the nation's fastest-growing racial group, overtaking Latinos in recent years as the largest stream of new immigrants arriving annually in the United States. In an economy that increasingly depends on highly skilled workers, Asian...Tags: Politics, Statue of Liberty, University of California, Los Angeles, Paul Taylor, Customs and Tradition
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In Theory: Can Americans reconcile with Islam?
Q. A leading Islamic cleric has begun a tour of America urging American Muslims to help shape the religion’s relationship with the USA. Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf says Muslims should depoliticize their faith and that they should aim to make Islam be...Tags: National Security, Hamas, Education, Breads, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Illegal immigrants -- they're money
DAN STEIN, the premier American nativist and president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, is shocked, shocked. He's mad at Bank of America for issuing credit cards to illegal immigrants. He says that to BofA "and other large corporations,...Tags: Politics, Work Relations, Government, Banking, Demographics
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Liberty Tax sign holders keeping motorists gawking
jkleppinger@jessaminejournal.comIn the base of the Statue of Liberty in New York City is a plaque bearing the Emma Lazarus poem “The New Colossus” with the famous words, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” At the start...Tags: Sculpture, New York City, Statue of Liberty, Arts and Culture
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America's voice of liberty
ESTHER SCHOR is professor of English at Princeton University and author of a new biography, "Emma Lazarus."THIS WEEKEND, Emma Lazarus, whose eloquent words are engraved in the Statue of Liberty, will be honored with a stone in the Poet's Corner at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Manhattan. The timing is auspicious because 10 days later, when...Tags: Politics, Joseph Pulitzer, Death, Statue of Liberty, New York
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Statue of Liberty marks 125 years, hosts naturalization for 125
Nation NowThe United States celebrated the 125th anniversary of the dedication of the Statue of Liberty with the naturalization of 125 new citizens from 46 nations on Friday, a ceremony of unity that temporarily put aside the political and geographical changes... -
Law, aid groups at odds on the border
Tribune staff reporterWith a U.S. Border Patrol helicopter whirring above, Margo Cowan stood in a campsite waving the chopper toward a mother and child lost miles back in the thick cactus and dangerous desert terrain. Moments before, she had called the patrol to alert it that...Tags: Heads of State, Pima County, Police Arrests, Vehicles, Death
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Statue of Liberty Q&A
Tribune staff reporterQ. Was it always called the "Statue of Liberty"? A. Pretty much, though originally that was just the beginning of the name. "It was called the statue of `Liberty, Enlightening the World,' " according to National Park Service historian and author Barry...Tags: Gardens and Parks, Death, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Statue of Liberty, Battery Park
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Cell Phones Point Illegal Border Crossers to Water
KTLA NewsSAN DIEGO -- A group of California artists wants Mexicans and Central Americans to have more than just a few cans of tuna and a jug of water for their illegal trek through the harsh desert into the U.S. Faculty at University of California, San Diego...Tags: University of California, San Diego, California, Crimes, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Mexico
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Obama on immigration: System's broken, fence won't work, Arizona's wrong, beware demagoguery
Top of the TicketFull text of the Democrat's latest remarks on immigration. No specifics or timetable for fixing it. will Congress have the courage?... -
Immigration debate: Deport the children?
Moms At Work - Orlando SentinelAfter passing the strictest anti illegal immigration law in the country, Arizona legislators want to kick it up one notch: deny U.S. citizenship to the children of illegal immigrants. Constitutional scholars say that there's no way this can be done. The...
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