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Welcome Back, Kotter's Juan Epstein, Robert Hegyes, Dead at 60
![Robert Hegyes, best known for playing Juan Epstein—one of Gabe Kaplan's "star" pupils—in Welcome Back, Kotter, died this morning after an apparent heart attack, according to New Jersey's Star Ledger. He was 60.](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-01/67671597-27012843.jpg "Robert Hegyes, best known for playing Juan Epstein—one of Gabe Kaplan's "star\" pupils—in Welcome Back, Kotter, died this morning after an apparent heart attack, according to New Jersey's Star Ledger. He was 60.")
Robert Hegyes, best known for playing Juan Epstein—one of Gabe Kaplan's "star" pupils—in Welcome Back, Kotter, died this morning after an apparent heart attack, according to New Jersey's Star Ledger. He was 60.
The actor, who also played a...Tags: Judaism, Heart Attack, Religion and Belief
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L.A. elections may be decided by older, white voters, poll shows
Tuesday's elections will sweep in new leadership for Los Angeles' 3.8 million residents, but the races are likely to be decided by an older, whiter and more educated fraction of the city's population. Latinos, the city's dominant ethnic group and a...
Tags: Voting, Minority Groups, Jan Perry, Demographics, Wendy Greuel
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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: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ford Motor Co., Startups, Colleges and Universities, Technology
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Dawn Sweeney: Restaurant industry eyes sensible immigration reform
Capitol Hill is accustomed to bitter partisanship. But eight U.S. senators — four Democrats and four Republicans — just stood shoulder-to-shoulder to introduce a sweeping immigration reform bill. This so-called "Gang of Eight" is comprised of...Tags: Lindsey O. Graham, Migration, John McCain, Marco Rubio, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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Immigration bill: Gang label amendment goes down
The Senate Judiciary Committee continued its markup of a bipartisan immigration reform bill Monday, rejecting an amendment by Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) that would have barred undocumented immigrants who are merely suspected of belonging to a gang,...Tags: Chuck Grassley, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Migration, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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Union of federal workers opposes immigration bill
WASHINGTON — Senators pushed forward Monday with changes to a sweeping immigration overhaul over the objections of a union of immigration officers that announced its opposition to the bill. The legislation, written by a bipartisan group of...
Tags: Migration, Justice and Rights, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Republican Party, Orrin Hatch
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Conservatives, tea party leaders seek to block immigration bill
WASHINGTON – Top conservative leaders, along with tea party activists from across the nation, have crafted a letter of opposition to the Senate’s bipartisan immigration overhaul. The open letter to the Senate, which will be released Tuesday,...Tags: Tea Party Movement, Migration, Justice and Rights, Marco Rubio, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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U.S. panel votes to speed up airport fingerprinting of immigrants
Reuters* Major U.S. airports would be first to install equipment * Negotiations continue over high-tech visas By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - High-tech systems for tracking the movements of immigrants and other foreigners when leaving the...Tags: Government, Migration, National Government, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), AFL-CIO
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Immigrant Taken Into Federal Custody, Faces Deportation After Appeal Fails
The Hartford CourantA New Haven man who became an advocacy case for state immigration activists was taken into custody in Hartford Monday and will be deported. Jose Maria Islas, 35, showed up for an appointment with an immigration official at the Ribicoff Federal Building...Tags: Extradition, Labor Legislation, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), International Law, Politics
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ICE Arrests Islas for Deportation Despite Pleas From Activists, Congressional Delegation
Jose Maria Islas, whose immigration case has become a rallying cry for Connecticut activists, has been arrested by federal authorities and is now headed for deportation. He case has sparked demonstrations, outrage and letters from several members of...Tags: Extradition, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), International Law, Politics, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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Senators press forward on immigration bill
WASHINGTON – Senators are pushing forward on changes to a sweeping immigration overhaul, preparing to vote the bill out of the Judiciary Committee before Congress adjourns for the Memorial Day recess. The bill largely has withstood the assaults of...
Tags: Migration, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Harry Reid, U.S. Congress, Career and Workplace
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Federal immigration services union joins opposition to bill
WASHINGTON – A labor union that represents federal officers who vet immigration applications has decided to oppose the immigration overhaul winding through the Senate, saying provisions in the bill could lead to fraud. The proposed legislation...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Judges
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