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Border crossings ready for new rules
May 13, 2009 - USA Today
HIGHGATE SPRINGS, Vt. The scanners and the new computer systems are in place at Vermont's largest border crossing with Quebec and people in both the United States and Canada are starting to get identification cards that makes it easier for them to cross the border.
Vermont Dairy Farms Count on Illegal Immigrants - NYTimes.com
May 13, 2009 - The New York Times
Filed at 5:42 a.m. ET HIGHGATE, Vt. (AP) -- A room off the milking parlor of a sprawling farm near the U.S.-Canada border offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the changing face of Vermont's dairy industry.
Immigration, Border Security Top Questions For Napolitano
May 13, 2009 - Congress Daily
Senate and House lawmakers pressed Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano Tuesday to explain the Obama administration's policies for enforcing border security and immigration laws, indicating areas that Congress will likely grapple .
Vigils for anniversary of Iowa immigration raid
May 12, 2009 - Houston Chronicle
POSTVILLE, Iowa — Hundreds gathered in the small northeast Iowa town of Postville on Tuesday to mark the one-year anniversary of a huge immigration raid and reflect on the community's difficulty in recovering from the arrests.
U.S. To Build More “Virtual” Border Fencing - NYTimes.com
May 12, 2009 - The New York Times
Filed at 7:15 p.m. ET TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - The U.S. government has begun building more "virtual" fencing along the border with Mexico at a cost of $100 million (65 million pounds) after overcoming some of the technological glitches of an ill-starred prototype, officials said on Tuesday.
Hate Crime Acquittal Becomes Hispanic Rallying Cry - NYTimes.com
May 12, 2009 - The New York Times
Filed at 6:16 p.m. ET Teenagers, a small town and alcohol. Tension between whites and a growing Hispanic population. Ethnic slurs, punches and kicks. A dead illegal immigrant from Mexico.
Minority Home Ownership Gains Fall - NYTimes.com
May 12, 2009 - The New York Times
After a decade of growth, the gains made in homeownership by African Americans and native-born Latinos have been eroding faster than those for whites, according to a report released Tuesday by the Pew Hispanic Center.
DHS Begins Deploying Technology Component Of Its Virtual Fence
May 12, 2009 - Congress Daily
The Homeland Security Department has begun installing a series of networked towers armed with sensors and cameras to monitor a stretch of the U.S.-Mexican border in Arizona, the program's chief said on Friday.
Amid Vigils, Iowa Town Pins Hopes on Sale of Plant - NYTimes.com
May 12, 2009 - The New York Times
Filed at 6:14 a.m. ET IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- A year after federal agents converged on a northeast Iowa kosher slaughterhouse, arresting nearly 400 workers and upending a town's economy, residents and officials are anxious for the plant to sell and return Postville to a glimpse of its former prosperity.
A Year Later, Iowa Raid Haunts Immigrants
May 12, 2009 - New America Media
May 12 is a black mark that will always live on 's calendar. On that day in 2008, armed Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raided the Postville, Iowa slaughterhouse where she worked packing chicken parts into styrofoam boxes.
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