Immigration
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Mount Vernon naturalization ceremony on July 4
Ninety-eight people from 45 countries spent their 4th of July becoming U.S. citizens during a ceremony at Mount Vernon. Check out pictures from the ceremony.
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That was the week that was
CommentKnuti-Schlapp interview June 22, 2012
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Vetting Rubio; Immigration; HIV Awareness
CommentToday on NewsTalk, we spoke with Adam Tragone, Corey Stewart, Adam Tenner and Elizabeth Brakebill
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That was the week that was
CommentBurkman and Fowler interview June 15, 2012
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Montgomery College in-state tuition for illegal immigrants upheld, lawsuit tossed
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A hopeless lawsuit against Montgomery College for allowing undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition has been dismissed by a county judge. The suit was filed by Judicial Watch, a conservative (and sometimes frighteningly influential) watchdog group, and was dismissed "with prejudice," which basically means it's dead forever. ¡Vamos a festejar!
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Maryland DREAM Act: Supporters file lawsuit to overturn petition
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Three Maryland public interest groups have filed a lawsuit to block a 2012 voter referendum that would repeal the state's DREAM Act, which allows some undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition.
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Safe Communities program will include D.C., Montgomery County
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Montgomery County and Washington, D.C. have decided not to delay the inevitable, and will voluntarily join the controversial Safe Communities program, which creates a fingerprint database of "those who pose a threat to public safety, and repeat immigration violators," according to its website. The program has also been accused, however, of deporting petty criminals and even responsible non-citizens who report crimes.
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D.C. can't avoid immigrant fingerprint program for long
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D.C. may be forced to join a Department of Homeland Security program that allows immigration officials access to fingerprints collected by local police — just, you know, to make sure there aren't any undocumented immigrants wandering around the District. And to deport those who are.
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Jose Antonio Vargas' revealed his immigration secret before Times article
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Jose Antonio Vargas, the former Post reporter who recently revealed — in the New York Times, because the Post, oddly, passed on the opportunity — that he's an undocumented immigrant, had told his secret to around 50 people a month before the Times published his story. Not a single one of them, including a journalist, leaked the news.
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Prince William County files second lawsuit with DHS
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Prince William County is suing the Department of Homeland Security, asking DHS to release information on what happened to 3,000 undocumented immigrants arrested since 2008.
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Top GOPer on robo-calls, immigrants, taxes; Arab views of the U.S.; Online gambling in DC
CommentDel. Tony O’Donnell, the minority leader in the Maryland House, talks about the robo-calls case, the upcoming tuition referendum, and redistricting. Dr. James Zogby talks about a new poll on Arab views of the U.S. And DC community activist Marie Drissel discusses gambling, school reform and the scandals.
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Green card lottery nullification leaves immigrants disheartened
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Sometimes the American dream turns out to be just that: a dream. Yesterday, tens of thousands of would-be immigrants learned that they would not, in fact, be immigrating to the U.S. — unless they're lucky enough to win the same lottery twice.
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Sam Ford on Kwame Brown; firefighters on police patrol; immigration museum
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Reporter Sam Ford talking about Kwame Brown, Delroy Burton of the DC Police Union and Sam Eskenazi of the Coalition for the National Museum of the American People.
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Maryland immigrant tuition act in jeopardy
A petition drive against a measure allowing certain undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition at Maryland colleges has succeeded in gathering enough signatures to put the legislation on the ballot.
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Dulles Corridor: The (unlikely) artery of the East
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You might be surprised to learn that one of the country's most important technology corridors is located right in our backyard.
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Maryland voters may get to decide on in-state tuition law
A group is collecting signatures to get a new law onto the ballot that would grant in-state tuition to immigrants who live in the state illegally. Lots of people have signed up in opposition.
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Illegal immigration Maryland: O'Malley to sign tuition bill
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Going to college in Maryland will now become easier for immigrants who meet certain conditions.
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Tejada doubts possibility of in-state tuition for immigrant kids
Arlington Board Member Walter Tejada said that he would like to see children of immigrants offered in-state tuition at public universites. [ArlNow]
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