The chapter of Young Conservatives of Texas at the University of Texas at Austin is planning on doing a silly thing on Wednesday. It has announced a game it calls “Catch an Illegal Immigrant,” in which students will walk around campus with the words “Illegal Immigrant” pinned to their clothing. People who spot and escort
Officials at the University of Texas at Austin on Monday criticized a conservative-student group’s plan to hold a game in which students can win $25 gift cards if they “catch” people walking around the campus wearing “illegal immigrant” labels.
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WASHINGTON — Ever heard of David Valadao? Exactly.
The soft-spoken freshman congressman may
be little known outside his district in California’s Central Valley, even to many of his House Republican colleagues.
WASHINGTON — With immigration re-emerging as the topic of focus in Washington, an unusual coalition of business executives, Republican Party activists and evangelical leaders will descend on Capitol Hill early next week to pressure House Republicans to pass their own legislation.
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LOS ANGELES — Breaking with Democrats
DAYTON, Ohio — Fighting back from the ravages of industrial decline, this city adopted a novel plan two years ago to revive its economy and its spirits: become a magnet for immigrants.
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Repeated battles for the soul of California’s Republican Party began in earnest in 1968, when the ultra-conservative state Schools Supt. Max Rafferty bested moderate U.S. Sen. Thomas Kuchel in a June primary election and went on to lose badly to Democrat Alan Cranston, who would then be re-elected three times.
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California’s move to allow more than a million immigrants who are in this country illegally to receive driver’s licenses marks a significant but controversial advance in the long campaign to decriminalize their day-to-day lives.
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