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	<description>Defending civil liberties &#38; immigrant workers on the Olympic Peninsula of WA. Say NO to a police state &#38; racial profiling!</description>
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		<title>Immigration reform deal hangs on border security</title>
		<link>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2013/06/immigration-reform-deal-hangs-on-border-security/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 23:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lois</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Immigration reform deal hangs on border security By: Carrie Budoff Brown and Seung Min Kim June 3, 2013 05:05 AM EDT  Politico The Gang of Eight’s hopes for a Senate supermajority is running into the GOP’s push for a dramatic crackdown on border security — testing the limits of the bipartisan coalition that’s propelling the bill [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Immigration advocates ask Obama to suspend some deportations</title>
		<link>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2013/05/immigration-advocates-ask-obama-to-suspend-some-deportations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:39:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lois</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By David Nakamura, Published: May 13, 2013 at 1:41 pm http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/05/13/immigration-advocates-ask-obama-to-suspend-some-deportations/ Immigration advocates called on President Obama on Monday to suspend deportations of undocumented workers who would qualify for legal status under a comprehensive immigration bill being debate in the Senate. With an estimated 1,100 illegal immigrants per day being deported from the United States, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stop The Checkpoints Rally on May 4th in Port Angeles!</title>
		<link>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2013/04/stop-the-checkpoints-rally-on-may-4th-in-port-angeles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 23:23:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lois</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Border Patrol expansion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amid all the tragic news from Boston and from Texas, the Senate Gang of 8 did release their Immigration Reform Bill yesterday.  And it contains much of what we expected &#8211; a long and torturous &#8220;path to citizenship&#8221;  that only starts after massive increases in border enforcement, e-Verify, and increasing billions of dollars of our tax money [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Immigration Reform Bill introduced on April 17, 2013</title>
		<link>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2013/04/senate-immigration-reform-bill-introduced-on-april-17-2013/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2013/04/senate-immigration-reform-bill-introduced-on-april-17-2013/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 23:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lois</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are seventy two pages&#8230;.. BORDER SECURITY, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, AND IMMIGRATION MODERNIZATION ACT OF 2013 SECTION-BY-SECTION Section 1: Short title, table of contents Section 2: Findings Stating, inter alia, that the United States has a right to maintain its sovereignty by protecting its borders and controlling the flow of immigration, which is a source of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Immigration Plan Sets 2011 Cutoff for Path to Legalization</title>
		<link>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2013/04/immigration-plan-sets-2011-cutoff-for-path-to-legalization/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 21:53:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lois</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By ASHLEY PARKER  Published: April 12, 2013 WASHINGTON — As a bipartisan group of eight senators prepared to introduce a plan early next week to overhaul the nation’s immigration laws, Senate negotiators have agreed to a cutoff date that could bar hundreds of thousands of immigrants from the path to legalization provided in the legislation.   Immigration Compromise Leaves [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Agrees to New Rules for Immigration Raids</title>
		<link>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2013/04/u-s-agrees-to-new-rules-for-immigration-raids/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2013/04/u-s-agrees-to-new-rules-for-immigration-raids/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2013 17:34:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lois</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By KIRK SEMPLE   Published: April 4, 2013  New York Times Federal authorities have agreed to establish new policies governing the conduct of immigration officers during raids, including restrictions on how and when agents can enter private homes, the source of widespread ire and anxiety among immigrants. The rules are included in a settlement that was approved by a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business, Labor Close on Deal for Immigration Bill</title>
		<link>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2013/03/business-labor-close-on-deal-for-immigration-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2013/03/business-labor-close-on-deal-for-immigration-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2013 02:49:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lois</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[future flow of immigrants]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;creates 200,000 new W visas per year  for low-wage workers&#8221; ABC OTUS News – March 29, 2013 Big business and major labor unions appeared ready Friday to end a fight over a new low-skilled worker program that had threatened to upend negotiations on a sweeping immigration bill in the Senate providing a pathway to citizenship for 11 million illegal immigrants already [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3 Shocking Examples of Guest-Worker Abuses</title>
		<link>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2013/03/3-shocking-examples-of-guest-worker-abuses/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2013/03/3-shocking-examples-of-guest-worker-abuses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:12:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lois</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By TED HESSON (@tedhesson)  Univision  March 20, 2013  Republicans and business interests want to make sure that any immigration reform bill includes a way for lesser-skilled workers to enter the country legally. Crafting such a system, however, is tricky. Guest-worker programs have a history of labor abuses, and any new program will need to offer guarantees to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Border Deaths Spike 27 Percent, Even As Immigration From Mexico Drops</title>
		<link>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2013/03/border-deaths-spike-27-percent-even-as-immigration-from-mexico-drops/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2013/03/border-deaths-spike-27-percent-even-as-immigration-from-mexico-drops/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lois</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Huffington Post  &#124;  By Roque PlanasPosted: 03/20/2013 1:47 pm EDT  &#124;  Updated: 03/20/2013 5:29 pm EDT Deaths along the U.S.-Mexico border spiked 27 percent last year, according to a report released Tuesday that calls for the implementation of a guest worker program to stem the number of deaths. In 2012, 477 migrants lost their lives attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Immigration reform dilemma: Cut family visas to woo computer engineers?</title>
		<link>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2013/03/immigration-reform-dilemma-cut-family-visas-to-woo-computer-engineers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2013/03/immigration-reform-dilemma-cut-family-visas-to-woo-computer-engineers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lois</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By David Grant &#124; 08:42 am  Christian Science Monitor If the House and Senate reach a compromise immigration reform accord, one thing is nearly certain: The proportion of immigrants who are given legal status in the United States because of family connections will be lower, while those allowed in for employment reasons will be higher. Lawmakers of [...]]]></description>
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