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	<title>Stop the Checkpoints &#187; immigrant</title>
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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>Janet Napolitano urges officials to stop exaggerating violence on U.S. side of border</title>
		<link>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2011/02/janet-napolitano-urges-officials-to-stop-exaggerating-violence-on-u-s-side-of-border/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 19:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Homeland Security secretary tries to make her case with FBI crime statistics, but public perceptions are hard to change By Brian Bennett, Washington Bureau &#8212;&#8211;February 1, 2011 Battling the widespread perception that U.S. border cities have become more dangerous, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Monday called on public officials to stop exaggerating the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guest Workers in U.S. Keep Up Fight for Their Rights</title>
		<link>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/12/guest-workers-in-u-s-keep-up-fight-for-their-rights/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 21:51:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted By James Parks On December 16, 2010 @ 4:21 pm In In the States, Legislation &#38; Politics &#124; 8 Comments     Indian workers from the Signal International shipyard rallied in front of the White House in 2008.         In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, thousands of guest workers with H-2B [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another letter opposing new Border Patrol Station</title>
		<link>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/08/another-letter-opposing-new-border-patrol-station/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 03:09:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lois</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;This explosion in the size and scope of the Border Patrol is extremely troubling.&#8221; Dear Mr. Parsons, We are writing in opposition to the plan by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to spend $8 million on a major expansion of its Port Angeles facility in order to accommodate 50 agents. The current number is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Border patrol proposal draws support, criticism</title>
		<link>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/08/border-patrol-proposal-draws-support-criticism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 19:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lois</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[KONP Radio News &#8211; August 20th, 2010 &#8211; 6:09 am (Port Angeles) &#8212; A proposal that would move the local border patrol headquarters into what is now the Eagles Building has drawn support and ire in the community. Earlier this week members of &#8220;Stop the Checkpoints&#8221; a group critical of the U-S Border Patrol took [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Both sides of Border Patrol controversy demonstrate on street</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 19:51:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lois</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Article published Aug 19, 2010 By Tom Callis Peninsula Daily News PORT ANGELES &#8212; Opponents of expanding the Border Patrol&#8217;s presence on the North Olympic Peninsula came out this week, as they did two years before, to say no to the placement of more federal agents in Clallam and Jefferson counties. But this time just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama signs Border Bill to Increase Surveillance</title>
		<link>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/08/obama-signs-border-bill-to-increase-surveillance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/08/obama-signs-border-bill-to-increase-surveillance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 20:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By JULIA PRESTON, New York Times  August 14, 2010 President Obama signed into law a $600 million bill on Friday to pay for 1,500 new border agents, additional unmanned surveillance drones and new Border Patrol stations along the southwest border. The measure sailed through Congress in little more than a week with broad bipartisan support, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anti-Immigrant Zealot Becomes GOP&#8217;s Colorado Senate Nominee</title>
		<link>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/08/anti-immigrant-zealot-becomes-gops-colorado-senate-nominee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:03:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lois</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ari Berman &#124; August 11, 2010  &#124; The Nation At dawn on December 12, 2006, the holiday of Our Lady of Guadeloupe, a heavily armed fleet of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers stormed the JBS Swift Greeley Beef Plant, the largest employer in the sleepy city of Greeley, Colorado. They arrived in riot gear, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ANOTHER IMMIGRATION POLICY IS POSSIBLE!</title>
		<link>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/07/another-immigration-policy-is-possible/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/07/another-immigration-policy-is-possible/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 22:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By David Bacon Truthout Report http://www.truth-out.org/another-immigration-policy-is-possible60995         Thousands of leftwing activists just spent a week at the US Social Forum in Detroit, gathered again under the banner &#8220;Another World is Possible!&#8221;  Among them hundreds added a new subtext:  &#8220;Another Immigration Policy is Possible!&#8221;         This theme was especially popular among grassroots organizations in immigrant communities.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canada:  What Do We Owe Our Guest Workers?</title>
		<link>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/06/canada-what-do-we-owe-our-guest-workers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 05:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ &#8221;You&#8217;re good enough to work here for a while, but now go home.&#8221;  The latest batch of more than 175,000 foreign temporary workers in Canada can expect to hear that message. It&#8217;s the deal. We get workers we need to make our economy function better. They get pay and a limited taste of life in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP Impact: US-Mexico border isn&#8217;t so dangerous</title>
		<link>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/06/ap-impact-us-mexico-border-isnt-so-dangerous/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Associated Press Writer Martha Mendoza,– Thu Jun 3, 11:38 am ET It&#8217;s one of the safest parts of America, and it&#8217;s getting safer. It&#8217;s the U.S.-Mexico border, and even as politicians say more federal troops are needed to fight rising violence, government data obtained by The Associated Press show it actually isn&#8217;t so dangerous after all. The top four [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Occupation of Arizona Border Patrol station!</title>
		<link>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/05/occupation-of-arizona-border-patrol-station/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 May 2010 18:37:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[21 May 2010 Tucson, AZ – More than a dozen people occupied Border Patrol headquarters at Davis-Monthan Airforce Base today in an act of peaceful resistance. The group includes members of Indigenous Nations of Arizona, migrants, people of color and white allies. Six people used chains and other devices to lock themselves in the building. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Citizenship Law Fans Women&#8217;s Fears in Arizona</title>
		<link>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/05/citizenship-law-fans-womens-fears-in-arizona/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 20:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ By  Sharon Johnson WeNews correspondent Arizona&#8217;s new law on checking immigration papers rings special alarms for women whose new names after marriage or divorce might not match electronic records. Others in mixed-status relationships fear their families could get torn apart.   http://www.womensenews.org/story/the-nation/100504/citizenship-law-fans-womens-fears-in-arizona  Full article below:  Citizenship Law Fans Women&#8217;s Fears in Arizona By Sharon Johnson [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New immig. reform proposal based on human rights &amp; a comparison chart</title>
		<link>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/05/new-immig-reform-proposal-based-on-human-rights-a-comparison-chart/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 18:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(from David Bacon &#8211; April 26, 2010)  see comparison chart following letter Dear friends, A year ago many organizations and individuals in northern California came together to affirm the need for an immigration policy based on human rights. At that meeting, we resolved to work on a strategy for meaningful immigration reform, centered around an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arizona Goes Over the Edge</title>
		<link>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/04/arizona-goes-over-the-edge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 21:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 18, 2010 Editorial &#8211; NYT The Arizona Legislature has just stepped off the deep end of the immigration debate, passing a harsh and mean-spirited bill that would do little to stop illegal immigration. What it would do is lead to more racial profiling, hobble local law enforcement, and open government agencies to frivolous, politically [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arizona &#8211; one step closer to a police state!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 02:03:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arizona passes tough immigration bill Los Angeles &#8211; Legislators in Arizona have passed what is being described as the toughest immigration law in the country, directing local police to determine the immigration status of non-criminals if there is reasonable suspicion they are in the country illegally, the Arizona Republic newspaper&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Right wing attempting to end &#8220;citizenship by birth&#8221;!</title>
		<link>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/04/right-wing-attempting-to-end-citizenship-by-birth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 01:23:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Immigration: &#8216;Birth Tourism&#8217; Industry Markets U.S. Citizenship Abroad &#8211; ABC News Some legislators, including U.S. Rep. Gary Miller, R-Calif., have called for revising the Constitution to forbid citizenship by birth alone and thereby end the attraction of birth tourists. Among the foreigners who have given birth here, including international travelers passing through and foreign students [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Next Meeting April 3, 2pm in Port Angeles</title>
		<link>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/03/next-meeting-april-3-2pm-in-port-angeles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 04:59:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stop The Checkpoints will meet in Port Angeles on Saturday, April 3rd, at 2:00 pm.  Due to Library furlough of workers for a week due to budget cuts, the meeting will be held in a home near the Library.  Please email info@stopthecheckpoints.com or call 360-452-7534 for the meeting location.  Topic will be:  What real immigration reform should look like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Need better alternative than Schumer reform bill</title>
		<link>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/03/need-better-alternative-than-schumer-reform-bill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:28:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WE NEED A BETTER ALTERNATIVE By David Bacon     OAKLAND, CA  (3/19/09) &#8211; Senators Charles Schumer and Lindsey Graham announced Thursday their plan for immigration reform.  Unfortunately, it is a retread, recycling the same bad ideas that led to the defeat of reform efforts over the last five years.  In some ways, their proposal is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Immigrant rights groups slam Obama, Democrats for slow action with legalization bil</title>
		<link>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/03/immigrant-rights-group-slam-obama-democrats-for-slow-action-with-legalization-bil/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By N.C. Aizenman and Spencer S. Hsu Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, March 9, 2010; A02 Leaders of nearly a dozen grass-roots immigrant rights groups excoriated President Obama and congressional Democrats on Monday, accusing them of moving too slowly to legalize the status of undocumented immigrants and citing a record number of deportations in 2009. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AFL-CIO says Broken Immig. System benefits corporations</title>
		<link>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/03/afl-cio-says-broken-immig-system-benefits-corporations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The broken system is benefiting the very same corporate giants who destroyed our economy. It is allowing those corporations to exploit workers by&#8230; Some 200,000 people turned out in Washington, D.C., Sunday for a massive rally in support of immigration reform. Among the speakers, AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker thanked the organizers of the [...]]]></description>
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