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	<title>Stop the Checkpoints &#187; immigration reform</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>Another letter opposing new Border Patrol Station</title>
		<link>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/08/another-letter-opposing-new-border-patrol-station/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/08/another-letter-opposing-new-border-patrol-station/#comments</comments>
		<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 25, up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Both sides of Border Patrol controversy demonstrate on street</title>
		<link>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/08/both-sides-of-border-patrol-controversy-demonstrate-on-street/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/08/both-sides-of-border-patrol-controversy-demonstrate-on-street/#comments</comments>
		<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 as many people, if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Letters against a new Border Patrol station in Port Angeles, WA</title>
		<link>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/08/letters-against-a-new-border-patrol-station-in-port-angeles-wa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/08/letters-against-a-new-border-patrol-station-in-port-angeles-wa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 19:46:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lois</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Mr. Parsons,
I&#8217;m worried that our country is becoming too militarized.   Aside from all the money the US military industrial complex is spending on wars in foreign countries, taking away from sorely needed basic human services like health care, education, jobs and food needed here at home.  Therefore, I resent the encroachment of the [...]]]></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>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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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, demonstrating the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As Arizona Went, So Goes Virginia</title>
		<link>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/08/as-arizona-went-so-goes-virginia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 20:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lois</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[August 14, 2010
In Virginia — and in other states like Florida, where officials and candidates have been aping Arizona — creating a local dragnet for illegal immigrants is a popular slogan. It is not a solution.

Virginia has long had localized tensions over immigration: places like Prince William County and towns like Herndon where influxes of day [...]]]></description>
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		<title>14th Amendment birthright debate is just politics not constitutional law issue.</title>
		<link>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/08/14th-amendment-birthright-debate-is-just-politics-not-constitutional-law-issue/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/08/14th-amendment-birthright-debate-is-just-politics-not-constitutional-law-issue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:26:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lois</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Victor Goode  Thursday, August 12 2010, ColorLines
Republican leaders have spent the last couple of weeks reigniting a 140-year-old constitutional debate: Whether the 14th Amendment should grant citizenship to everyone born inside United States territory. South Carolina’s Sen. Lindsay Graham, who was once considered an immigration ally for Democrats, demanded Senate hearings on the matter [...]]]></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>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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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.  Today non-traditional worker centers [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/06/ap-impact-us-mexico-border-isnt-so-dangerous/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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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 big cities in [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/05/occupation-of-arizona-border-patrol-station/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 May 2010 18:37:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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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. These Arizona residents disrupted the
Border [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/05/citizenship-law-fans-womens-fears-in-arizona/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 20:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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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
WeNews correspondent
Thursday, May 6, 2010

Arizona&#8217;s new law on checking immigration papers [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/05/new-immig-reform-proposal-based-on-human-rights-a-comparison-chart/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 18:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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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 alternative to the kind of [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/04/arizona-goes-over-the-edge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 21:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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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 driven lawsuits.
The [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/04/right-wing-attempting-to-end-citizenship-by-birth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 01:23:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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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 studying at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Increased Border Enforcement vs. Environment?</title>
		<link>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/04/increased-border-enforcement-vs-environment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/04/increased-border-enforcement-vs-environment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 01:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lois</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[GOP: Border Patrol should control federal lands
A group of House Republicans say Border Patrol agents should be granted direct control over U.S. borders, even on federal lands managed by other agencies.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011604810_apusbordersafety.html
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		<title>Let&#8217;s Make It Real! Planning meeting-Apr. 12</title>
		<link>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/04/lets-make-it-real-planning-meeting-apr-12/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stopthecheckpoints.com/2010/04/lets-make-it-real-planning-meeting-apr-12/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 16:58:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lois</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the April 3rd meeting of Stop The Checkpoints it was decided to hold a Planning Meeting on Monday, April 12th at 4:00 pm at the Port Angeles Library (their week-long furlough days are over now).
 
Planning will take place for actions on May 1st to promote real immigration reform based on human rights and workers&#8217; rights instead [...]]]></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 and [...]]]></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 even worse. 
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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.
 &#8221;Our community is angry. [...]]]></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 rally, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Worker ID Card Spurs Controversy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:34:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ID Card for Workers Is at Center of Immigration Plan
By LAURA MECKLER,  MARCH 8, 2010
Lawmakers working to craft a new comprehensive immigration bill have settled on a way to prevent employers from hiring illegal immigrants: a national biometric identification card all American workers would eventually be required to obtain.
 Worker ID Card Spurs Controversy
Lawmakers working to [...]]]></description>
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