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Romney, Gingrich exchange barbs on immigration (AP)

CORRECTS LOCATION TO THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA, INSTEAD OF UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA - Republican presidential candidates former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney participate in the Republican presidential candidates debate at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, Fla., Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP – Newt Gingrich cast Mitt Romney as the most anti-immigrant candidate of the four contenders for the Republican presidential nomination in campaign debate Thursday night in Hispanic-heavy Florida. “That’s simply inexcusable,” the former Massachusetts governor shot back, heatedly denying the accusation.


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Immigration courtrooms silent during ICE review (AP)

In this Jan. 4, 2012 photo Jesus Gerardo Noriega, front, poses for his picture at the family home in Aurora, Colo.  Jesus, 21, faced deportation last year after he was arrested for driving with no license plate light. Noriega's family brought him to the United States from Mexico when he was 9. His parents and three brothers live here legally, and he graduated from high school here. He learned in December that the case against him was being closed. U.S. prosecutors in Denver and Baltimore are reviewing thousands of deportation cases to determine which illegal immigrants might stay in the country. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)AP – In a trial of a politically divisive program, U.S. prosecutors in Denver and Baltimore are reviewing thousands of deportation cases to determine which illegal immigrants might stay in the country — perhaps indefinitely — so officials can reduce an overwhelming backlog by focusing mainly on detainees with criminal backgrounds or who are deemed threats to national security.


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Immigration works

Those eager to snap the economy out of its funk need not endlessly debate taxes and government spending. There’s a powerful step on which Democrats and Republicans can agree that can create good jobs for millions of native-born Americans: Let more highly skilled immigrants come here to study and work.

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Ariz. prosecutor wants immigration checks restored (AP)

AP – The federal government’s decision to stop an Arizona sheriff from checking inmates’ immigration status will allow criminals to be released into the community, the county’s top prosecutor said Friday as he asked the president to order Homeland Security officials to immediately restore access to federal systems revoked a day earlier.

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High court to review tough Arizona immigration law (AP)

In this Sept. 28, 2010 photo, a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent drives along the international border fence near Nogales, Ariz. The Supreme Court agreed Monday, Dec. 12, 2011 to rule on Arizona's controversial law targeting illegal immigrants. The justices said they will review a federal appeals court ruling that blocked several tough provisions in the Arizona law. One of those requires that police, while enforcing other laws, question a person's immigration status if officers suspect he is in the country illegally. (AP Photo/Matt York)AP – The Supreme Court stepped into the fight Monday over a tough Arizona law that requires local police to help enforce federal immigration laws — pushing the court deeper into hot, partisan issues of the 2012 election campaign.


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High court to look at state immigration laws (AP)

AP – The Supreme Court agreed Monday to rule on Arizona’s controversial law targeting illegal immigrants.

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High court could look at state immigration laws (AP)

AP – The Obama administration is waging a furious legal fight against a patchwork of state laws targeting illegal immigrants, and on Monday the Supreme Court has its first chance to jump into the fray.

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