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The American Farm Bureau (AFB) has declared the 'Season Right for Meaningful Immigration Reform.' The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) has issued dire warnings of farms being forced to close their doors and store milk prices skyrocketing if ...

If there was any doubt about the need for comprehensive federal immigration reform, Arizona's politicians are putting it to rest. Arizona's legislature has passed a harsh and repressive bill that requires local police to interrogate people who they ...

PHOENIX - After the shooting death of a rancher, Sens. Jon Kyl and John McCain once again called Monday for National Guard troops to be deployed along Arizona's border with Mexico. The request for 3,000 troops was part of a 10-point plan that also ...

Continuing his lurch rightward in the face of a tough Republican primary challenge, Sen. John McCain has endorsed a draconian immigration bill that's close to passage in Arizona. The state-level bill, which the Arizona Senate passed on Monday, would ...

View full sizeCraig Ruttle/APRosario Lucero, center, on Monday stood near the site in Patchogue, N.Y., where her son, Marcelo Lucero, was stabbed to death in 2008. Earlier in the day, his killer, Jeffrey Conroy, was convicted of manslaughter as a hate ...

Arizona Senators John McCain (R) and Jon Kyl (R) called Monday for the immediate deployment of 3,000 National Guard troops to help secure the U.S. border along Arizona and Mexico. Arizona has been disproportionately hit by this situation, said ...

The House was back in session today after returning from the Easter recess and Democrats are poised to begin work on major legislative issues without the support of their Republican colleagues. The House is facing a full agenda that has been put ...

PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona lawmakers passed a controversial immigration bill on Monday requiring police in the state that borders Mexico to determine if people are in the United States illegally, a measure critics say is open to racial profiling. ...

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Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) decried Sen. John McCains (R-Ariz.) plan to curb illegal immigration on Monday saying that the Republican lawmakers initiative does not take a comprehensive approach. We believe our blueprint is even stronger than ...

Sen. John McCain has endorsed a tough Arizona anti-immigration bill that will let police arrest people who arent carrying identification, the latest move in McCains rightward shift in advance of a tough Republican Senate primary this summer. I think its ...

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) emphasized Monday that border security must be the top priority right now when it comes to immigration. McCain joined with his Arizona colleague, Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R), to urge federal authorities to immediately ...

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Critics who always saw John McCain's independence as another word for opportunism are finding quite a bit of vindication in his primary against J.D. Hayworth. the most remarkable turn yet: Sen. John McCain has endorsed a tough Arizona anti-immigration ...

(RTTNews) - Senators John McCain, R-Ariz., and Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., unveiled a 10-point border security plan Monday to combat illegal immigration, drug and alien smuggling, and violent activity along the southwest border.In announcing the plan, McCain said ...

Seeking more funding to secure the border in Arizona, the state's senators argued Monday that the problems in their backyard were a national issue, because such a large percentage of illegal immigrants cross the Mexican border there. Republicans John ...

Arizonan endorses state proposal allowing arrest of those without identification. ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) Two Republican senators proposed Monday sending 3,000 more US National Guard soldiers to quell violence spilling over the border between their home state of Arizona and Mexico. In a 10-point plan for beefing up security in the area, ...

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PHOENIX - Arizona lawmakers approved a sweeping immigration bill Monday intended to ramp up law enforcement efforts even as critics complained it could lead to racial profiling and other abuse. The state Senate voted 17-11 nearly along party lines to ...