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The Texas Surge: Is America Headed South?
12:00PM 7/07/2011
For more than two centuries, the Census Bureau has plotted America's population center, mapping a steady progression of westward and southward growth. With a boom in Texas and busts on the coasts sending the center South, what does the new center say about the nation's future?
Escalating violence related to the cross-border drug trade has caused Texas authorities to advise spring break revelers to avoid Mexico. The Mexico Tourism Board countered that traveling south of the border remains safe. At stake is a big chunk of the $12 billion that tourists spend in Mexico each year.
In the latest efforts by states to curb the problem of unqualified people offering immigration services, six notary publics in Texas have been accused of attracting customers by falsely claiming they had the skill or knowledge to handle immigration cases.
The action is part of the state's ongoing...
Illegal Immigrants Move from America's Edges to the Center
3:00PM 2/10/2011
Illegal immigrant populations are shrinking in New York, Florida and the Mountain West state as undocumented workers relocate to states that offer more promise of finding work, such as Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana. And overall, the drop in immigration has stabilized.
Chipotle Fires Hundreds of Workers Amid Immigration Probe
7:28AM 2/08/2011
Chipotle (CMG), the chain restaurant serving Mexican food, fired hundreds of workers in Minnesota after receiving notice from Immigration and Customs Enforcement that they had "suspect documents."
The ICE began its probe of Chipotle in Minnesota, where the company employs about 1,200 workers, The...
Can Arizona Punish Employers for Hiring Illegal Immigrants?
12:00PM 12/08/2010
Is Arizona's "Legal Arizona Workers Act" -- which targets employers who knowingly employ illegal immigrants -- preempted by federal laws? The Supreme Court has agreed to hear challenges to the law on Wednesday. A final ruling is months away.
The U.S. gained between 24 million and 31 million residents in the past decade, according to the Census Bureau's demographic analysis released Monday. And women outnumber men by 1.8 million.
The Lawsuits That Could Unravel American Apparel
9:00AM 10/20/2010
The renegade clothing maker and retailer led by the outrageous Dov Charney faces high-drama legal problems worthy of a daytime soap: sexual harassment suits, a wage-and-hour suit, immigration problems and shareholder suits. But federal probes into accounting issues could be the biggest threats to its existence.
Is Immigration Bad for the Economy? Many People Say Yes
10:00AM 9/12/2010
A new Financial Times/Harris poll finds that many people in the U.S. and Europe believe immigration -- not just illegal immigration -- has a negative impact on the economy, jobs and public services.
Illegal immigration flow to the U.S. during the two years ended March 2009 fell by the most in 20 years and dropped about 45% from the two years ended March 2007 because of a combination of a slowing U.S. economy and heightened border patrol, Pew Research Center said in a report released Wednesday.
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