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Articles Tagged "immigration"

  • Fri., June 15, 2012 4:57pm
    Pres. Obama issued an executive order Friday. It gives immunity to some undocumented people from deportation. It will affect the majority of the estimated 400,000 undocumented residents in Georgia, experts say. That figure includes many students who were brought here illegally as children.
  • Wed., June 13, 2012 5:45pm
    The U.S. Supreme Court will rule this month on Arizona’s immigration law. The decision will have an immediate impact on a similar Georgia law, which a federal court has blocked. But Georgia’s immigration dilemma will continue regardless of the court’s decision.
  • Mon., June 11, 2012 5:04pm
    Political power in the U.S. hinges, in part, on immigration reform and other issues important to Hispanic voters. That’s according to former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez who spoke at an immigration conference Monday in Atlanta.
  • Mon., April 30, 2012 3:09pm
    The city of Atlanta has repealed an ordinance that recognized a particular Mexican ID card for city government transactions.
  • Wed., April 25, 2012 4:45pm
    New data shows the number of Mexicans living in this country illegally has fallen significantly for the first time in decades. The drop nationwide and here in Georgia is tied to a dragging economy and tougher immigration laws.
  • Fri., March 23, 2012 4:15pm
    A federal report shows Georgia had the sixth-largest number of illegal immigrants in the country in January 2011. The Department of Homeland Security report released Friday shows that about 440,000 illegal immigrants lived in Georgia. Only California, Texas, Florida, New York and Illinois had larger illegal immigrant populations.
  • Mon., March 19, 2012 4:57pm
    Georgia Lawmakers consider a measure that would block undocumented immigrants from attending public colleges and universities.
  • Fri., March 9, 2012 5:19pm
    A federal appeals court in Atlanta blocked two parts of Alabama's law targeting illegal immigration Thursday. But what does this mean for Georgia's law?
  • Wed., February 29, 2012 5:30pm
    A chicken processing plant in Moultrie is facing a federal class-action lawsuit filed by two former employees. The suit claims in YEAR Sanderson Farms knowingly hired undocumented immigrant labor, resulting in lowered wages.
  • Mon., January 23, 2012 4:42pm
    Commodity prices are strong. Outlook for Georgia agriculture in 2012 is good. Labor shortages still a problem.