Unions differ on immigration legislation
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The revival of the Senate's immigration legislation also resurrected a rare split inside organized labor.
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Most limit such voting to local elections and legal immigrants. But state legislatures often intercede.
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Union members vote for two days of industrial action in a dispute over job cuts and longer shifts.
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Many illegal immigrants seeking lawful status in the United States would have to leave the country, at least briefly, under legislation being debated in the Senate.
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With the immigration debate focused on 10 million to 12 million immigrants who have come to the United States illegally, hundreds of thousands of others who have obeyed the law are disappointed by the legislation now pending in Congress.
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Now that Arizona has passed a ballot measure to keep illegal immigrants from obtaining some government services, groups in several other states are considering similar proposals.
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STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. -- The United Auto Workers and Chrysler LLC got a big boost from some Detroit-area plants that voted in favor of a new labor contract, but the road to ratification is still a bumpy one with thousands more workers scheduled to cast ballots in the next few days.
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Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Friday defended his work on the immigration bill, rejecting a rival's claim that his work on the derailed measure undercuts his White House bid.
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Congress may have put off immigration issues for now, in the hopes of passing the intelligence reform bill, but a battle over immigration policy may be looming right around the corner.
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EU ministers express sharp differences over how to deal with an influx of illegal immigrants to Europe.
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A broad bipartisan immigration deal was threatened Tuesday as the Senate prepared to vote on a Republican proposal to make it harder for millions of illegal immigrants to qualify for green cards.
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MADRID, Feb 8  (IPS) - In the campaign for Spainâs Mar. 9 elections, there  are two opposing positions on the question of immigration. On the  left, the predominant viewpoint is that immigrants must be  accepted, and that comprehensive global solutions are needed,  while on the right the attitude is at best to cold-shoulder, and  at worst to harass them.
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Congressional Republicans considering an overhaul of the nation&#039;s immigration laws are leaving Washington to examine labor needs and the vulnerabilities of the nation&#039;s borders.
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A controversial immigration bill suffers a setback in the US Senate, as a bipartisan deal threatens to unravel.
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In California, illegal immigrants and US citizens alike debate tighter ID requirements.
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An immigration bill, expected to pass, requires knowledge of French and proof of support.
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Labor and management have hit an impasse, which has included union threats of a strike over better working conditions, protection of health and other benefits.