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Posts tagged "Jim Oberweis"

Immigrant and Latino voters could influence the election

Mireya Luna came to the United States when she was 10 years old. She became a legal permanent resident after her father received amnesty in the 1980s. That took almost 10 years. Then she waited five years to become a U.S. citizen so she could vote. She voted for the first time in 2008 in... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
November 1, 2010 at 3:16 pm
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Lou Dobbs deported?

“U.S. deports Lou Dobbs.” This was a recent headline in the Onion newspaper. When I saw the print edition at a coffee shop this weekend I doubled over with laughter. It’s so brilliant that I wish I had written it myself. The “Cover Story” joked that Lou Dobbs lived illegally in the United States under... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
November 22, 2009 at 4:32 pm
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Congressman, condoms and politics

Illinois Congressman Mark Kirk‘s face is pictured on a condom wrapper in a new ad.No, he’s not selling condoms. Part of the ad reads, “Kirk’s Immigration Solution…Condoms?” The congressman is being attacked by an organization critical of his stance on immigration and comments Kirk made two years ago that he supports family planning as a... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
September 3, 2009 at 5:49 pm
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