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NYC Mayor Kicks Off Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week

admin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 06:25:00 +0000

Filed under: Fashion , News , Fashion Week (Left to right) Lincoln Center Chair Katherine Farley, IMG Chairman and CEO Ted Forstmann, Mayor Bloomberg and designer Diane von Furstenberg stand next to the the 1 subway train line, recently renamed “The Fashion Line.” Photo: Getty Images New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg didn’t take a private car or a cab to the official kick-off to Mercedes Benz Fashion Week. “I just took the Fashion Line,” the mayor said. In honor of Fashion Week’s new digs at Lincoln Center ( take a tour of the space here ), the city has officially renamed the 1-line subway the Fashion Line.

A surprising effect of ending birthright citizenship

admin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:49:32 +0000

While many are jumping on the bandwagon assuming that repealing birthright citizenship for children born to illegal immigrants will surely decrease illegal immigration, a new report by the Migration Policy Institute released today said just the opposite: If birthright…

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Report: ‘Birth tourism’ a tiny percentage of immigrant births

admin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:22:01 +0000

Eric Gay, APRuth Garcia, a mother of six from Monterry, Mexico, who crossed into the U.S. illegally about 14 years ago. The Associate Press has a story on the controversial issue of “birth tourism,” which has become tied into the…

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Pew study championed by opposing sides in immigration debate

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:36:16 +0000

We had a story today about a new Pew Hispanic Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data that estimated the annual flow of illegal immigrants has dropped by about two-thirds since 2007. The center reported that an average of…

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Illegal immigrants hitting high seas to come to U.S.

admin — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:01:44 +0000

AP Photo/Guillermo AriasIn this photo taken July 11, street vendors walk at the beach in the fishermen village of Popotla, some 15 miles south from the U.S.-Mexico border, in Mexico. Gambling their lives, illegal immigrants are increasingly looking to…

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Deaths on Arizona border reaching record levels

admin — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:47:56 +0000

CHRISTOBAL PEREZ/HOUSTON CHRONICLEAcross the Mexican border a sign asks illegal immigrants not to expose themselves to the elements on the Tohono O’Odham Nation near Sells, Ariz. You could argue that America has never been more unwelcoming toward illegal immigrants…

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A bundle of letter therapy

admin — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 06:46:27 +0000

A month ago, I asked a former boyfriend if he would lend me the letters I sent him while I was in Peace Corps . I had meant to photocopy these letters before I left Portland, but I ran out of time. I absolutely want you to keep them—they were written for you, I had said.

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One year: A GR-versary assessment

admin — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 20:34:53 +0000

One year ago today, I moved to Grand Rapids, MI. My body was six pounds lighter, my hair was a foot longer, and I had no cavities. In one year’s time: I’ve finished three books and started six

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All that Slothrop knows for sure

admin — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 04:56:53 +0000

A favorite that comes back to me these summer nights: He likes to tell them about fireflies. English girls don’t know about fireflies, which is about all Slothrop knows for sure about English girls. — Thomas Pynchon , Gravity’s Rainbow qmnonic on Flickr

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‘Back door amnesty plan’ in the works?

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:09:41 +0000

I’m guessing there’s going to be some congressional hearings over this: The Obama administration, anticipating that Congress might not pass comprehensive immigration reform this year, is considering ways it could act without congressional approval to achieve many of the objectives…

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