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Obama vs. Romney 101: 5 ways they differ on immigration
President Obama has staked out positions favored by Latino voters on immigration issues. Mitt Romney has tried to cast himself somewhere between the staunchest anti-illegal immigration activist of his party and Obama. Here are the two candidates' positions on five issues:
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A cornucopia of myths: Five things you thought you knew about Thanksgiving
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In Pictures: On base in Kandahar
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In Pictures: The scene at the US/Mexico border
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Mexico's other challenge: to burnish its brand
Can Mexico help the world see past its escalating drug war, and showcase all that it offers?
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Illegal immigration: Are Obama deportations truly aimed at 'criminals'?
US says it deported a record 216,000 'criminal aliens' in fiscal 2011, but immigration court statistics show a drop in criminal deportation proceedings from the Bush years. How do those square?
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And So It Goes
The first serious biography of counterculture hero Kurt Vonnegut reveals a man wounded by his childhood and full of contradictions as an adult.
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A cornucopia of myths: Five things you thought you knew about Thanksgiving
Since the first Thanksgiving occurred, reportedly in 1621, historians and pop culture have spread a cornucopia of tall tales, half truths, and straight-up lies. But this Thanksgiving, we're thankful for the truth. So before you succumb to the delights of turkey day, allow us separate fact from fiction for you.
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Stocks fall as Germany cools hopes for debt deal
Stocks had their worst drop in two weeks after German leaders cast doubt on how fast the debt deal process would be. The Dow dropped 247 points to close at 11397.
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Kinder Morgan buys El Paso, creating natural gas behemoth
Kinder Morgan purchased rival pipeline operator El Paso Corp for $21 billion, creating what will be by far the country's largest pipeline distributor of natural gas.
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Rubí Orozco shows Mexican-Americans a traditional way to eat better
In a poor area of El Paso, Texas, Rubí Orozco has pushed aside the junk food and reintroduced fresh, nutritious traditional Mexican dishes.
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'L Word' actress discovers new way to get kicked off Southwest Airlines flight
'L Word' actress Leisha Hailey and her girlfriend, Camilia Grey, were removed from a Southwest Airlines flight in El Paso after the couple shared a kiss. The airline says that their behavior was 'excessive.' Hailey and Grey are calling it homophobia.
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How one school district won prestigious prize for narrowing achievement gap
The 2011 Broad Prize for Urban Education went to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools in North Carolina, which has narrowed the achievement gap for both African-American and Hispanic students.
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Susana Martinez, N.M. gov., says grandparents came to US illegally
Susana Martinez has made headlines recently for her push to repeal a state law that lets illegal immigrants get a New Mexico driver's license.
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Obama bemoans Congress's inaction on immigration reform, too
It's not all about the debt ceiling. In a speech to the Latino community – a key voter bloc for 2012 – Obama on Monday blamed Republicans for blocking immigration reform at the federal level.
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Mexico peace tour: Final stop in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico's 'epicenter of pain'
Renowned poet Javier Sicilia concluded the week-long Peace Caravan Thursday night in Mexico's most violent city. Our correspondent is in the caravan, talking to residents along the way.
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Opinion: 'Silent raids' and E-Verify immigration enforcement are destroying US farms
Enforcement-only immigration policies will further devastate immigrant communities, ravage labor-intensive agriculture, and take away countless jobs beyond the farm sector. If elected officials want US fruit and vegetable farms to survive, they need to implement smarter immigration reform.
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First tea party, now tequila party – a Latino effort to get out the vote
Through rallies and concerts, the tequila party wants to mobilize Latinos to vote in record-breaking numbers in the 2012 election. A kickoff event will be held in Tucson, Ariz., on June 4.
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Georgia joins mounting red state backlash to Obama immigration reform
In the same week that President Obama tried to lay out a middle path to immigration reform, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal signed a bill that takes a tough line on illegal immigration.
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Obama immigration speech in Texas: a bald plea to Hispanic voters
The partisan tone of Obama's speech on immigration reform and the barbs he aimed at Republicans made it clear he was courting Hispanic voters whose support he will need in 2012.
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The Monitor's View: Immigration reform and border security: Obama's standards
Immigration reform depends on sustainable, provable security along the southern border. But Obama, in a speech in El Paso today, hopes to change the meaning of security.
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Obama to lay out new immigration reform blueprint in El Paso
As states take unilateral actions on immigration, Obama lays out his administration's accomplishments with border security and makes the economic case for comprehensive immigration reform.
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Spread of drone programs in Latin America sparks calls for code of conduct
At least nine Latin American nations are developing drone programs, raising calls for a code of conduct that will assuage concerns over potential misuse.
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Arizona march puts spotlight on shootings by border patrol
The march in Douglas, Ariz., aims to draw attention to a teen who was shot by a border patrol agent while trying to climb the international fence. The agent was being pelted by rocks.
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Mexico town fires its bravest woman
Young mom Marisol Valles Garcia was fired today from her job as police chief, after reportedly fleeing to the United States to escape death threats. Her predecessor was beheaded.
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Opinion: Costly fence on US-Mexico border is effective – only in hurting nature
In addition to sinking $1 billion into the failed "virtual fence," the US government has spent $2.6 billion for 650 miles of solid border. This wall doesn’t deter people – but it does defy the laws that protect the land.
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US border spiraling out of control? Hardly, top border official says.
The commissioner of US Customs and Border Protection sought to counter the widespread perception that security is deteriorating along the US-Mexico border with reams of data.
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US teen killed in Juárez puts spotlight on Mexico's unsolved murders
Unresolved recent killings of a US missionary and a vacationing jet-skier raise questions about the ability of Mexico's weak judiciary to investigate the weekend shooting of a US teen.
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Mexico drug war death toll up 60 percent in 2010. Why?
The government on Wednesday announced that 15,273 people died in the Mexico drug war in 2010.
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