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Former Arizona state Sen. Russell Pearce, the architect of Arizona's controversial immigration law S.B. 1070, left, accompanied by former Arizona Sen. Dennis DeConcini, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 24, 2012, before the Senate Immigration, Refugees and Border Security subcommittee hearing entitled "Examining the Constitutionality and Prudence of State and Local Governments Enforcing Immigration Law." The Supreme Court will referee another major clash between the Obama administration and the states Wednesday as it hears arguments over Arizona's crackdown on illegal immigrants. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Number of Mexican illegal immigrants drops

Last updated Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 10:36am

WASHINGTON -- The number of Mexican immigrants living illegally in the U.S. has dropped significantly for the first time in decades, a dramatic shift as many illegal workers, already in the U.S. and seeing few job opportunities, return to Mexico.

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Utah sees population growth slow in region's sluggish economy

Hope Yen The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 3:21pm

WASHINGTON -- Many states that posted big population gains in the 2010 census are now seeing their decade-long growth fizzle, hurt by a prolonged economic slump that is stretching into larger portions of the South and West.

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Most US Muslims feel targeted by terror policies

Hope Yen The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, August 30, 2011 - 7:13am

WASHINGTON — More than half of Muslim-Americans in a new poll say government anti-terrorism policies single them out for increased surveillance and monitoring, and many report increased cases of name-calling, threats and harassment by airport security, law enforcement officers and others.

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(MATTHEW ARDEN HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner) Seniors participate in a class called Breakfast for the Brain at Autumn Glow Senior Center in Kaysville last year. New 2010 U.S. Census Bureau figures show that women still outlive men, but the gender gap is narrowing, which changes the social dynamics of the country.

Census: U.S. men narrowing the gender gap of old age

Hope Yen, The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, May 26, 2011 - 9:28pm

WASHINGTON — Women still outlive men, but the gender gap among U.S. seniors is narrowing.

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Census shows U.S. population center moving west

Hope Yen, The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, March 9, 2011 - 12:16am

WASHINGTON -- America's population center is edging away from the Midwest, pulled by Hispanic growth in the Southwest, according to census figures. The historic shift is changing the nation's politics and even the traditional notion of the country's heartland -- long the symbol of mainstream American beliefs and culture.

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(CAROLYN KASTER/The Associated Press) Thousands participate in the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Saturday. The rally blending laughs and political activism was led by comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, who cast themselves as the unlikely maestros of moderation and civility in polarized times.

Rally to Restore Sanity filled with music, laughs, activism

Calvin Woodward, Hope Yen, The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, October 30, 2010 - 9:17pm

WASHINGTON -- In the shadow of the Capitol and the election, comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert entertained a huge throng Saturday at a "sanity" rally poking fun at the nation's ill-tempered politics, fear-mongers and doomsayers.

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In this June 23 file photo, Frank Wallace, who has been unemployed since May 2009, is seen during a rally organized by the Philadelphia Unemployment Project, in Philadelphia. The income gap between the richest and poorest Americans grew last year to its widest amount on record.

Income gap between rich and poor in U.S. biggest ever

Hope Yen, The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - 9:44pm

WASHINGTON -- The recession seems to be socking Americans in the heart as well as the wallet: Marriages have hit an all-time low while pleas for food stamps have reached a record high, and the gap between rich and poor has grown to its widest ever.

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Census: Multiracial US becoming even more diverse

Hope Yen The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 5:37pm

WASHINGTON -- The nation's minority population is steadily rising and now makes up 35 percent of the United States, advancing an unmistakable trend that could make minorities the new American majority by midcentury.

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Minority lawmakers: No census citizenship question

Hope Yen The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, October 22, 2009 - 5:46pm

WASHINGTON -- A coalition of black, Latino and Asian lawmakers on Thursday expressed opposition to a proposal that would require next year's census forms to ask about the status of a person's citizenship.

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