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Joe Guzzardi

Media debate: Illegal or ‘undocumented’ immigrants?

Last updated Thursday, October 11, 2012 - 3:11pm

Fifteen years ago, I embarked on an independent, personal mission to lift mainstream media immigration reporting up to the standards journalists set for themselves. By 1995, I had been a professional journalist for more than a decade. Immigration reporters’ utter failure to adhere to their own guidelines appalled me.

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The DREAM Act collides with the real world

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Last updated Friday, July 15, 2011 - 12:57pm

During a decade of trying to pass the DREAM Act, its supporters have continuously hit a brick wall. Since 2001, the DREAM Act has been shot down 13 times.

Advocates have tried every trick in the book. With the hope of slipping it past unsuspecting critics, the DREAM Act has occasionally been buried in part of broader legislation but without success. Even when the DREAM Act deck was heavily stacked in its favor as it was during last year's lame duck session, the result was the same--no sale.

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The most effective way to end birth tourism: Deport duplicitous women

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Last updated Monday, May 16, 2011 - 9:52am

The debate about "anchor babies," American citizen children born on United States' soil to illegal alien mothers, has moved into the spotlight. According to a recent CNN story titled "Is the Next Immigration Fight over 'Anchor Babies'?" Senator Lindsay Graham and House Judiciary Committee Chair Lamar Smith are among many legislators considering a requirement that at least one parent be either a citizen or a legal resident before a child can be granted citizenship.

In January, the State Legislators for Legal Immigration also proposed a legislative correction to prevent anchor babies from being citizens. The coalition of lawmakers from 40 states claims that the 14th Amendment has been wrongly applied to those born on U.S. soil to mothers who are not citizens.

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