butterbean
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 Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 1:23 pm Post subject: Immigration debate blazed in North County this year |
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NORTH COUNTY ---- From the first rumblings of protest marches all over North County to the Escondido City Council's failed attempt to ban illegal immigrants from renting in the city, 2006 arguably could be summed up as the year of immigration. Whether on the streets of North County or in the halls of Congress, immigration reform seemed to be on the tip of almost everyone's tongue.
On street corners, immigrant rights activist protested against anti-illegal immigrant rights activists. Immigrant rights activists staged a national Day Without an Immigrant boycott. Congressional leaders took a series of immigration hearings on the road ---- increasing tempers on the street corners of such border cities as San Diego.
But in the end, an immigration debate that started with such a bang has ended without many results. Neither Congress, nor street protesters, nor local governments accomplished much in changing immigration policy in 2006.
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http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2006/12/31/news/top_stories/22_17_3312_30_06.txt |
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