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...over the past few years, which has helped propel Obama in neighboring New Mexico, Nevada and Colorado. While McCain has long had a reputation as a moderate on immigration, during the primary season he distanced himself from the 2006 bill he had co-sponsored that offered a path to citizenship. That has not exactly endeared him to the 1.8 million Latinos living in Arizona, who make up 4% of the U.S. Latino population. The Pew Center estimates that there are 677,525 eligible Latino voters, the majority of them under age 30, accounting for 17% of voters in the Grand...
...these grassroots movements escalate into something much bigger and more violent,” Thomas A. Marks of the National Defense University said while discussing the difference between colonial violence and tribal conflict. “It’s not simply about escalation, but about the notion of citizenship,” Elkins responded. “The idea that there were good things that the British did and bad things the British did and that we add them up and decide whether it’s good or bad is silly. It’s about political identity...
...permits to burn fossil fuels. Or the goal of completely reorganizing the way the U.S. manages health care. Other, smaller projects involve large amounts of controversy - like a bill that would allow federal funds to pay for abortions. And expansion of embryonic-stem-cell research. And a "path to citizenship" for millions of immigrants who are living illegally...
...illegal, the county immediately initiates deportation procedures with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The move, by the largely conservative Republican board, drew national attention and placed the local party at odds with its presidential nominee, who helped write the failed 2006 immigration bill that would have granted a path to citizenship for illegal aliens. "McCain's at risk here because people are concerned that he has not taken a strong enough position on illegal immigration," says Corey Stewart, Republican chairman of the county board...
...stood down in 1998 after taking a loan from a millionaire colleague to buy a posh house and left government a second time in 2001 after claims, fiercely denied and later dismissed by an enquiry, that he improperly intervened to help a mega-rich Indian entrepreneur seeking British citizenship...