Federal Patriot Act needs adjustment, say ME state Democrats
3/18/2004. Press Herald
An election-year fight was brewing Wednesday in the State House over a Democratic-backed resolution asking for changes in the federal Patriot Act. ...

Resort Town Conflicted Over Alien Workers' Rights
3/17/2004. Fox News
The posh seaside community of Hilton Head (search) is a land of opportunity for thousands of immigrant workers, where each day many gather in vacant lots and wait for contractors to show up with job offers....

Back in the Fight He Picked Decades Ago
3/17/2004. The New York Times
CESAR A. PERALES, the president of the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, is revved up. But he is not losing his cool. (He is too cool for that.) He is talking about the fund's wranglings in federal court over the attempt by Freehold Borough in Monmouth County, N.J., to prevent day laborers from gathering at a vacant lot to scout for work. ...

Patriot Act, CLEAR Act pose problems for immigrants
3/17/2004. Vide En El Valle
The CLEAR Act -- as proposed by Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Alabama, and Congressman Charlie Norwood, R-Georgia -- is bad news for established relationships between local law enforcement and the immigrant community....

In America: They want to DREAM
3/17/2004. Metro West Daily News
Eduardo is among 65,000 young adults who graduate from high school every year in the United States and can't qualify for college in-state tuition. Most were brought here at a young age because of their parents' choice to make a better life. ...

Fast-Food Giant Ignores Rights of Workers
3/16/2004. Common Dreams
The world's largest fast-food company, appropriately named Yum! Brands, is being pressed by consumers and human rights groups to ensure that the rights of mostly immigrant farm workers who pick its tomatoes in Florida and elsewhere to safe working conditions and reasonable wages are fully respected. ...

Md. Education Bill Would Let Illegals Pay In-State Tuition
3/16/2004. Fox News
A bill sponsored by Democratic Delegate Sheila Hixson would allow undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition for public colleges and universities provided they meet academic, tax and other requirements. Out-of-state tuition is up to $11,000 greater than in-state tuition and out of reach for many immigrant families. ...

Vegas program gets $1.8 million under Hispanic Worker Initiative
3/16/2004. New York Newsday
The nation's Hispanic workers will receive more language and occupational training under a $10 million grant program announced Tuesday by Labor Secretary Elaine Chao. ...

G.I. Seeks Conscientious Objector Status
3/16/2004. Centre Daily
Shaken by a gunfight in Iraq that killed innocent civilians, a 28-year-old U.S. soldier declared the invasion "an oil-driven war" and said he won't return to the Middle East and fight. Staff Sgt. Camilo Mejia, of Miami Beach, surrendered Monday at an air force base in Massachusetts, where he was ordered to report to his unit Tuesday at the North Miami Armory in suburban Miami....

Illegal immigration opponents resurrect penalty measure
3/15/2004. Phoenix Business Journal
An anti-illegal immigration measure opposed by Arizona business groups has been resurrected at the State Capitol. ...