Postcards from the Edge

Clarion-Ledger -- Jackson, Mississippi

Estudiantes de Español (Students of Spanish)

Kindergartners at Bramlett Elementary in Oxford are learning shapes, colors and numbers like most 5-year-olds, except these kids are being taught in Spanish. -- A new Spanish teaching pilot program that recently began in Oxford is funded by a federal Foreign Language Assistance Program grant. John Gutierrez, Croft professor...

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Fox News

Invaders lose out on tax refunds in Kansas, Missouri

Uncle Sam might be willing to give refunds to illegal immigrants who have paid more than their share of federal income taxes, but Missouri and Kansas aren't so generous. -- Tax officials in the two states insist that taxpayers provide accurate information on their returns in order to get a refund...

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Associated Press

GOP weighs balance on immigration

Sen. Mel Martinez, tapped as party chairman to help expand the GOP's appeal to Latino voters, is struggling to bridge seemingly intractable divides among Republicans over immigration. -- In months of intense closed- door talks among White House officials and key Republicans and Democrats...

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New York Times

U.N. 'official' [a meddling Mexican] carps about access denial

A United Nations human rights official said he was barred from visiting an immigration detention center in New Jersey yesterday. It was the second time he was denied access to an American immigration jail on a weeklong monitoring tour. -- The official, Jorge Bustamante, the UN special rapporteur on the human rights...

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Tribune Chronicle Editorial -- Warren, Ohio

Amnesty is unacceptable for illegals

Throughout the US recently, ''immigration rights'' groups staged demonstrations demanding, in effect, that the nation tell 12 million people who broke our laws that all is forgiven - that they should be given the same rights as citizens who came to this country legally and obeyed its laws before going through naturalization proceedings.