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Young illegal immigrants
5:18 pm
Fri June 15, 2012

Mo. officials react to Pres. Obama's executive order on immigration

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A group of young people attended a pro-immigration rally at the Mo. Capitol on March 6th, 2012.
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President Barack Obama.
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Missouri officials are both praising and condemning President Obama’s executive order today that halts deportation of teenage and young adult illegal immigrants.

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Immigrant Rally
4:01 pm
Tue March 6, 2012

Rally at Mo. Capitol to oppose "anti-immigrant" bills

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About 300 people rallied outside the Mo. Capitol against 2 immigration-related bills.
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Vanessa Crawford, Exec. Dir. of MIRA, address the crowd outside the Mo. Capitol.
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Faizan Syed from the Mo. Chapter of CAIR adresses the crowd outside the Mo. Capitol.
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A group of students hold signs protesting SB 590 at a rally at the Mo. Capitol.
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Around 300 people rallied at the Missouri Capitol today to protest two bills backers say are designed to combat illegal immigration.

Rally leaders were especially critical of a Senate bill that would require all law officers to check the immigration status of those they stop, detain or arrest if they have a “reasonable suspicion” that they’re in the country illegally (SB 590).  Vanessa Crawford is Executive Director of the group Missouri Immigrant and Refugee Advocates.

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Immigration / Education
11:55 am
Wed January 11, 2012

Mo. bill would make schools immigration monitors

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An interest group is angry over a bill that would require all public schools to verify the immigration status of incoming students.

The Kansas City Star reported Wednesday that the bill also would require law enforcement officers to check immigration status during all traffic stops when they have reasonable cause. And it would create a misdemeanor for not carrying proper citizenship documentation. It is sponsored by state Sen. Will Kraus, a Lee's Summit Republican.

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