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Alabama House approves Arizona-style immigration bill

April 7, 2011 08:35:11 AM

The Alabama State House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a bill to create an illegal immigration policy comparable to the controversial Arizona law . The bill, approved...

March 18, 2011 02:24:00 PM

US immigration enforcement agencies are overly reliant on a flawed detention system, according to a report released Thursday by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACH) . The IACH investigated six immigrant detention centers based throughout Arizona...

March 18, 2011 08:32:26 AM

The Oklahoma State Senate on Wednesday approved a bill similar to the controversial Arizona immigration law . Senate Bill 908 , passed by a 29-15 majority vote, gives state...

March 16, 2011 12:16:17 PM

Utah Governor Gary Herbert on Tuesday signed into law a package of bills aimed at both reforming the state's immigration laws and challenging the federal government to take action for reform nationally. One of the...

March 6, 2011 12:18:51 PM

The Utah House and Senate on Friday approved a new Arizona-style immigration law. The Utah Illegal Immigration Enforcement Act replaces the older version of the law that had lost...

February 24, 2011 08:49:58 AM

The Indiana Senate on Tuesday approved a bill by a vote of 31-18, proposing a strict illegal immigration policy comparable to the controversial Arizona law . The...

February 20, 2011 01:58:13 PM

The Utah House of Representatives on Friday approved an Arizona-style immigration law by a 58-15 majority vote. Sponsored by Representative Stephen Sandstrom (R) , the controversial bill had been amended several times...

October 19, 2010 09:07:49 AM

A federal jury on Monday convicted four men for planting explosive devices outside New York City synagogues and plotting to shoot down military planes at an Air National Guard base in New York. James Cromitie [NYT...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

President Lincoln offered amnesty to Confederates

On December 8, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation offering amnesty to all citizens of the Confederacy who swore an oath to uphold the US Constitution. Because of confusion over who was to administer the oath, Lincoln issued another proclamation on March 26, 1864, empowering "any commissioned officer, civil, military, or naval in the service of the United States", as well as those persons in the territories which were "not in insurrection who were by the laws therefore qualified for administering oaths." Both Proclamations specified that military prisoners and others held for crimes against the United States were ineligible for amnesty, although Confederate deserters could volunteer to take the oath.

South American Union formed by Cusco Declaration

On December 8, 2004, the leaders of all 12 countries in South America signed the Cusco Declaration, creating the Union of South American Nations. The organization is intended to evolve into a union similar to the European Union with a Presidency, Parliament, Central Bank and eventual single currency.