92.7 WOBM » immigration http://wobm.com Ocean County's Hometown Station! Thu, 23 May 2013 01:07:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Tempers Flare At Immigration Hearing http://wobm.com/tempers-flare-at-immigration-hearing/ http://wobm.com/tempers-flare-at-immigration-hearing/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:55:31 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=256489  Tempers flared at a Senate hearing on immigration legislation Monday as a Republican senator objected to a Democrat's criticism of attempts by some to link the Boston Marathon bombings to the immigration bill.

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]]> http://wobm.com/tempers-flare-at-immigration-hearing/feed/ 0 U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), center, and U.S. Sen. Christopher Murphy (D-CT), talk with reporters (T.J. Kirkpatrick/Getty Images) Rubio Says Immigration Law Not 'Amnesty' [VIDEO] http://wobm.com/rubio-says-immigration-law-not-amnesty-video/ http://wobm.com/rubio-says-immigration-law-not-amnesty-video/#comments Sun, 14 Apr 2013 15:42:56 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=252729 Sen. Marco Rubio says a proposed immigration bill expected to be introduced this week won't offer amnesty to those who entered the U.S. illegally.

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]]> http://wobm.com/rubio-says-immigration-law-not-amnesty-video/feed/ 0 Senator Marco Rubio (R) (NBC) Senators: Reports Of Immigration Deal Premature [VIDEO] http://wobm.com/senators-reports-of-immigration-deal-premature-video/ http://wobm.com/senators-reports-of-immigration-deal-premature-video/#comments Sun, 31 Mar 2013 17:38:25 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=247022 Two of the lawmakers negotiating an immigration overhaul in Congress say a final deal is at hand but caution that the bipartisan group working on a proposal hasn't finished its work.

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]]> http://wobm.com/senators-reports-of-immigration-deal-premature-video/feed/ 0 Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) on Meet The Press (NBC) Illegal immigrants Released Due To Sequester http://wobm.com/illegals-released-due-to-sequester/ http://wobm.com/illegals-released-due-to-sequester/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:16:30 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=245814 Hundreds of illegal immigrants have been released by the Obama administration due to budget pressures. Officials have also scaled back border agent hours, drug patrols and staffing at border crossings — all during the peak illegal border-crossing season.

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]]> http://wobm.com/illegals-released-due-to-sequester/feed/ 0 President Barack Obama (Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Immigration Reform Rally Planned For April In New Jersey [AUDIO] http://wobm.com/immigration-reform-rally-planned-for-april-in-new-jersey-audio/ http://wobm.com/immigration-reform-rally-planned-for-april-in-new-jersey-audio/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 09:34:44 +0000 David Matthau http://nj1015.com/?p=242575 A big rally is planned for next month in Liberty State Park in Jersey City for immigration reform.

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]]> http://wobm.com/immigration-reform-rally-planned-for-april-in-new-jersey-audio/feed/ 0 Liberty State Park (Flickr user SachinDaluja) Report: Bill Would Set An 8-Year Path To Residency http://wobm.com/report-bill-would-set-an-8-year-path-to-residency/ http://wobm.com/report-bill-would-set-an-8-year-path-to-residency/#comments Sun, 17 Feb 2013 11:38:07 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=231498 A newspaper is reporting says that a draft of an immigration bill prepared by the White House lays out an eight-year process for illegal immigrants to become legal permanent residents.

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]]> http://wobm.com/report-bill-would-set-an-8-year-path-to-residency/feed/ 0 US Capital building (Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images) Immigration Reform Bill Needed, Says NJ Latino Leader [AUDIO] http://wobm.com/immigration-reform-bill-needed-says-nj-latino-leader-audio/ http://wobm.com/immigration-reform-bill-needed-says-nj-latino-leader-audio/#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2013 11:02:49 +0000 Ilya Hemlin http://nj1015.com/?p=223372 On the heels of federal lawmakers calling for immigration reform, a statewide Latino organization believes this is a step in the right direction for the some 11 million undocumented workers in America.

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]]> http://wobm.com/immigration-reform-bill-needed-says-nj-latino-leader-audio/feed/ 0 Mario Tama, Getty Images Obama Launches Push For Immigration Overhaul [VIDEO] http://wobm.com/obama-launches-push-for-immigration-overhaul-video/ http://wobm.com/obama-launches-push-for-immigration-overhaul-video/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2013 09:51:55 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=222473 Seeking swift action on immigration, President Barack Obama on Tuesday will try to rally public support behind his proposals for giving millions of illegal immigrants a pathway to citizenship, as well as making improvements to the legal immigration system and border security.

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]]> http://wobm.com/obama-launches-push-for-immigration-overhaul-video/feed/ 0 President Obama discusses the fiscal cliff (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Health Aide Booked for Shoplifting, Possible Immigration Action http://wobm.com/health-aide-booked-for-shoplifting-possible-immigration-action/ http://wobm.com/health-aide-booked-for-shoplifting-possible-immigration-action/#comments Wed, 17 Oct 2012 17:28:51 +0000 Tom Mongelli http://wobm.com/?p=138593 A woman from Ghana charged with shoplifting in Toms River Monday night now faces possible action by the federal bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Police say that Joyce Abbabio, 33, also gave officers an address on Tudor Place in the Bronx at the time of her arrest in Kohl's in the Toms River Shopping Center on Route 37

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]]> http://wobm.com/health-aide-booked-for-shoplifting-possible-immigration-action/feed/ 0 Saving Our History: Ellis Island Needs Your Help [Interview, Photos] http://wobm.com/saving-our-history-ellis-island-needs-your-help-interview-photos/ http://wobm.com/saving-our-history-ellis-island-needs-your-help-interview-photos/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 21:00:12 +0000 Justin Louis http://wobm.com/?p=83346  

Photo Courtesy of Save Ellis Island

This past weekend I had the pleasure of taking a "behind the scenes" tour of Ellis Island. When most of us think of Ellis Island, we think of the huge Main Building where millions of immigrants passed through from 1890 to 1952.

]]> http://wobm.com/saving-our-history-ellis-island-needs-your-help-interview-photos/feed/ 0 Photo Courtesy of Save Ellis Island High Court Could Look At State Immigration Laws http://wobm.com/high-court-could-look-at-state-immigration-laws/ http://wobm.com/high-court-could-look-at-state-immigration-laws/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:32:23 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://wobm.com/?p=14373  

The Obama administration is waging a furious legal fight against a patchwork of state laws targeting illegal immigrants. The Supreme Court has its first chance Monday to jump into the fray.

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]]> http://wobm.com/high-court-could-look-at-state-immigration-laws/feed/ 0 Flickr user srqpix Scams Target Undocumented Residents http://wobm.com/scams-target-undocumented-residents/ http://wobm.com/scams-target-undocumented-residents/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:46:02 +0000 Ilya Hemlin http://wobm.com/?p=11107 In response to a recent immigration fraud in Kearny, the New Jersey United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is working with the Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission, Division of Consumer Affairs, as well as immigration lawyers and various Catholic charities in order to launch a national initiative to prevent immigration scams.

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]]> http://wobm.com/scams-target-undocumented-residents/feed/ 0 Undocumented Immigrants Cross Into The United States From Mexico (photo Getty Images)