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Being an illegal immigrant "is not a crime" and shouldn't be, according to Republican presidential contender
Rudy Giuliani.  

• Read the article in the New York Daily News.

Congress is still working on immigration reform but in smaller bills.  This includes the Dream Act which could be attached to a defense bill this week.  Now is the time for vigilance according to this article in the LA Times.

• Read the article in the L.A. Times.

 According to this article in the Immigration Daily there’s a financial reason our government is dragging its feet for immigration reform, it’s called free money.

• ILW.com

Tom Tancredo and the radical right say we should deport undocumented residents.  Julie Myers, the Bush administration nominee to be the new head of ICE, told the Senate that this is impractical.

• Check out the commentary over at ThinkProgress.org.