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Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at 5:15 p.m. Read more: National , Immigration , Rep.

Democrats on Tuesday begin their new push for an immigration bill, hamstrung by the image of legalizing millions of illegal immigrant workers at a time when the unemployment rate stands at 10 percent -- more than twice what it was the last time Congress tried to act.

Dozens of activists, politicians and relatives of hate crimes victims were among those at Make the Road New York earlier today who marked the first anniversary of Jose Sucuzhanay's death.

Congresswoman VelA zquez: "Make The Right Decision And Designate Gowanus Canal A Superfund Site." Thank You, Congresswoman VelA zquez! I am sure most of you have seen this op-ed piece by Congresswoman Nydia VelA zquez which appeared in the Daily News Brooklyn section on Tuesday, but just in case you have not, I am posting it here.

Good morning. Today is the 341st day of the year. It is the anniversary of the 1941 bombing of the U.S. Naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, by Japanese aircraft.

Millions of dollars in federal contracts that were set aside for businesses owned by service-disabled veterans instead went to companies that were ineligible for the program, according to the Government Accountability Office .

Nov. 19, 2009: More than 60,000 people gathered in community centers, churches, restaurants, union halls, and living rooms across the United States, participating in a national telephonic town hall on immigration reform on Nov.

From the Association for Enterprise Opportunity : On Wednesday, November 18, 2009 Connie Evans, president and CEO of the Association for Enterprise Opportunity participated in President Obama's Small Business Financing Forum, hosted by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Small Business Administrator Karen Mills held at the Treasury Department.

The Government Accountability Office audited a handful of service-disabled veteran-owned small business contracts, and might have discovered the tip of a large iceberg of fraud.

The nation's military academies are trying to increase diversity to boost the number of minorities in the officers' ranks.

Officials at MacDill Air Force Base knowingly approved a $900,000 contract with a business owned by a disabled veteran, even though the work was performed by an unqualified company, a government report states.

Members of the Hispanic Caucus, chaired by Nydia Velazquez, say Emanuel's mark is all over the push to block insurance for illegal immigrants.

As the nation's military academies try to recruit more minorities, they aren't getting much help from members of Congress from big-city districts with large numbers of blacks, Hispanics and Asians.

Companies fraudulently collected at least $100 million in federal contracts from a $4 billion government program designated for disabled military veterans who run small businesses, congressional investigators charge.

Some US Democrats see momentum building for an overhaul of immigration laws that would legalise millions of undocumented workers, but analysts say a crowded agenda and struggling economy may once again sink hopes for reform next year.

Organizers described them as immigration reform "house parties." Across the country last night, in churches, schools, immigrant support centers and private homes, backers of immigration reform gathered around telephones as Hispanic U.S. legislators laid out the strategy for pushing a reform of the immigration system in 2010.

A program intended to help disabled veterans win government business awarded at least $100 million in contracts to firms that were either ineligible or committed fraud to obtain the work, a federal review has found.

IFA chairwoman Dina Dwyer-Owens meets House Small Business Committee chairwoman Nydia Velazquez [D-NY], Sep 30.

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