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    Alabama, Illegal Immigration and the Presidential Campaign

    With no federal action on immigration reform, more states are passing crackdowns of their own — with Alabama's the toughest so far. While courts try to decide if it's...

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    By Warren Olney • Aug 31, 2011 • 50m Listen

    With no federal action on immigration reform, more states are passing crackdowns of their own — with Alabama's the toughest so far. While courts try to decide if it's Constitutional, where do the President and his GOP challengers stand? Will the growing Hispanic vote help make illegal immigration an issue in next year's campaign? Also, Libya's National Transitional Council rejects UN peacekeepers. On Reporter's Notebook, does Dick Cheney’s biography reveal more than he wanted?

    Banner image: Protesters against Arizona's new immigration law hold a rally at Union Square in New York on May 1, 2010 as more than a million people from coast to coast hold May Day rallies. Photo by Timothy A. Clary/Getty Images

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      KCRW

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