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WI group opens legal aid station for immigrants A new office that offers low-cost legal services on immigration has been opened in Madison by United Migrant Opportunity Services Inc. With its headquarters in Milwaukee, UMOS offers an array of social services statewide and in Minnesota, Texas, Kansas and Missouri. Its services include workforce development, such as Wisconsin Works; child development; education; health; housing and domestic violence supportive services. It works with rural and urban low-income people. 'One of our focuses is going to be to serve the farm-worker community, and Madison is closer to rural communities where farm workers live and work,' said UMOS spokesman Rod Ritcherson. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (WI)

Illegal charged with murder of WI woman Legal Latino residents in the Wausau area say they are living on edge since the death of Breanna Schneller and the subsequent arrest of her alleged killer. The Spanish-speaking community... WI bureau says in-state tuition affordable for illegals Madison (AP) -- A legislative analysis says Gov. Jim Doyle's plan to allow some illegal immigrants to qualify for in-state tuition would affect few students and cost very little. The... WI group advocates census participation With the 2010 Census less than a year away, Jose Madrigal is doing his part on Milwaukee's south side to get the word out to family, friends and neighbors on...

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WI county to probe enforcement policies

Advocates for immigrants objected Thursday to the Dane County Board creating a task force, rather than stating opposition to the sheriff's policy of reporting illegal immigrants in the jail to federal officials. The board approved creation of the task force...
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WI county seeks to 'reassure' foreign community

A proposal before the Dane County Board this week seeks to reassure the immigrant community that they can access county services without being deported. But the resolution won't likely change practices in the county jail or family court that stirred...
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Citizens lash out against WI company employing illegals

Richfield, WI -- A fatal crash in which a landscaping truck driven by a suspected illegal immigrant collided with a sport utility vehicle Sunday is stirring up new anger over U.S. immigration laws. Terra Tec Landscapes, the company that employed...
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Wisconsin man, two kids killed by illegal alien driver

Karl Ziebart died traveling to a place he loved - his church. On Sunday, the 42-year-old Richfield man; his 9-year-old son, Luke; and a 12-year-old girl from another family were killed when the SUV in which they were riding was...
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WI governor recommends in-state tuition for illegal aliens

Governor Doyle's state budget proposal would allow illegal immigrants who graduate from Wisconsin high schools to pay in-state tuition in Wisconsin's public universities. However, a federal law may contradict this proposal. A provision in Gov. Jim Doyle's 2009-'11 executive budget...
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