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Long Island father fighting deportation to El Salvador after 30 years in U.S. Julio Cesar Acosta came to the U.S. and built a family — but recent changes in immigration policy might tear them apart. Acosta, a Baldwin, Long Island, father of three who fled to the U.S. from El Salvador's civil war 30 years ago, is now fighting to stay in this country — after immigration authorities put him on the short list for deportation. "They're taking away my other half," said 33-year-old Deysi Aldana, Acosta's partner, and mother of his children. "I don't know what I'm going to...

Illegal Immigration: The government puts the brakes on a problem-plagued "virtual" fence on our border with Mexico. Whatever happened to the old-fashioned kind? If ever there was a shovel-ready project, this is it. The much-ballyhooed "virtual" fence that was supposed to monitor and control illegal immigration doesn't work and is being scrapped as we evaluate alternatives and rely on existing technology. After years of delay and billions of dollars already spent, Secretary Napolitano on Tuesday halted work on SBInet. The system involves cameras, sensors and radars designed to let a small number of dispatchers watch the border on computer monitors...