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<p>Even with everything else on its agenda, the Obama administration has declared itself ready to plunge forward on an issue likely to be as contentious and exhausting to the nation as health care reform, namely a new effort to restructure our immigration laws. Last Friday, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano laid the groundwork when she labeled our current immigration system "unacceptable" and said that the Obama administration is committed to reform as a crucial component of the future health of our economy.</p>

CNSNews.com) - A loophole in a Massachusetts state law has allowed Zeituni Onyango - Barack Obama’s aunt and an illegal immigrant - to live in state-funded public housing in Boston since 2003, even though a federal immigration judge ordered Onyango to leave the country in 2004 after her request for asylum was denied. The Boston Housing Authority (BHA) told CNSNews.com that illegal immigrants like Onyango can qualify for the state-funded housing in Massachusetts because, unlike federally funded programs, Massachusetts forbids the BHA from even asking about an applicant’s immigration status.

Mitt Romney is under fire for being caught a second time using a landscaping company that employs illegal immigrants. The Republican presidential candidate on Tuesday fired a landscaping company that worked at his home in Boston after he said he learned it employs illegal immigrants. With Romney locked in a tight race for the top spot in the GOP's upcoming Iowa caucuses, the company -- which he said he gave a "second chance" after similar information arose last year -- had become an easy target for Romney's political opponents. In the statement, Romney said he met with the owner of...