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La Raza held it's convention in guess who's hometown this week?: "At this week's annual convention in Chicago of one of the country's largest Hispanic advocacy organizations--the National Council of La Raza--attendees got tips on how to lobby lawmakers. The bill to bring back the "Dream Act" , HR 1751, was reintroduced in the U.S. House this past March. Last action it was refered to the House Subcommittee on Higher Education back in May. Call, write your representative.

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his counterparts from Texas, Arizona and New Mexico made stopping illegal immigration a central theme at their annual meeting Thursday with governors from Mexico's border states. Schwarzenegger, a Republican, and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, a Democrat, introduced a resolution calling for all 10 U.S. and Mexican border governors to fight criminality along the border, including drug smuggling and illegal immigration, instead of waiting for their federal governments to do the job. At the same time, the resolution called for the governors to stand against the prolonged presence of the U.S. National Guard along the...

CNN's Bill Tucker reports on a town in texas where over half the residents are illegal aliens.