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At about 5 a.m., loud banging on a front door quieted a chorus of crickets on a pine-ringed road in this Atlanta suburb. "Police! Policia! Open the door!" shouted the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. The raid, part of a new push to round up immigrants who have been ordered deported for criminal convictions or visa violations, was targeting a man from El Salvador who had repeatedly been busted on drunk driving charges. They came away instead with two brothers from Mexico, one of whom has the same name as the fugitive, who said they came illegally and will likely...

New Mexico Congressman Steve Pearce says he plans to draft a bill that would create a guest worker program for immigrants but prohibit amnesty for those who come to the country illegally.The legislation would add to a growing stack of bills in Congress dealing with immigration.The New Mexico Republican just finished a tour of southern New Mexico.He says he spoke with many constituents who want immigrants to be able to work in the U-S but who don't believe a guest worker permit should become a path to citizenship.He says that regardless of the particular form that a guest worker program...