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From CBS News' John Bentley

(PHOENIX) – Immigration is a hot topic at the National Council of La Raza convention going on this week in San Diego. Both presidential candidates are speaking to the Hispanic advocacy group, and both are laying out their policy prescriptions on illegal immigration.

The trouble is, they are hard to tell apart. Both John McCain and Barack Obama support comprehensive immigration reform, closing the borders first, and a pathway to citizenship for the 12 million illegal immigrants already in the U.S.

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From CBS News' Maria Gavrilovic:

LOS ANGELES -- Barack Obama told a predominantly African-American and Latino crowd at a Los Angeles technical college that the government is designed for all people and said there is an “anxiety” among voters that it is not.

“They feel like the education system isn’t designed for people like us, and the job market isn’t designed for people like us. And trying to get a mortgage isn’t designed for people like us. And health care is not designed for people like us,” Obama shouted.

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From CBS News' Dante Higgins:

LIVONIA, MICH. -- John McCain talked about the economy, jobs and taxes at the Americans For Prosperity Foundation conference today was also jeered for his remarks on immigration.

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From CBS News' Correspondent Nancy Cordes, who's covering the Huckabee campaign:

Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee was introduced on NBC's "Meet the Press" with a bit of bad news. A new MSNBC poll finds him back in second place in Iowa behind Mitt Romney. “Has Mitt Romney said anything that’s been untrue about you?” Tim Russert asked. Huckabee replied half-jokingly, “How long do we have on this program today?”

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From CBS News' Dante Higgins:

ON THE ROAD IN N.H. – While traveling with John McCain on the Straight Talk Express today, word of a new Mitt Romney ad criticizing McCain made it around the bus.

The news sparked a long conversation on immigration with the press aboard the bus and McCain even summoned advisor Charlie Black to the back of the bus to discuss the news.

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From CBS News' Joy Lin:

OTTUMWA, IOWA –- Mike Huckabee went on a pre-scheduled conference call with reporters this afternoon, remarking it was cold outside, but that he hoped to warm up the state with a “red hot caucus night” next week.

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From CBS News' Joy Lin:

PELLA, IOWA – A foreign issue made domestic. An assassination abroad turned into a hardline immigration stance. After Mike Huckabee was done gladhanding with Iowans at the overcrowded Pizza Ranch restaurant, journalists grilled Huckabee on a hard right turn he took from the subject of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination to illegal immigration.

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From CBS News' John Bentley:

CARROLL, IOWA -- Saying it would have been “irresponsible” for him not to endorse a presidential candidate, Iowa congressman Steve King joined Fred Thompson on the campaign trail in Iowa today.

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From CBS News' Maria Gavrilovic:

ESTHERVILLE, IOWA -- Barack Obama's campaigning through northern Iowa continued today as he held several town hall meetings around the state.

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In response to Mike Huckabee's surge in the polls, Mitt Romney is hitting the airwaves tomorrow to counter Huckabee on the immigration issue.

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