Social Issues

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Ernesto Fiscal, foreground, and other illegal immigrants, who were deported to Mexico gather near the Nogales Port of Entry in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, Wednesday, July 28, 2010. A report out Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010, said illegal immigration into the United States has reduced drastically. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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In this April 29, 2010, file photo, Maricopa County, Ariz., Sheriff Joe Arpaio speaks during a press conference, in Phoenix. Without the benefit of their state's strict new immigration law, Arizona officers from Maricopa County helped deport more than 26,000 immigrants from the U.S. through a federal-local partnership that has been roundly criticized as fraught with problems. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, centre, delivers a statement to the media outside the High Court, London, after his release on bail, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. Assange is swapping a Victorian prison cell for an English country mansion after a judge granted bail to the WikiLeaks founder wanted in Sweden for questioning on sex-crimes allegations. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

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Fremont resident Lesley Velez urges the city council to not implement a new city ordinance that would make it illegal to rent to, and hire illegal immigrants, during a city council meeting, in Fremont, Neb., Tuesday, July 27, 2010. A voter-approved ban on hiring and renting property to illegal immigrants was suspended Tuesday by the Fremont City Council, less than two days before it was set to take effect in the eastern Nebraska city. Council members voted 8-0 to delay an ordinance that is being challenged by two federal lawsuits, saying the move will save the city money in its legal defense. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

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Colorado Rockies infielder Troy Tulowitzki holds during batting practice before a baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field in Denver on Tuesday, July 27, 2010. Tulowitzki will play his first game after being reinstated from the disabled list. (AP Photo/Chris Schneider)

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Carly Fiorina, the Republican nominee for Senate in California, has the backing of the Latino Partnership for Conservative Principles. (Associated Press)

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In this photo taken June 23, 2010, a facial prosthetic with an artificial eye is seen in a facial prosthetics lab at Wilford Hall Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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In this photo taken June 23, 2010, prosthetics are seen in a facial prosthetics lab at Wilford Hall Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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U.S. President Barack Obama holds a bi-partisan meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington on July 27, 2010. House Minority Leader John Boehner (L), House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (2nd L), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (R) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (not pictured) attended the meeting. UPI/Kristoffer Tripplaar/Pool

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**FILE** In this photo from June 19, 2009, President Obama delivers remarks at the Esperanza National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast and Conference in Washington. Mr. Obama's once solid support among Hispanics is showing a few cracks, a troubling sign for Democrats desperate to get this critical constituency excited about helping the party hold onto Congress this fall. (Associated Press)

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South Korean human rights activists stage a rally demanding release of American Aijalon Mahli Gomes in North Korea, in front of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Korea Representative Office in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, July 26, 2010. The rally marked six month after Mr. Gomes was arrested in North Korea on Jan. 25. Mr. Gomes was sentenced in April to eight years of hard labor and fined $700,000 for entering the country illegally and for an unspecified "hostile act." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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An Indonesian activist puts a poster next to a mask of Mr. Abhisit on the gate of the Thai Embassy during a protest against the military crackdown against Red Shirts in Bangkok. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** In this Friday, Jan. 29, 2010, file photo, President Barack Obama holds up a document of Republican solutions given to him by House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, before he spoke to Republican lawmakers at the GOP House Issues Conference in Baltimore. President Barack Obama says an economic plan by the House Republican leader just repeats job-killing policies of the past and would take the country "backward at a time when we need to keep America moving forward." (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

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Two protestors hold a poster during the closing session at the International AIDS Conference Austria, on Friday, July 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

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An Indian policeman gestures to his colleagues to move ahead during a protest in Srinagar, India, Friday, July 23, 2010. The predominantly Muslim region, where resistance to rule by Hindu-majority India is strong, has witnessed curfews and strikes for nearly a month after anti-India street protests and clashes surged. Residents accuse government forces of killing at least 17 people, mostly teenagers, in the demonstrations. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)

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An Uzbek woman walks with her children in Ferghana, Uzbekistan. According to rights groups, victims and health officials, hundreds of Uzbek women have been surgically sterilized without their knowledge in a program looking to curb overpopulation. (Associated Press)

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President Obama personally has called and apologized to the former Agriculture Department worker, Shirley Sherrod, who was fired this week after comments she made in a two-minute video clip which sparked claims of racism and a media frenzy. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack tells reporters that he acted in haste in firing Shirley Sherrod, a black U.S. Agriculture Department official, after it appeared she had made racist remarks in unfair and heavily edited video posted on a conservative website, during a news conference at the Department of Agriculture in Washington on Wednesday, July 21, 2010. Mr. Vilsack said he is taking personal responsibility for what happened. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)