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Must-Read News on Immigration Reform, April 21, 2014

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NPR (Morning Edition): Immigrants Feel Like Targets As Deportations Increase
By Kelly McEvers

New York Times: Sheriffs Limit Detention of Immigrants
By Julia Preston

NBC News: An Immigration Reformer Defends Obama on Deportations
By Suzanne Gamboa

BuzzFeed: Activists Optimistic On Reported Deportation Changes, As New Memo Set To Drop
By Adrian Carrasquillo

New York Times: A 12-Year-Old’s Trek of Despair Ends in a Noose at the Border
By Jim Dwyer

ThinkProgress: Court-Ordered Deportations Plunge, But This Mother Is Still Caught In The Deportation Dragnet
By Esther Yu-Hsi Lee

Politico: Steve King slams Hillary Clinton ‘brave’ remark
By Tal Kopan

National Journal: What It’s Like to Tell Hillary Clinton You’re an Undocumented Immigrant
By Alex Seitz-Wald

The Hill: Boehner aide: No change on immigration
By Erik Wesson

The Hill: Carney: GOP ‘confusion’ on immigration
By Justin Sink

The Hill: Obama-Cantor relationship sours
By Mike Lillis

BuzzFeed: John Boehner’s Tea Party Foes Host “Retirement Party”
By John Stanton

Associated Press: Immigration: Border Patrol Agents Arrest More Than 200 Immigrants Hiding In Texas

Associated Press: Jesus Flores Shot Twice By Border Patrol Agent
By Elliot Spagat

National Journal: Undocumented Immigrants Are Lawyering Up
By Elahe Izadi

TIME: Zuckerberg Immigration Group Targets Steve King
By Zeke J. Miller

The Hill: Zuckerberg group attacks Steve King on immigration
By Cameron Joseph

National Journal: Mark Zuckerberg-Backed Group Goes After Steve King for Being Steve King
By Elahe Izadi

Washington Post: Just Asking: Congressman Steve King is not Stephen King
By Joe Heim

Los Angeles Times: No, the White House won’t be deporting Justin Bieber
By Matt Pearce

Associated Press (Illinois): Illinois GOP leaders to urge immigration reform

Miami Herald (Florida): Immigrants recount horror of being detained in ‘iceboxes’ before transfer to South Florida
By Alfonso Chardy

Los Angeles Daily News (California): Sheriff’s candidates for chief differ over deputies’ immigration role in jails
By Thomas Himes

Record Net (California): Advocates: Reform can help immigrants fulfill their potential
By Dana M. Nichols

Tampa Bay Times (Florida): Florida man caps journey to urge Obama to stop deportations
By Alex Leary

WHIO (Ohio): Groups urge Boehner on immigration reform
By Eric Schwartzberg

ABC 6 (Ohio): Columbus Mother of Three Fears Forced Return to Mexico
By Maria Durant

Portales News-Tribune (New Mexico): US Rep. Steve Pearce speaks on issues

Arizona Republic (Arizona): Arizona Congress candidates weigh in on deportations
By Rebekah L. Sanders

La Opinión (Editorial): Waiting for immigration reform

New York Daily News (Opinion): Latino community activists are tired of the same answers from President Obama about his failure to act to end deportations
By Albor Ruiz

Washington Post (Plum Line): Morning Plum: Republicans flirt with engaging in constructive policy-making
By Greg Sargent

Washington Post (WonkBlog): Wonkbook: Don’t count out immigration reform just yet
By Puneet Kollipara

Huffington Post (Blog): It’s Time for Commonsense Law Enforcement When Dealing With Deportations
By Janet Murguía

Huffington Post (Blog): Deportations, Hunger Strikes and an Uncertain White House
By Ryan Campbell

Politico Magazine: We’re Coming for You, John Boehner
By Richard A. Viguerie

Washington Post (District of DeBonis): Illegal immigrants can soon apply for D.C. driver’s licenses
By Mike DeBonis

The Hill (Opinion): Williams: Still hope for Democrats in 2014
By Juan Williams

Denver Post (Colorado – Editorial): Right direction on deportation

Statesman Journal (Oregon – Editorial): Editorial: Judge, jails right on immigration

Star-Tribune (Minnesota – Editorial): Detention: Yet another immigration policy in need of reform