ENGLISH Cincinnati Enquirer Is Fairfield woman’s deportation a sign of things to come? By Mark Curnutte April 14, 2017 PJ Media Arresting Illegal Immigrants in Courthouses Violates Their Rights, Say Activists By Nicholas Ballasey April 16, 2017 Associated Press Veteran threatened with deportation seeks pardon for crime April 14,...
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Two hundred children and advocates rallied in front of the White House yesterday to protest the separation of families and deportation of parents. The advocates, led by the group We Belong Together, come from New York, Colorado, Miami, and Washington, DC. The group from Miami had been caravaning since...
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Congress is in recess, which means that town halls this week and next week will offer a glimpse how voters are responding to the Trump Administration’s agenda and how Congress is reacting to it. Two town halls this week in Arizona and Virginia demonstrated that on immigration (along with...
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ENGLISH Huffington Post No Matter What Happens To Steve Bannon, Jeff Sessions Will Press His Anti-Immigrant Agenda By Paul Blumenthal April 13, 2017 Miami Herald What activists missed in their fight to legalize undocumented immigrants By Alfonso Chardy April 13, 2017 Daily Kos ‘Incompetent’ ICE halts mistake-riddled reports that...
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According to an internal Department of Homeland Security assessment obtained by the Washington Post, Donald Trump is assembling his immigration enforcement infrastructure – and it sure looks like a mass deportation force. The assessment found 33,000 detention beds where future detainees could be held, looked into ending polygraph and...
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ENGLISH CNN Hard-line anti-illegal immigration advocates hired at 2 federal agencies By Maria Santana April 12, 2017 Mother Jones Jeff Sessions Announces a New Crackdown on Immigrants and “Filth” By Bryan Schatz April 11, 2017 Washington Times Trump’s Justice Department to end ‘catch and release’ immigration policy By Andrea...
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Today, nearly 1,500 economists sent a letter to Donald Trump and top Congressional leaders highlighting how immigrants contribute to the economy and urging Congress to pass immigration reform. Economists: immigrants contribute to the economy As the letter said: Immigration is one of America’s significant competitive advantages in the global economy....
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions visited the US-Mexico border yesterday, where he spoke of Trump’s efforts to crack down on immigration violations and talked about border crossers in biblically apocalyptic terms. “It is here that criminal aliens and the coyotes and the document-forgers seek to overthrow our system of lawful...
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***MEDIA ADVISORY*** Thursday, April 13 3PM EST / 12PM PDT DIAL IN: 1-800-894-5910; PASSCODE: ‘IMMIGRATION’ PRESS CALL: Domestic Violence Survivors, Prosecutors, and Advocates to Speak Out Against Trump Administration’s Targeting of Victims and Witnesses Washington, DC — Last week, DHS spokesperson David Lapan defended enforcement actions against immigrants who...
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ENGLISH USA Today Errors prompt Trump to halt reports shaming ‘sanctuary cities’ By Alan Gomez April 11, 2017 US News & World Report Sessions Enhances Criminal Penalties for Immigration Violations: ‘This Is the Trump Era’ By Alan Neuhauser April 11, 2017 Arizona Republic Sessions directs felony charges against repeat...
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