Earlier today, the Supreme Court announced that it will hear arguments on the DAPA and expanded DACA lawsuit. What does this mean exactly? Finally, immigrant families will have their day in court. If the Supreme Court does the right thing and unfreezes DAPA and the DACA expansion, it will...
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English (en español al final de la página): Washington Times: Trump pulls GOP further right on immigration as Democrats veer left By Stephen Dinan Florida State News: We are Florida: Immigration activists fight harmful bills By Joseph Zeballos Washington Post: Marco Rubio, facing mounting attacks on immigration, hits the...
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Republicans kicked off their first Presidential debate of 2016 just like they finished off 2015: Trying to out-Trump each other in order to suck up to the anti-immigrant crowd that now makes up their base. One of the most heated moments of the night came from Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz,...
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English (en español al final de la página): Wall Street Journal: Republican Debate Defined by Trump-Cruz Clash By Patrick O’Connor, Janet Hook, Beth Reinhard Washington Post: The six big issues in Republicans’ sixth presidential debate By Amber Phillips The Hill: Santorum calls mass deportation a ‘gift’ By Jonathan Swan...
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For us, it’s always been first and foremost about the families torn apart or at risk of being torn apart by our nation’s broken immigration system. Many of these immigrants are oftentimes lumped together in cold statistics, just one of the millions deported in record numbers by the Obama Administration...
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English (en español al final de la página): McClatchy: U.S. decries rising violence in Central America but will continue deportations By Franco Ordonez The Hill: Trump: Our country needs my anger By Lisa Hagen AP: Gov. Haley, Speaker Ryan offer new GOP answer to Trump By Erica Werner NBC...
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An overwhelming majority of the House’s Democratic Caucus has signed a letter asking President Obama to “halt the current enforcement actions towards Central American mothers and children” and present a “comprehensive refugee solution” to the families seeking refuge in the United States. “We strongly condemn the Department of Homeland...
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Last night, President Obama gave his final State of the Union address, and in keeping with a relatively recent tradition, Republicans offered their rebuttal in both English and Spanish — with one oh-so-slight catch. South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and Florida Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart were each charged with delivering...
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English (en español al final de la página): Equal Voice: Contradictions on Immigration and the State of the Union By Maribel Hastings New York Times: New Attack Ads Call Marco Rubio a Flip-Flopper on Immigration By Maggie Haberman and Ashley Parker New York Times: Ad Backing Jeb Bush Calls...
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All three Democratic candidates for President condemned the ongoing ICE raids that continue to terrorize immigrant communities during last night’s “Iowa Brown & Black Forum” at Drake University in Des Moines. While the forum addressed numerous issues important to minority voters — particularly the “Black Lives Matter” movement — immigration took center...
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