English (en español al final de la página): CNN: U.S. raids target Central American immigrants By Gustavo Valdes Politico: Democrats lash out at Obama over deportation raids By Seung Min Kim Buzzfeed News: Amid Jockeying For 2016 Funds, Latino Leaders Blast Progressive Donor Group’s Ties To New Competitor By...
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Immigration champion Rep. Luis Gutiérrez has become the latest — and one of the most prominent — advocates to slam the Obama Administration’s controversial decision to raid the homes of refugee families and deport them back to violence in their home countries in Central America. The statement from Rep. Luis Gutiérrez’s office: The raids...
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The Obama Administration’s decision to raid homes and deport Central American refugees fleeing violence and death has resulted in condemnation from immigrant rights advocates, community leaders, and legal experts from around the nation. According to the most recent reports, officials from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have detained...
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English (en español al final de la página): The Atlantic (Opinion): The New Crackdown on Migrant Families By Russell Berman The Guardian: Homeland security secretary defends deportation of Central Americans By Spencer Ackerman and Daniel Hernandez Government Executive: Homeland Security Launches New Crackdown on Illegal Immigrants By Charles S....
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Donald Trump is pushing more falsehoods about Mexicans? What a shocker. From Politifact: In a new television ad — his campaign’s first — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump shows footage of dozens of people swarming over a border fence. But the footage isn’t as it seems. About halfway through...
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Over the holiday break, we learned of a disturbing development: the Obama Administration appeared to be preparing a series of ICE raids targeting Central American refugees currently living in the US for deportation. Here’s everything we know about the Obama Administration’s deportation raids. What We Know About the Obama Administration’s...
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English (en español al final de la página): NPR: Immigration Activists Hope To Maintain Momentum For Reform By Richard Gonzales NPR: Immigration Emerging As Top Issue In 2016 By Alexandra Starr Politico: Hillary’s border crisis By Glenn Thrush Reuters: Democratic presidential candidates blast U.S. plan to deport families By...
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This is an extremely disturbing development – a plan that would deport young mothers and their children to places where rape, sexual abuse and murder are commonplace: The Department of Homeland Security has begun preparing for a series of raids that would target for deportation hundreds of families who have flocked...
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Note: This will be the last Immigration News/ Qué Pasa until January 4, 2016. We will be posting breaking news over the holidays. English (en español al final de la página): Politico: Trump dominates in final CNN poll of 2015 By Nick Gass Washington Post: Supporters trust Ted Cruz, even...
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Dec 22, 2015
Once again, this year, anti-immigrant forces threw everything they could at us – in Congress, in states, on the campaign trail – and once again, we showed that our movement never backs down and continues to grow stronger. As we close 2015, we look back a slew of anti-immigrant...
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