Jun 10, 2015
Suzanne Gamboa of NBCNews.com Recaps the State of Play on Immigration Policy and Politics With the President’s DAPA program and the expansion of DACA held up in the courts, there’s been much confusion about what it means for people and politics. In a new NBCNews.com piece, Suzanne Gamboa succinctly distills the state of play on...
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English (en español al final de la página): Washington Post: “If you live by the pen, you die by the pen” By James Hohmann Wall Street Journal: Bernie Sanders to Address Latino Politician Group NALEO By Laura Meckler National Journal:Why Does Immigration Divide the GOP Along Lines of Education...
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The Texas legislative sessions adjourned on June 1, and the immigrant community got the news they had been waiting for. The push to repeal the Texas Dream Act was defeated, securing in-state tuition as a benefit that undocumented students across Texas can continue to take advantage of. This is...
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DREAMers have long been driving forces within the immigrant rights movement, sparking the fires that led to the biggest immigration victories in a generation: DACA in 2012, and DAPA in 2014. Now DREAMers are set to help influence who will become the next President of the United States, too....
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English (en español al final de la página): Bloomberg: Marco Rubio Says He Didn’t Flip-Flop On Immigration But Hillary Clinton Did By Sahil Kapur San Francisco Chronicle: Marco Rubio fundraising at Larry Ellison’s: Will they talk immigration? By Carla Marinucci Des Moines Register (Iowa): Santorum: Jeb Bush agrees with...
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US Customs and Border Protection won’t take any action against agents involved in over 60 “deadly-force” incidents from 2010 to 2012, reports Bob Ortega of the Arizona Republic: The 67 incidents had been identified in 2013 in a scathing report on CBP’s use-of-force practices by the Police Executive Research...
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On “Fox News Sunday” yesterday, Rick Santorum responded to a question regarding what to do about 11 million undocumented immigrants living and working in America by rejecting the notion of a path to legalization and saying, “You just use E-Verify. You require E-Verify.” While Santorum was careful not to use...
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In a special Sunday address recognizing the second annual Immigrant Heritage Month, President Obama honored America as “a nation of immigrants” and vowed to continue fighting for immigration action. “I think of growing up in Hawaii, a place enriched by people of different backgrounds – native Hawaiian, Filipino, Japanese,...
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English (en español al final de la página): Bloomberg: Rick Santorum’s Solution for the Undocumented Population: Use E-Verify By Sahil Kapur Washington Post: O’Malley’s efforts on immigration reflect complex political realities By John Wagner and Arelis R. Hernandez Politico: Hillary Clinton to Las Vegas Latino community: You can count...
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Two big victories for immigrant activists on opposite sides of the coast yesterday. Cesar Vargas of DRM Action will become New York’s first undocumented immigrant to practice law, following a decision from an appeals court in his favor. Though he graduated from law school in 2011 and passed the bar exam...
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