BuzzFeed: White House Delayed Immigration Action Until After Election Because Of 1994 Memories Breitbart: OBAMA ENACTS EXECUTIVE ACTION TO ALLOW SOME DREAMERS TO SERVE IN MILITARY Huffington Post (Blog): Latinos vs. Democrats New York Times: Military Path Opened for Young Immigrants New York Daily News: Undocumented immigrants can now...
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CD-06 Congressman Rejects Bipartisan Senate Bill Because a 15-year Wait, Thousands of dollars in Fines, English classes and a Background Check Are Too “Automatic” of a Path At Tuesday’s Denver Post debate between Rep. Mike Coffman (R, CD-6) and challenger, Andrew Romanoff, Rep. Coffman stated that he did not support...
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Opening MAVNI Program to DACAmented Youth Will Help Practically No One Today, the Department of Defense announced that DACA recipients can now apply for enlistment into the Military Accessions Vital to National Interest (MAVNI)—a program open to a limited number of individuals who possess unique medical and language skills...
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On the heels of high-profile editorials from La Opinión and Maribel Hastings, the Democratic National Committee today is launching national and state Spanish language radio ads pushing Latino voters in key states to vote in November. The ads are part of a seven-figure national paid media campaign and will air in...
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VIEW THE REPORT Rep. Judy Chu Joins Advocates and Experts Urging President Obama to Immediately Close the Artesia Family Detention Center in New Mexico This week, Detention Watch Network released the findings of their latest “Expose and Close” report on the Artesia Family Residential Center – documenting the conditions facing...
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Looks like Kentucky’s Alison Grimes has the right idea. In a new ad, Grimes, the Democratic Senate candidate challenging Mitch McConnell, is firing back against a Republican hypocrisy which Steve Benen highlighted here and which Glenn Kessler of the Washington Post called “bizarre.” See, a pro-McConnell super PAC, the Kentucky Opportunity Coalition, recently...
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Zing! The location of Obama’s presidential library has not yet been decided, but the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR) is already soliciting donations for it — specifically for a section of the future library they are proposing to call the “Deporter-in-Chief” wing. ICIRR’s action yesterday follows years of record...
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La Prensa San Diego (Opinion): Voting Is The Only Option The Hill: After immigration punt, Obama to make his case to Hispanic Caucus MSNBC: Growing religious movement shields undocumented immigrants Huffington Post: Congregations Open Doors To Undocumented Immigrants NBC News: Clergy Call For Sanctuary for Immigrants Facing Deportation MSNBC:...
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The following is a press release from Church World Services: Faith communities across country do what Congress and Administration have refused to do: protect and stand with immigrants facing deportation A nationwide movement to provide physical sanctuary to immigrants and their families facing deportation is rapidly growing, from two...
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Commentators are outraged at this story that appeared yesterday in the Boston Globe, about instances where the US is allowing certain immigrant parents to stay — but deporting their children. In moves that underscore how completely dysfunctional the US immigration system is, the US has for years granted temporary protected...
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