If you're an immigration news fiend like most of us are over at America's Voice, then you might have wondered at some point why DHS won't let States that are concerned with the Secure Communities program opt out of participating. Or, like Rep. Zoe Lofgren, wonder why DHS...
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Alberto Yanez is a hard-working student, a committed young father, and an ambitious DREAMer. He came to the United States from Mexico in 1988 when he was just a year old. Raised in California, Yanez moved to Washington with his family after his junior year in high school. He...
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CBS News went to Georgia to get the story of how that state's new immigration law, with its mandatory E-Verify provision, is impacting the state's agricultural industry. CBS confirms what we've been hearing. Farmers and growing are experiencing an immediate -- and costly -- impact.
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It's apt that this coming Monday is Independence Day, because it's been inspiring to see so many students stand up to speak about why they love America and why they are Americans. Watch our short clip from the DREAMers below, and happy Fourth of July!
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Rep. Lamar Smith claims E-Verify "is not an immigration bill, it's a jobs bill." But, Smith's definition of a "jobs bill" is one that kills 770,000 jobs, forces millions into an administrative quagmire, destroys America's agriculture industry and imposes new taxes and red tape on small business.
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The American agriculture industry "fears a disaster" if Rep. Lamar Smith's E-Verify legislation becomes law. The current situation in Georgia, which passed a state E-Verify and now has crops rotting on the vine, gives credence to those fears. Smith's bill poses grave dangers for farmworkers.
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Last week, just hours before Mandeep and her mother were scheduled to be deported to India, we learned that immigration officials changed their minds and canceled the deportation. At the last minute, she was given a one year stay of deportation. This was no doubt thank to the thousands...
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One day after the Senate held its first-ever hearing on the DREAM Act, DREAMers, activists, and allies descended on the Capitol again to stage a special graduation ceremony for the "Deportation Class of 2011." Hundreds of DREAMers from all over the country, born in all different parts of...
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Today, we heard an important pronouncement from President Obama at a White House press conference. The President made it clear that mandatory E-Verify without comprehensive immigration reform is unacceptable. On E-Verify, the President gets it.
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Following the DREAM ceremony on Capitol Hill, 200 Undocumented Youth are now walking up Pennsylvania Avenue to hold a rally at the White House.
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