In addition to the Washington Post's piece on DREAM eligible youth in JROTC today, the New York Times' Julia Preston took a long look at where students who fought for the DREAM Act are now, and the challenges they face:
It was exhilarating for Maricela Aguilar to stand on the...
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According to today's Richmond Times-Dispatch, GOP legislators in Virginia's State House have set their sights on immigrant bashing legislation:
The highest-profile of the bunch is House Bill 2332, sponsored by Del. L. Scott Lingamfelter, R-Prince William, which would require state and local law enforcement officers to make inquiries into a...
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Today's La Opinion editorial entitled "Border Security" is an elegant repudiation of the sound bite so popular among Senate Republicans— that we can somehow "secure the border first" before tackling any kind of meaningful, comprehensive immigration reform.
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Feb 7, 2011
Imploring readers to "focus our attention on the president's actions rather than his words," Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) recently took to the pages of the San Antonio Express-News to slam President Obama on immigration issues. While doing so, however, he portrayed himself as a tireless supporter of immigration...
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A Politico piece entitled "Senators look for immigration deal" by Carrie Budoff Brown is causing quite the stir today.
We're always happy when there's talk of comprehensive immigration reform, because it's the only real solution to the immigration crisis we face. President Obama just called for action in the State...
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If Howard Dean is known for one thing—it would probably be his, well, excitement.
And at the Howard Dean, Newt Gingrich debate at George Washington University on Tuesday night, it was the DREAM Act that brought this infamous excitement to life.
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As Republican politicians in the House of Representatives try to enforce their way to a better immigration system, a new report from the Pew Hispanic Center underscores the flawed reasoning behind their efforts. The newly released data shows that, despite unprecedented spending on immigration enforcement efforts, the American...
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Markos Moulitsas, founder and publisher of Daily Kos, has a stark political analysis of immigration reform for Democrats in, "Dems, listen to your base:" Of course, if the Democratic-controlled Congress did what was popular, comprehensive immigration reform would have been passed and signed into law last year. A reform...
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Brisenia Flores was nine years old when Shawna Forde, the head of the Minutemen American Defence group, and other members of her posse, allegedly shot and killed Brisenia and her parents, point-blank, at their home in Arizona. Mercilessly, Forde and company allegedly ignored Brisenia's sobs to spare her life....
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Today, the Spanish-language press covers a newly-released report from the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) which concludes that around half of all undocumented immigrants detained under the 287(g) enforcement program are detained for misdemeanors and traffic violations rather than serious crimes. Telemundo, La Opinión (Los Angeles), Notimex and the AP,...
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