Mar 28, 2012
A few weeks ago, the right-wing Daily Caller ran a piece with the sensational headline "Transgender hormone treatments, abortion access for detained illegals irks congressman." It's about House Judiciary Chairman Lamar Smith's opposition to humane treatment of immigrants detained by our government as they fight deportation.
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A few weeks ago, the right-wing Daily Caller ran a piece with the sensational headline "Transgender hormone treatments, abortion access for detained illegals irks congressman." It's about House Judiciary Chairman Lamar Smith's opposition to humane treatment of immigrants detained by our government as they fight deportation.
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Rep. Lamar Smith and his anti-immigrant colleagues are opening another front in the war on women. With the help of Tony Perkins from the Family Research Council, they're targeting women in detention – including undocumented immigrants, mothers, lawful permanent residents, survivors of torture, asylum seekers, and pregnant women.
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Rep. Lamar Smith and his anti-immigrant colleagues are opening another front in the war on women. With the help of Tony Perkins from the Family Research Council, they're targeting women in detention – including undocumented immigrants, mothers, lawful permanent residents, survivors of torture, asylum seekers, and pregnant women.
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Rep. Lamar Smith and his anti-immigrant colleagues are opening another front in the war on women. With the help of Tony Perkins from the Family Research Council, they're targeting women in detention – including undocumented immigrants, mothers, lawful permanent residents, survivors of torture, asylum seekers, and pregnant women.
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Mar 23, 2012
A coalition of immigration advocacy groups says the current immigrant detention system in the U.S. is flawed, despite promises from federal authorities to improve it. A study conducted by students at New York University and a coalition of New York and New Jersey immigration rights groups have compiled a...
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Late last month, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) released new health and safety standards for immigration detainment facilities, which now include things like visitation rights and permission to adhere to dietary restrictions.
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Ana, 37, keeps a daily vigil by the phone in Guadalajara, Mexico. With the exception of two brief court-supervised visits, Ana hasn't spent time with her three daughters or son since 2008, when she left her children in the care of her ex-boyfriend in Phoenix.
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U.S. citizens have been illegally detained throughout Los Angeles County as a result of the controversial Secure Communities immigration enforcement program, a coalition of civil and immigrant rights groups said Wednesday.
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Dec 14, 2011
A growing number of United States citizens have been detained under Obama administration programs intended to detect illegal immigrants who are arrested by local police. In a spate of recent cases across the country, American citizens have been confined in local jails after federal immigration agents instructed the police...
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