Yesterday's heartbreaking conversation between a second-grade student and First Lady Michelle Obama highlighted the fear and deportation rampant under the broken immigration system. The conversation also drew attention to an underreported fact – that the Obama administration is deporting more immigrants than the Bush administration.
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20/05/10 a 1:10pm Comentarios de niña preocupada por situación migratoria de su mamá realzan un hecho poco reportado: las deportaciones van en aumento y 70% son de indocumentados no criminales Washington, D.C. – El desgarrador intercambio entre una niña de segundo grado de una escuela primaria en Maryland y la Primera...
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Memo to Congress: The gloves are coming off. Three undocumented students were arrested this week after organizing a nonviolent sit-in at Republican Sen. John McCain's congressional office in Tucson, Arizona. The sit-in was part of an effort to pressure lawmakers to support comprehensive immigration reform, and it's only the...
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While Mexican President Felipe Calderón's visit to Washington continues to receive coverage, the Spanish-language press' attention was captured by the young girl who stole the show at a photo op for First Lady Michelle Obama by expressing fear for her undocumented mother. Various developments as Arizona counts down to...
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20/05/10 a 8:39am por Rafael Prieto Zartha Hace apenas unos días el detective del Departamento de Policía de Seattle, Shandy Cobane, se presentó en una conferencia de prensa en la que ofreció disculpas y lloró amargamente por el maltrato que le infligió a un hispano al que además agravió...
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Monday evening was intense for those following the young immigrant leaders who have become known as the "#DreamAct5," as they updated twitter followers live from their sit-in in Senator John McCain's office. The peaceful but powerful action in Tuscon, Arizona, took place on the 65th anniversary of the landmark...
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Today President Obama and President Calderon of Mexico held a press conference in the Rose Garden. They both spoke about the need for immigration reform and about concerns about the new anti-immigrant law in Arizona. Important but not especially newsworthy.
Meanwhile, First Lady Michelle Obama and Mexico's First...
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19/05/10 a 2:10pm Sin duda, la declaración más importante del día sobre el tema migratorio Washington, D.C. – Hoy el presidente Barack Obama y el presidente de México, Felipe Calderón, sostuvieron una rueda de prensa conjunta en el Jardín de Rosas de la Casa Blanca con motivo de la visita...
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A second-grader stole the show today, even as U.S. President Barack Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon held a press conference in the Rose Garden at the White House. They spoke about the need for immigration reform and about concerns over Arizona's harsh new law. Nothing particularly surprising.
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