Oct 24, 2010
When Rohan Coombs joined the U.S. Marine Corps, he never thought one day he would be locked up in an immigration detention center and facing deportation from the country he had vowed to defend.
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If you thought Arizona's immigration law, SB 1070, was controversial, keep reading.
Republican State Legislator (FL), William Snyder (pictured at right, to the left), has proposed a new immigration bill for his state, modeled after the infamous Arizona law that has people all over the country in a tizzy over...
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Oct 21, 2010
In May, as the federal government increased deportations and some states sought to tighten immigration enforcement, Gov. David A. Paterson caused a national stir by announcing a state effort to speed the granting of pardons to immigrants facing deportation for old or minor criminal convictions.
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This year, Latino voters like many voters, are angry and anxious. But they aren't stupid...Latinos know that staying home doesn't shift power; it concedes power.
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Leslie, a history major at the University of California at Los Angeles and an aspiring marathon runner with three part-time jobs and plans for grad school, keeps a neatly folded dark blue T-shirt in her closet among her jeans and her U.C.L.A. Bruins sweatshirt.
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Turn on the television in any state near the border with Mexico, and before long you'll see a Republican campaign ad that looks something like this one: "I'm standing in New Mexico," the candidate says, "and on the other side of that fence is the murder capital of the...
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Perhaps more than any other campaign in the country, Republicans and Democrats are betting that race could be the trump card in Nevada.
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The Center for American Progress Action Fund released a report today entitled, "Too Many to Ignore: The Latino Vote in 2010 and Beyond," accompanied by a panel discussion on the recent history and increasing role of Latino voters. The report's key message:
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The DREAM Act will not be taken up before the midterm elections, but support for the popular measure continues to grow. Here are some DREAM happenings you might have missed.
Last week, Rosario Dawson explained why she's so passionate about the DREAM Act and why we all need to get...
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A new report by the Detention Watch Network reveals that the "truly civil" detention system once promised by the administration has truly failed to materialize. And while the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been crowing over its record number of deportations, it's suspiciously mum when it comes to...
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