Jun 17, 2011
Today, Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced that it is establishing an advisory board to review the Secure Communities deportation program, and implementing new guidance throughout the field on prosecutorial discretion.
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Today, Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced that it is establishing an advisory board to review the Secure Communities deportation program, and implementing new guidance throughout the field on prosecutorial discretion. ICE Director John Morton has repeatedly said that he believes federal immigration enforcement should focus on the 'worst of...
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Morning, folks. Liveblogging this morning from Netroots Nation where our panel, Immigration and the Power of the Latino Vote: Why Harry Reid Came Back and Alex Sink Sunk has just started. On stage is Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Markos Moulitsas from Daily Kos, and Paco Fabian from Change to...
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Here's the livestream from our panel at Netroots Nation, Immigration and the Power of the Latino Vote: Why Harry Reid Came Back and Alex Sink Sunk with Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Markos Moulitsas from Daily Kos, and Paco Fabian from Change to Win.
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What a mess. That's the best way to describe the labyrinth of absurd and outdated laws and regulations that masquerade as America's immigration system. Americans have been forced to live with a system that hasn't been overhauled in decades and was created for a country that no longer exists.
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A federal crackdown on the use of undocumented immigrant labor is expanding. Immigration and Customs Enforcement told a thousand companies on Wednesday that their hiring records will be inspected.
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Many of the lawyers in the audience wore buttons that said "Stop Secure Communities" with the word "shattering" written over the word "secure" as a form of protest against an ICE program that helps identify illegal immigrants booked into jails, including those here in San Diego County, by feeding...
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The law seems particularly bizarre because illegal immigrants are estimated to account for just over 2% of the population in Alabama. But that should serve as a warning to Washington that the issue of immigration is now a nationwide concern, no longer limited to the West and Southwest. President...
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Six months after the Senate voted down a bill to provide legal status to some undocumented students, DREAM Act supporters are mobilizing for 2012, hoping to hold Democrats accountable for failing to pass the bill last year.
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The resolution calls on the government to make border security a priority and to hold businesses accountable for their hiring. It also asks government officials to support "a just and compassionate path to legal status, with appropriate restitutionary measures, for those undocumented immigrants already living in our country."
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