Jul 5, 2011
One early evening in May, a Boston police officer arrested Lizandra DeMoura for traffic violations and driving without a license. In another city, she might have been booked and released for a court hearing. But in Boston, the 18-year-old was jailed overnight, taken to court, and handed over to...
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In a trailer park in the US state of Alabama, the reality of a strict new anti-illegal immigration law comes to the fore, a reality that cuts through the blaming, the endless bickering, the legal and political manoeuvring that preceded its enactment.
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If you thought the do-it-yourself anti-immigrant schemes couldn't get any more repellent, you were wrong. New laws in Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina are following — and in some ways outdoing — Arizona's attempt to engineer the mass expulsion of the undocumented, no matter the damage to the Constitution,...
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Louisiana and other states have recently approved laws requiring employers to use the federal E-Verify system to check the legal status of every worker and flag undocumented immigrants. But E-Verify alone is no solution for our nation's immigration problems, as President Barack Obama recently emphasized.
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Former U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.) said Sunday that Jose Antonio Vargas, the former Washington Post reporter who came out last month as an illegal immigrant, should be allowed to "become an American."
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Over 200 DREAMers, wearing caps and gowns, presented the "Deportation Class of 2011" in a ceremony at the Russell Senate Office Building.
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Jul 1, 2011
Watch our short clip from a few undocumented Americans, and happy Fourth of July!
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It's apt that this coming Monday is Independence Day, because it's been inspiring to see so many students stand up to speak about why they love America and why they are Americans. Watch our short clip from the DREAMers below, and happy Fourth of July!
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Responding to growing criticism from law enforcement and elected officials across the country, who say DHS' Secure Communities program is hurting the relationship between local police and the community that is essential to fighting crime, Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton announced minor changes last month. Morton...
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Rep. Lamar Smith claims E-Verify "is not an immigration bill, it's a jobs bill." But, Smith's definition of a "jobs bill" is one that kills 770,000 jobs, forces millions into an administrative quagmire, destroys America's agriculture industry and imposes new taxes and red tape on small business.
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