A task force set up by the Obama administration to ease political tensions over a deportation program has held the last of four public hearings, which instead served largely to galvanize vocal protests against the policy.
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Legislative Republicans today announced plans to file legislation forcing the Patrick administration to join Secure Communities, a federal program aimed at cracking down on criminal illegal immigrant that has sparked allegations by immigrant advocates and officials in some states that the program leads to profiling and nets petty criminals,...
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Proposed immigration detention facilities in Florida and New Jersey will be ringed with barbed wire and house people against their will -- but don't call them jails or prisons. "ICE has instituted reforms to address the vast majority of complaints about its immigration detention system," Barbara Gonzalez, an Immigration...
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Last week, the Department of Homeland Security announced new guidelines for all immigration agencies to ensure that enforcement priorities are focused on people who threaten the nation's security or public safety.
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Texas Governor Rick Perry may believe that evolution is an unproven theory, doubt the scientific consensus on global warming and regard Social Security as what he called an "illegal Ponzi scheme." But on one major issue his views are grounded in reality: the need to help promising young immigrants...
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Rep. Lamar Smith, leader of the Congressional Mass Deportation Caucus and self-appointed leading pundit, recently sent a "Dear Colleague" letter pushing cherry-picked polling information to further his agenda.
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The Obama Administration says it will focus its enforcement efforts on violent criminals rather than innocent immigrants. If implemented to the fullest extent, this revised policy could mean the end of deportations for DREAMers.
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The Secure Communities Task Force hearing in Arlington, Virginia last night was not my first protest, but it was my first exposure to what we call "antis"—people from the anti-immigrant crowd. Some were reasonable, and some were not. Some were people I felt I could have a...
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CIUDAD JUAREZ/EL PASO – Las nuevas directrices del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS) de priorizar las deportaciones y centrarse en quienes realmente constituyen una amenaza a nuestra seguridad no llegaron a tiempo para un joven Soñador que fue deportado a Ciudad Juárez bajo cuestionables circunstancias y en clara violación...
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A majority of Americans support comprehensive immigration reform, requiring undocumented immigrants to pass background checks, study English, pay taxes, and work towards full U.S. citizenship.
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