Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) have become the latest Senators to encourage President Obama to address his record rate of deportations. As Sen. Schumer told Politico in a statement today: We remain focused on passing a balanced immigration bill that secures our borders and fixes a broken...
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Washington, DC—Bueno, es (semi) oficial. Tras la corrección el proyecto contra-el-acercamiento-comunitario de la representante Diane Black (R-TN), el presidente del Comité Judicial de la Cámara Baja, Bob Goodlatte, indicó que la legislación será turnada al pleno la próxima semana. Según una evaluación de Donna Cassata, de la Associated Press,...
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Well, it’s (semi) official. At the markup of Rep. Diane Black’s (R-TN) anti-immigrant bill yesterday, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Bob Goodlatte indicated that the legislation will be moving to the House floor next week. Per an assessment by Donna Cassata of the Associated Press: The first immigration bill in...
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Latin Times: Immigration Reform 2014: House GOP Leaders Moving Bill To Axe Immigrant-Outreach Job By David Iaconangelo Fusion: Menendez Challenges Obama to Stop Deportations By Jordan Fabian Politico: 2 senators seek fewer deportations By Seung Min Kim The Hill: House Dem calls Obama ‘deporter in chief’ By Pete Kasperowicz...
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Una incomodidad a corto plazo para la Casa Blanca y un desastre futuro para el Partido Republicano Washington, DC – Durante la pasada cena de NCLR 2014, el senador Bob Menéndez (D-NJ) y la presidenta de esa organización, Janet Murguía, rogaron al presidente Obama que revierta la maquinaria de las...
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During last evening’s 2014 NCLR Capital Awards dinner, Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and NCLR President Janet Murguía both made impassioned pleas to President Obama to roll back the deportation machinery that rips families apart on a daily basis. Without a doubt, this will increase pressure on the Obama Administration...
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Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) spent time on the House floor today speaking about “Obama Derangement Syndrome,” defined by Dana Milbank of the Washington Post as an affliction in which “the president’s opponents are so determined to thwart him that they will reverse long-held views if they believe it will...
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The Obama budget proposal is out, and it would like to reduce the detention bed mandate by about 10%. DHS is currently required to fill 34,000 immigrant detention center beds every day, regardless of what current immigration levels are or what detained immigrants have done (or not done) to get...
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Aunque el presidente también ha dicho que la prioridad es la deportación de criminales e individuos que amenazan la seguridad pública o nacional, grupos pro reforma le echan en cara que desde 2009 su gobierno ha deportado a cerca de dos millones de personas –no todas con antecedentes penales-...
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