Amidst continued calls from the GOP for shotgun proceedings that would result in expedited deportations of all but a handful of child refugees, a series of opinion pieces challenge our leaders and our nation to respond with the ideals of fairness and compassion, and a number of news pieces...
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Un total de 31.846 guatemaltecos han sido deportados en lo que va de 2014, incluidos 80 menores, de acuerdo con las cifras de la Dirección General de Migración de Guatemala. Durante mayo y junio pasado fueron deportados 17 menores de edad, todos hombres, precisó la misma fuente.
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La pesadilla de esta familia se inició cuando presuntos pandilleros que dominan el vecindario en donde residían los menores en El Salvador se enteraron que Melanie y Emerson recibían remesas de sus padres desde Los Ángeles.
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WASHINGTON, DC ̶ En otra señal de la disfuncionalidad en la capital política del país, ahora resulta que la única coincidencia migratoria entre la Casa Blanca y los republicanos del Congreso es deportar de forma expedita a los menores centroamericanos que buscan en Estados Unidos refugio de la rampante...
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Today, immigration reform advocates with United We Dream are holding a mock funeral for the Republican Party to signify the GOP’s impending electoral doom. Republicans know they need to attract more Latino voters to stay viable as a party — yet the House has refused to take action on...
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Associated Press: Child migrant surge shifts politics of immigration Washington Post (Plum Line): Morning Plum: How Republicans are trying to hamstring Obama on immigration Mother Jones: Ted Cruz Is Playing a Long Game on Immigration Politico: Obama’s foes on border crisis: Democrats The Hill: Obama border bill divides Dems...
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Nativist opponents of immigration reform were supposed to make their big stand this last weekend, spurred on by protests against children fleeing violence in Murrieta, California. Mostly led by two internet groups, Make Them Listen and Overpasses for America, extremists had rallies planned in every state. And then — as...
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A number of anti-immigrant “rallies” were held this week in response to children fleeing violence and coming to the US border. Below is a photo from the rally that Steve King attended in Council Bluffs, Iowa: (Here’s another photo from the same event.) We, of course, flashed back to this...
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Jul 18, 2014
Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Rep. Joe Garcia (D-FL) and Immigrant Advocates Discuss Child Refugee Crisis, Executive Action The story regarding Central American unaccompanied children arriving at our border is developing fast. Congress is considering a $3.7 billion supplemental budget request as well as how best to speed up the...
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