Dana Marks, presidenta de la Asociación Nacional de Jueces de Inmigración, afirmó que “los niños y adolescentes son una población vulnerable con necesidades especiales”, por lo que piden especial seguimiento a los casos de los 63,000 niños inmigrantes solos que han cruzado la frontera desde octubre pasado, la mayoría...
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11 de agosto de 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – El presidente de la Cámara Baja, John Boehner, republicano de Ohio, escribió un artículo de opinión en POLITICO Magazine, pidiéndole al titular del poder ejecutivo, Barack Obama, que “haga su trabajo” en inmigración “sin reescribir la ley y ampliar dramáticamente su acción unilateral”. Le corresponde al...
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Last winter, the New York Times wrote about a little-known immigration enforcement practice called the Criminal Alien Removal Initiative (CARI), a program of dubious legality practiced by the ICE Southern Regional Office in New Orleans. The program relies on racial profiling and sends ICE squads out to places frequented by Latinos —...
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Last week, we noted that the real radical option on immigration policy would be for President Obama to do nothing. Today, two of the world’s leading news outlets make a similar case, editorializing in favor of the president taking executive action on immigration, as the status quo of our...
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11 de agosto de 2014
Denver Post (Colorado): Immigration issue could tip scales in Colorado’s U.S. Senate race Talking Points Memo: Did SCOTUS Already Greenlight Obama’s Executive Action On Immigration? Fox News: Obama poised to extend record of executive action during congressional recess The Hill: White House: Falling illegal immigration might be the hot...
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8 de agosto de 2014
As 2016 Campaign Gets Underway, Republicans Abandon Issue to Anti-immigrant Wing This week, the Republican National Committee met to evaluate how much progress the Party has made since issuing its post-2012 election autopsy. The recommendation to act on immigration was not only ignored, but stomped on. As the Associated...
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Below is a release from today’s press call: Children and Families Deserve Fair Hearings & Opportunity to Make Their Case for Protection In the wake of reports that the Obama Administration is speeding up the deportations of children fleeing violence and their families without allowing them to make their...
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The big political news story today is Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN)‘s triumph over challenger Joe Carr in the Tennessee GOP primary last night, proving that a Republican can vote for immigration reform and live to serve another day. Three Senate Republicans –Alexander, Lindsey Graham (SC), and Susan Collins (ME) — voted...
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8 de agosto de 2014
Steve King Now Fundraising off Viral Encounter With DREAMers
Rep. Steve King and Sen. Rand Paul, the two Congressional players in this week’s viral video confrontation with DREAMers Erika Andiola and Cesar Vargas — are now lashing out in response to how badly they came off in the video. Rand Paul, who became a national punchline after he ran away...
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