Gov. Kasich and Attorney General DeWine Chose Party over People in Misguided Political Lawsuit Today, a three judge panel from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans denied the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) request for an emergency “stay” of the injunction on the President’s Deferred Action for Parental Accountability (DAPA) and expanded Deferred Action for...
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Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied a request for an emergency stay made by the Department of Justice in the case regarding the President Obama’s executive action on immigration. The following is a statement by Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice. Some 5...
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From The Atlantic comes a disturbing account of U.S. Border Patrol agents tasing and throwing an unarmed U.S. citizen to the ground in Ogdensburg, New York. We hear a lot of disturbing stories about the Border Patrol on the southern border, but this one happened on the northern border....
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WASHINGTON, DC – Siempre disfruto salir de la “burbuja” washingtoniana para conversar con inmigrantes y votantes latinos y, de ese modo, conocer de primera mano sus impresiones sobre los desarrollos electorales y lo que pasa o no pasa con la reforma migratoria, así como las acciones ejecutivas migratorias de...
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Iowa DREAMer Challenges GOP on Immigration As the New York Times reported last week, the Republican Party has increasingly lurched to the right on immigration, following the lead of anti-immigrant Rep. Steve King (R-IA) and the most hardline faction of Congress. Monica Reyes, a DACA recipient and co-founder of Dream Iowa,...
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English (en español al final de la página): New York Times: A Hillary Clinton Match-Up With Marco Rubio Is a Scary Thought for Democrats By Jeremy Peters New York Daily News: Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign hires well-regarded advocate Lorella Praeli as Latino Outreach Director By Albor Ruiz Fox...
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From Elise Foley comes a must-read piece on the immigration conundrum facing the national Republican Party as it enters the 2016 Presidential election. Following Mitt Romney’s 2012 landslide defeat among Latinos — thanks in huge part to his failed “self-deportation” policy — some GOP strategists realized the party needed...
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English (en español al final de la página): Buzzfeed News: Scott Walker: Americans Need To “Wake Up” To Fact That Some Cross Border Not For Jobs, But “Other Motives” By Andrew Kaczynski Huffington Post: Republicans Hope To Avoid Mitt Romney’s Mistakes On Immigration By Elise Foley Washington Post: GOP...
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Watch out Steve King, because someone is coming for your crown. In a rant to a conservative shock jock earlier this week, Rep. Dave Brat — who famously toppled former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in a stunning primary victory — compared patriotic DREAMers who want to enlist in the...
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Some very encouraging news for Elizabeth Perez, an Ohio mom and honorably-discharged Marine Corps veteran who has been fighting for the return of her husband Marcos since his deportation in 2010. From WKYC-TV: This week, the Cleveland City Council passed an emergency resolution 15-0, urging the U.S. Department of...
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