As a long time Florida resident, Rafael Gaytan has made every effort to become a productive member of his community. A business owner, loving father, and caring husband, Rafael has been able to overcome many of the obstacles that his immigration status presented to him – all with the...
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This 2012 oldie-but-goodie from one of our favorites, Lalo Alcaraz. You’d think Republicans would have learned some lessons from the defeat of Mitt Romney in 2012. But with Donald “Mass Deportation” Trump leading the race for the GOP Presidential nomination, the national Republican Party could be headed the way...
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Libre By Nexus, a Virginia-based bail bond company, has discovered a new way to profit off the misery of immigrants detained by ICE. A string of Spanish-language pieces from La Opinion and Univision highlight the disturbing trend. As a condition for paying their bond for their release from detention,...
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New polling shows that, once again, the general electorate is overwhelmingly in favor of an immigration solution that includes a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. Add those who favor a path to legal status (not citizenship) and by a large margin Americans favor “give them a chance to...
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Donald Trump is in scrambling revisionist mode after canceling his Q&A with the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, which was scheduled for later this week. “This is the first time I’m hearing about this,” Trump blabbed to CNN, claiming he never really agreed to make the USHCC appearance in the...
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New La Opinión Editorial: “He Adds ‘Coward’ to the Many Adjectives That Describe Him” Following Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of a Q&A session with the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce this week, the editorial board of the leading Spanish language media outlet, La Opinión, did not miss...
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English (en español al final de la página): The Hill: Trump pulls out of session with Hispanic chamber By Ben Kamisar Politico: Hispanic Chamber steamed over a ‘Trump tantrum’ By Eliza Collins NBC News: Donald Trump Cancels Q&A, Says Hispanic Chamber of Commerce By Suzanne Gamboa Politico: Bernie Sanders...
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El pasado fin de semana otra frágil embarcación preñada de migrantes naufragó en las costas de Grecia. Mohammed Reza, de 18 años de edad, fue uno de los sobrevivientes. Huyó de Afganistán y dejó al resto de su familia en Irán. Aseguró que mientras estuvieron varados por horas en...
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Speaker John Boehner’s departure from Congress left me wondering what, if anything, his successor would do to fix our broken immigration system. In no particular order, here is what you can expect from candidates seeking the top jobs in the House when it comes to immigration. CANDIDATES FOR SPEAKER...
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As the Republican field continues to double-down on positions defined by anti-immigrant hostility, two new pieces out today explain how this lurch to the right is not just out of sync with the American public, it’s out of sync with the facts, too. In a new National Journal piece, Ron Brownstein captures...
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