The news that failed Senate candidate Sharron Angle is running for the Republican nomination for Nevada’s Senate seat once again must bring back unwelcome memories for Republican strategists. The facts behind Angle’s 2010 defeat offer a cautionary tale for Republicans in 2016, when Donald Trump is threatening to do nationally what...
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English (en español al final de la página): Daily Kos: ICE is still targeting teens for deportation—800 since October hasn’t been enough By Kerry Eleveld Rolling Stone (Opinion): What went wrong with Marco Rubio? By Janet Reitman Latin Post: Obama Administration Deportation Raids Continue By Michael Oleaga The Columbus...
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La Semana Santa, la Semana Mayor, abrió con el Domingo de Ramos y la llegada de Barack Obama a La Habana, Cuba, la primera visita de un presidente estadounidense a la nación caribeña en 88 años. Sería una herejía recordar que un domingo de Ramos entró Jesucristo, como Rey...
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El jueves dimos a conocer información urgente sobre Wildin Acosta, el adolescente de Carolina del Norte que enfrenta inminente deportación a Honduras. Por desgracia, anoche la Corte de Inmigración decidió negar la petición de Wildin de que se detuviera su remoción. Dado que la decisión fue tomada fuera de...
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On Thursday, we shared the urgent news about Wildin Acosta, a North Carolina teenager facing imminent deportation to Honduras. Unfortunately, last night, the Immigration Court issued a decision denying Wildin’s request for a stay of removal. Because the decision was issued after close of business, Wildin’s counsel was unable...
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“Tengo miedo. No quiero regresar. Hay mucha violencia, muchas muertes” A principios de este año nos enteramos de que el gobierno de Obama, como un intento de evitar los cruces ilegales en la frontera, había empezado a enfocarse en los adolescentes que habían llegado recientemente de Centroamérica para deportarlos. A...
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In a blistering speech at the Center for American Progress yesterday, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid laid blame for the dangerous rise of Donald Trump squarely at the feet of Republican leaders. “The Republican establishment acts bewildered,” Senator Reid said. “But they shouldn’t.” “For eight years, drained...
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It’s Donald Trump’s GOP now, as House Republicans voted yesterday to file an amicus brief to the Supreme Court against President Obama’s immigration actions. It wasn’t lost on many that this wasn’t just an anti-immigrant vote, but a boldly political one, too. Five Republicans sided with 188 Democrats to...
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Earlier today we told you the urgent news about Wildin Acosta, a North Carolina teenager facing imminent deportation to Honduras. Wildin is one of the 800 teenagers who arrived as unaccompanied children and have been detained and/or deported by ICE since October. He fled gang violence and death, and now ICE is...
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“I’m scared. I don’t want to go back. There’s a lot of violence, a lot of death” Earlier this year we learned that the Obama administration, in an attempt to defer illegal border crossings, had started to target recently arrived Central American teenagers for deportation. Despite outcry from the community and...
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