One immigration case that’s been making the news is the story of Roberto Beristain, an Indiana business owner and undocumented immigrant who was deported this week after spending almost 20 years in the US. Beristain has a wife and four children, all of whom are US citizens, which might prompt...
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So Much for Deporting “Bad Hombres” and Improving Public Safety In another heartbreaking case that reveals the cruelty and hypocrisy of Trump’s inhumane deportation policies, the Guardian reports that Maribel Trujillo – an Ohio mother of four U.S. citizen children – has been told by ICE agents that she...
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ENGLISH Washington Post Trump supporter regrets vote after undocumented husband is deported By Peter Holley April 06, 2017 Washington Post Her husband was undocumented, but she voted for Trump. Now her partner has been deported. By Peter Holley April 06, 2017 Huffington Post Undocumented Man Whose Wife Voted For...
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***MEDIA ADVISORY*** TODAY, April 7 1PM EST DIAL IN: (800) 895-0198; PASSCODE: ‘IMMIGRATION’ Office Hours: Rep. Espaillat to Discuss New “Sensitive Locations” Bill; Plus, Expert to Discuss Impact of ICE Enforcement at Courthouses; Indivisible Talks about Spending Fight and Recess Plans Washington, DC – Today’s “Office Hours” at 1pm...
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Trump is fulfilling his mass deportation campaign promise, unshackling ICE and CBP agents to detain and deport any and all immigrants who cross their paths. As reported by Jeremy Redmon for Atlanta Journal-Constitution, a core part of this agenda includes targeting formerly “low-priority” immigrants at voluntary check-ins with ICE:...
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ENGLISH Associated Press Homeland Security Chief Backtracks on Splitting Families April 05, 2017 Reuters Trump Administration Says No Longer Considering Separating Women, Children at Border By Julia Edwards Ainsley April 05, 2017 New York Times A Full Border Wall With Mexico? ‘Unlikely,’ Homeland Security Chief Says By Ron Nixon...
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It took nearly a quarter of a century for one of the most notorious symbols of discrimination, xenophobia, and anti-immigrant sentiment to collapse. In Arizona, Sheriff Joe Arpaio reigned almost unchecked from 1993 to 2016, when he lost his reelection campaign for a seventh term. A new administration now...
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Tuvo que pasar casi un cuarto de siglo para que uno de los símbolos más notorios de la discriminación, la xenofobia y el sentimiento antiinmigrante –básicamente en contra de los inmigrantes latinos– se viniera abajo. Bastó una nueva administración en el Departamento del Sheriff del Condado de Maricopa, Arizona,...
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Con la presencia de agentes de inmigración en los juzgados enfocándose en víctimas de delitos, queda claro que la prioridad no es la seguridad pública, sino la implacable deportación
Washington, DC — Líderes estatales y locales de las fuerzas del orden y del poder judicial han condenado la presencia...
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Donald Trump’s first 100 days are coming to a close, and they have been anything but good for his racist and dysfunctional administration. From his dismal approval ratings to back-to-back defeats of his Muslim Ban, Donald Trump continues to inspire Americans across the country to fight back against his...
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