ENGLISH Raw Story Texas Senate passes private prison-written bill to license ‘baby jails’ as childcare facilities By Noor Al-Sibai May 10, 2017 CNN First on CNN: Texas lawmakers working with Trump admin on immigration bill By Tal Kopan May 10, 2017 Huffington Post Texas Town Becomes First To Sue...
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Apparently, the state of Texas is not yet done with legislation designed to wreak havoc on immigrants’ lives. Already this month, the legislature passed and the governor signed SB 4 into law, a draconian anti-immigrant will that will lead to more racial profiling, discrimination, and deportation. Now, the state Senate...
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Recuerdo perfectamente bien el título de un editorial del Chicago Tribune del 19 de agosto de 1999: ¡Bienvenidos a El Cenizo! En ese entonces yo editaba noticias para un pequeño semanario en el norte de Illinois de nombre Nueva Semana, que aún existe, y llamó poderosamente mi atención porque,...
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Deportation cases of low priority immigrants from across America continue to expose the Trump Administration’s purported emphasis on “bad hombres” to be little more than a smokescreen. The Administration and Republican members of Congress talk ad nauseum about prioritizing serious criminals, but with DHS targeting virtually each and every...
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In the Season 9 opener for his show “Parts Unknown”, Anthony Bourdain visited Los Angeles — and highlighted immigrants and immigrant contributions that make the city vibrant. In the episode, Bourdain spoke about migrants and Latinos, the fear of mass deportation that exists in the Trump Administration, how the...
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English Miami Herald Trump administration seeking criminal history of Haitians By Jacqueline Charles May 09, 2017 Associated Press ACLU warns Texas travelers about ‘sanctuary city’ law May 09, 2017 Reuters Texas Border Town Sues Over State Law to Punish ‘Sanctuary Cities’ By Jim Forsyth May 09, 2017 New York...
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Customs and Border Protection officials are reportedly turning away asylum seekers at the southern border — which is a violation of international law. Here’s more from a Dallas Morning News editorial: The U.S. government is illegally turning away asylum seekers at official land crossings all along the southern border....
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Frank Sharry: “Otro ejemplo de cómo el DHS permite que la ideología –y no los hechos– conduzca el proceso de eleboración de políticas” Associated Press informa que el Servicio de Inmigración y Ciudadanía, perteneciente al Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS), está reuniendo información negativa sobre los haitianos en Estados...
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Frank Sharry: “another example of DHS letting ideology – and not facts – drive the policy-making process” The Associated Press reports that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, a division of DHS, is gathering negative information on Haitians in the U.S., presumably to justify a controversial decision expected soon...
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Right now, the developing crisis in immigration reform is Texas’ SB 4 law, the new anti-immigrant state legislation which will lead to more racial profiling, discrimination, detention, and deportations. One of SB 4’s provisions allows local law enforcement officers to ask for the immigration status of those they’ve pulled over. What...
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