English El Semanario (CO, NM) To Republicans Like Abbott or Desantis, Migrants Seem to Be Sub-Human By Maribel Hastings and David Torres July 27, 2023 The New York Times Labor Department Decries Surge in Exploited Migrant Children By Hannah Dreier July 27, 2023 NBC News Labor Department says number...
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93-year-old labor legend and United Farm Workers (UFW) cofounder Dolores Huerta was among “thirst strikers” at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, withholding from water all day to highlight the urgent need to enact federal heat protections for outdoor workers like essential farmworkers. Texas Rep. Greg Casar led the strike,...
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Washington, DC – One way of looking at the House Judiciary Committee hearing featuring the testimony of DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is as a microcosm of ongoing relentless Republican politicized extremism on immigration. Today’s hearing – and its role in the GOP’s proposed sham impeachment of Secretary Mayorkas –...
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Washington, DC – The House Judiciary Committee has hauled the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, to testify – and they won’t be discussing the most pressing domestic threat to the nation’s security: white nationalist extremism. Instead of keeping America safe from real threats, the GOP-led...
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Esta semana marcará contrastes en el Congreso federal. Mientras beneficiarios del Estatus de Protección Temporal (TPS) que forman parte del Sindicato Internacional de Empleados de Servicio (SEIU) llevan a cabo dos días de cabildeo visitando legisladores, en el Comité Judicial de la Cámara Baja los republicanos continuarán perdiendo el...
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English San Francisco Chronicle Federal judge rejects Biden administration restrictions on asylum seekers entering U.S. from Mexico By Bob Egelko July 25, 2023 Common Dreams In Victory for Migrant Rights, US Court Blocks ‘Cruel’ Biden Asylum Restrictions By Julia Conley July 25, 2023 CNN Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas...
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Washington, DC – El juez federal Jon S. Tigar ordenó hoy bloquear la política de asilo de la administración Biden. En su fallo, el juez ratificó el derecho de solicitar asilo y escribió: “Justificar la limitación de elegibilidad para el asilo con base en la expansión de otros medios...
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The Biden administration has made good on its threat to sue Texas over the dangerous and likely unlawful barrier installed in the Rio Grande as part of Republican Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star scheme. The Justice Department on Monday filed a complaint stating that officials placed the floating buoys...
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Washington, DC – Today, federal Judge Jon S. Tigar enjoined the Biden administration’s asylum ban. In his ruling, Judge Tigar affirmed the right to apply for asylum and wrote, “To justify limiting eligibility for asylum based on the expansion of other means of entry or protection is to consider...
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During an interview with Margaret Brennan on CBS’s Face the Nation this past weekend, Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales (TX-23) surprisingly gave the Biden administration credit for the plummeting number of migrants that have been trying to cross between ports of entry since the end of Title 42 on May...
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