Immigration reform has long been a personal issue for Latino voters. According to polling from Latino Decisions, one in three registered Latino voters are related to someone who is undocumented. An additional one in three have a close friend who is an undocumented immigrant. Now, new research from the Center...
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English (en español al final de la página): News and Observer: Why Cuban-American lawmakers opposed intervening in deportation case By James Rosen *Republished: The Charlotte Observer (North Carolina): Why Cuban-American lawmakers opposed intervening in deportation case Reuters: Trump Looks to Expand His Lead as Arizona, Utah Cast Votes Los...
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On Sunday morning, we received news that Wildin Acosta, a North Carolina teenager who was facing imminent deportation to Honduras, would not deported on the late night flight to Honduras. Because of the hard work from local organizers on the ground and on the phones, ICE officials stopped Wildin’s deportation...
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It’s been one year since Pastor Max Villatoro was deported to Honduras and torn from his wife, four US citizen children, and Iowa home. Some deportation cases get local and state attention, but rarely do they receive the sort of national attention Pastor Max’s case managed to get. Support...
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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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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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English (en español al final de la página): ThinkProgress: How Trump has inspired violence across the country, in one map By Kira Lerner YubaNet: House GOP to SCOTUS: Yes, U.S. v. Texas is a political stunt By Lynn Tramonte U.S. News and World Report (Opinion): Hillary’s secret weapon: Trump...
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Earlier, Speaker Paul Ryan took what he’s himself called an “extraordinary” step — allowing the Republican House to vote to file an amicus brief to the Supreme Court against DAPA and DACA+. It’s a blatantly partisan move, and the final count from today’s vote only proves this move from...
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