Following a federal judge’s ruling that holding mothers and their children in family detention facilities violates a 20-year-old court settlement, 178 House Democrats sent a letter to DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson urging him to end the harmful practice. In the letter, the Democrats say the “strong evidence that such...
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Donald Trump finally released some details on his immigration “plan” — and they’re about as realistic as his hairline. “‘We have to get them out’: that’s the plan Republican candidate Donald Trump has for the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States,” said Univision anchor Jorge Ramos during...
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Leading Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump took a break from cyberbullying his fellow candidates to finally waddle into the realm of immigration policy — and it wasn’t pretty. Not only did Trump slump to the right of Mitt Romney by advocating for mass deportation of the nation’s 11 million undocumented...
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English (en español al final de la página): NBC News: GOP’s Donald Trump Revives Decade-Old Immigration Plan By Suzanne Gamboa AP: Trump’s Call for Mass Deportations Runs Into Messy Realities Fusion: Ramos to Trump: This is how you lose the Hispanic vote By Rob Wile NBC News: Trump Says...
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As the first GOP Presidential debate approaches next week, immigration is sure to become a heated — and contentious — topic among the Republican candidates, many of whom are verging to the far-right on immigration in an attempt to woo primary voters. But we know it’s about so much more...
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Bobby Jindal has been having a bit of a rough time lately. Once considered a rising star in the GOP (who could ever forget that State of the Union rebuttal?), Jindal has consistently ranked in the bottom five of GOP Presidential candidates in most polling. So maybe that’s why...
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English (en español al final de la página): Think Progress: Undocumented Immigrants Beg Ohio Governor To Protect Their Families From Deportation By Esther Yu-Hsi Lee Latin Post: Immigrant Rights Advocates Meet with Gov. John Kasich on DACA, DAPA Lawsuit By Claudia Balthazar MSNBC: Bobby Jindal slams Jeb Bush on...
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Yesterday, a social worker and two formerly-detained mothers testified at a Congressional forum about horrific conditions at Karnes, a family detention facility in Texas. The forum, organized by leading House Democrats, featured harrowing details about the conditions mothers and children face in detention facilities. A Storify on the forum,...
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In a forum on family detention organized by leading House Democrats yesterday, a social worker testified about the devastating abuse she witnessed while working at the Karnes family detention facility, including the denial of basic medical care for sick children. “What I saw during my time at Karnes made clear...
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English (en español al final de la página): The Columbus Dispatch: Kasich, DeWine meet with immigration reformers By Randy Ludlow National Journal: Latino PACs Eye a Bigger Role in 2016 By Kimberly Railey MSNBC: Jeb Bush and Donald Trump, a study in contrasts on Latino outreach By Benjy Sarlin...
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