With pressure from both advocates and members of Congress mounting over the past several weeks, immigration officials announced yesterday plans to release at least six immigrant mothers from a Texas detention facility. “The women now eligible for bond had previous requests for release denied by U.S. Immigration and Customs...
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Unauthorized migration across the US/Mexico border is on track to be the lowest since 1972, said DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson earlier this week. “The bottom line of all this is, in recent years the total number of those who attempt to illegally cross our southwest border has declined dramatically,...
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English (en español al final de la página): AP: US Catholic bishops, weighing how their priorities fit pope’s, discuss calls to adjust focus By Rachel Zoll Huffington Post: Democratic Congressman Luis Gutierrez: Why Is Bernie Sanders Quiet On Immigration? By Igor Bovic The Hill: House Dem: I’m not sure...
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In a speech at a Latino Coalition luncheon yesterday, Gov. Chris Christie said the GOP must become more welcoming to Latino and other minority groups. On that, he’s absolutely right. Right now, there’s no bigger example of how Republicans are slamming the door on Latinos than their bogus lawsuit...
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English (en español al final de la página): The Hill: Centrist Dems wary of Hillary’s move to the left By Alexander Bolton Washington Post: How Jeb Bush’s campaign ran off course before it even began By Ed O’Keefe and Robert Costa The Hill: Christie: GOP needs warmer tone toward...
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Earlier today, immigration, family, and children’s advocates held a “Twitterstorm” calling for DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson to end the administration’s harmful family detention policy. The movement to end family detention has gained considerable steam over the past few months, with over 150 Democrats from both chambers of Congress sending letters...
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A son of two migrant farmworkers will become the next United States poet laureate, the Library of Congress announced today. Juan Felipe Herrera, a UC Riverside professor who also served as poet laureate of California from 2012 to 2014, will become the first-ever Latino to fill the position. From...
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For at least a few minutes after Latino voters clobbered Mitt Romney at the ballot box in 2012, Republicans seemed cognizant of the fact that the party would need to undergo a major overhaul if was determined to remain viable on a national level. Instead, the GOP, following the...
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English (en español al final de la página): Washington Post: “If you live by the pen, you die by the pen” By James Hohmann Wall Street Journal: Bernie Sanders to Address Latino Politician Group NALEO By Laura Meckler National Journal:Why Does Immigration Divide the GOP Along Lines of Education...
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DREAMers have long been driving forces within the immigrant rights movement, sparking the fires that led to the biggest immigration victories in a generation: DACA in 2012, and DAPA in 2014. Now DREAMers are set to help influence who will become the next President of the United States, too....
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