Today, 136 House Democrats sent a letter to DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson asking the administration to end its family detention policy. The letter, which includes a majority of House Democrats, including Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, was spearheaded by Reps. Zoe Lofgren, Lucille Roybal-Allard, and...
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English (en español al final de la página): Bloomberg: Immigration Activists Vow Voter Repercussions Over Ruling By Justin Sink and Angela Greiling Keane Washington Post: Appeals court rules against Obama on immigration program By David Nakamura Wall Street Journal: Appeals Court Keeps Block of Obama Immigration Plan By Nathan...
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From The Atlantic comes a disturbing account of U.S. Border Patrol agents tasing and throwing an unarmed U.S. citizen to the ground in Ogdensburg, New York. We hear a lot of disturbing stories about the Border Patrol on the southern border, but this one happened on the northern border....
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English (en español al final de la página): New York Times: A Hillary Clinton Match-Up With Marco Rubio Is a Scary Thought for Democrats By Jeremy Peters New York Daily News: Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign hires well-regarded advocate Lorella Praeli as Latino Outreach Director By Albor Ruiz Fox...
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From Elise Foley comes a must-read piece on the immigration conundrum facing the national Republican Party as it enters the 2016 Presidential election. Following Mitt Romney’s 2012 landslide defeat among Latinos — thanks in huge part to his failed “self-deportation” policy — some GOP strategists realized the party needed...
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English (en español al final de la página): Buzzfeed News: Scott Walker: Americans Need To “Wake Up” To Fact That Some Cross Border Not For Jobs, But “Other Motives” By Andrew Kaczynski Huffington Post: Republicans Hope To Avoid Mitt Romney’s Mistakes On Immigration By Elise Foley Washington Post: GOP...
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Watch out Steve King, because someone is coming for your crown. In a rant to a conservative shock jock earlier this week, Rep. Dave Brat — who famously toppled former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in a stunning primary victory — compared patriotic DREAMers who want to enlist in the...
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Some very encouraging news for Elizabeth Perez, an Ohio mom and honorably-discharged Marine Corps veteran who has been fighting for the return of her husband Marcos since his deportation in 2010. From WKYC-TV: This week, the Cleveland City Council passed an emergency resolution 15-0, urging the U.S. Department of...
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This morning, nearly a dozen members of Congress, including Rep. Zoe Lofgren, Rep. Luis Gutierrez, and Rep. Lucille Royball-Allard, held a press conference calling for the Department of Homeland Security to end its controversial family detention program. The House Democrats were joined by Dree Collopy, a pro bono attorney...
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English (en español al final de la página): Fusion: Hillary Clinton taps a DREAMer to run her Latino outreach By Brett LoGiurato Morrow County Sentinel (Ohio): Immigration Press Conference Set New York Times: Hillary Clinton Hires Lorella Praeli, a ‘Dreamer,’ to Connect With Latinos By Amy Chozick Washington Post:...
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