In recent days, Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda has been taking clearer shape, as stories about deportations continue to bubble up across the country. Below is a roundup of four detention or deportation cases from this month which all share these characteristics: each involves a mother or father who has...
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One immigration case that’s been making the news is the story of Roberto Beristain, an Indiana business owner and undocumented immigrant who was deported this week after spending almost 20 years in the US. Beristain has a wife and four children, all of whom are US citizens, which might prompt...
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ENGLISH Washington Post Trump supporter regrets vote after undocumented husband is deported By Peter Holley April 06, 2017 Washington Post Her husband was undocumented, but she voted for Trump. Now her partner has been deported. By Peter Holley April 06, 2017 Huffington Post Undocumented Man Whose Wife Voted For...
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ENGLISH Associated Press Homeland Security Chief Backtracks on Splitting Families April 05, 2017 Reuters Trump Administration Says No Longer Considering Separating Women, Children at Border By Julia Edwards Ainsley April 05, 2017 New York Times A Full Border Wall With Mexico? ‘Unlikely,’ Homeland Security Chief Says By Ron Nixon...
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ENGLISH Above the Law Sessions’s Orders To Local Police Are Contradictory, Until You See The Racism That Ties Them Together By Elie Mystal April 04, 2017 Associated Press DHS won’t rule out arresting crime victims, witnesses By Alicia A. Caldwell April 04, 2017 Reuters Federal Authorities Raid Los Angeles-Area...
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Why should Americans support immigration? For a comprehensive answer, check out Matthew Yglesias’ piece at Vox, “The Case for Immigration”. As he points out, the United States throughout its history has not typically taken in immigrants as an act of kindness — it’s taken in immigrants out of recognition...
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ENGLISH Daily Kos (Opinion) Public safety be damned, ICE will continue arresting immigrants at courthouses By Gabe Ortiz April 03, 2017 Associated Press Immigration agents round up 153 in South Texas April 03, 2017 Boston Globe State’s top court to weigh whether local authorities must detain immigrants for ICE...
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ENGLISH Associated Press Son of Mexican mariachi singer arrested at border March 31, 2017 Associated Press Federal officials defend immigration arrests in courthouses By Sophia Bollag March 31, 2017 Associated Press The Latest: Prosecutor blasts court immigration arrests March 31, 2017 Associated Press Empty jails hope to cash in...
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Are you new to immigration reform as an issue? Check out our immigration reform FAQ here. Below are some of the topics we discuss: I. Immigration 101 Who are the undocumented? Why do some immigrants come without papers? Why can’t immigrants just “get legal”? How do immigrants get deported?...
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A three-day series of ICE raids across the Pacific Northwest (including Oregon, Washington, and Alaska) resulted in the arrest and detention of 84 immigrants, according to an ICE press release yesterday. ICE raids now indiscriminate A third of those arrested had no criminal record whatsoever, lending evidence to what immigration...
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