When three-quarters of all immigrants in the United States are women and children, women and mothers know that it’s ultimately our families who keep paying the human cost of our nation’s broken immigration system. It’s perhaps the main reason why 100 immigrant women, along with their supporters, will walk...
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English (en español al final de la página): New York Times: Conservatives Need to Redefine Themselves as More Caring, John Kasich Says By Jonathan Martin AP: Kasich won’t rule out a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants AP: Kasich Defends Immigrants as ‘Contributing Significantly’ CNN: Kasich wants immigration crackdown,...
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It’s almost like Donald Trump’s campaign has turned into a real-life Saturday Night Live skit that’s absolutely god-awful but you can’t stop watching. At a rally in Michigan yesterday (where he also falsely claimed “1,000” people were outside the doors trying to get in), the candidate boasted that he...
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Here’s more of that “Trump Effect” in action. Today, Chris Christie — fresh off a rocky debate performance, where even a visibly-irritated Rand Paul rolled his eyes at the candidate — told right-wing radio host and noted xenophobe Laura Ingraham that we should “reexamine” the 14th Amendment, which grants...
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Congressional Republicans may be resisting comprehensive immigration reform in favor of Trump-style, enforcement-only measures, but that hasn’t stopped California from picking up the baton Washington simply doesn’t have the courage to touch. A must-read editorial from the Sacramento Bee highlights the groundbreaking work California legislators have both introduced and...
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English (en español al final de la página): La Opinion (Editorial): Trump: A Republican symptom Government Security News: Candidate Jeb Bush unveils six-point plan on border security By Steve Bittenbender Fusion: 11.3 million reasons why Trump is wrong about immigration By Tim Rogers AP: Homeland Security Boss Excused From...
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From hotel resorts to golf courses to a private 757 jet (Hair Force One?), there’s no denying Donald Trump has been a successful moneymaker (“I’m really rich,” he once boasted, though the exact figure remains up for dispute). But for all his business acumen, you gotta wonder why Trump’s sole immigration...
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A group of mothers fleeing violence in Central America have filed court papers alleging mistreatment — including “psychological and physical harm” — at family detention centers in Texas and Pennsylvania. From the New York Times: Claimants in the 60-page filing, all from Guatemala, Honduras, or El Salvador, include a...
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English (en español al final de la página): International Business Times: Increase Of Immigrants In US Supported By Just 25% Of Americans, Poll Finds By Jackie Salo City Watch (California): Could a Latino Boycott Doom Hillary Clinton’s Presidential Dreams? By Tony Castro Politico: Ted Cruz: ‘Foolish’ for GOP to...
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Leave it to Jorge Ramos to perfectly sum up the Donald Trump campaign in one sentence: “Donald Trump is the loudest voice of intolerance, division, and hatred right now in America.” Ouch. The Univision anchor recently sat down with CNN, where he not only praised the line of questioning...
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