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But His Position on DAPA and DACA Makes ‘No Sense’ In last night’s Republican debate, Ohio Governor John Kasich criticized Donald Trump’s unrealistic and inhumane proposal to deport all 11 million undocumented immigrants in the country.  Kasich said: f people think that we are going to ship 11 million people who... Continue »

But Implementation of New Enforcement Priorities is Incomplete, As Cases in Iowa, California Show Washington, DC – This week, the Associated Press reported on new deportation numbers for the past year.  A total of 231,000 people were deported, a drop of 42% from 2012.  As AP notes, the “overall total... Continue »

FSU News: Fighting for change By Joseph Zeballos October 6, 2015 New York Times: Hillary Clinton Plans a More Humane Approach on Immigration By Alan Rappeport October 6, 2015 Huffington Post: Hillary Clinton: Obama’s Deportation Strategy Didn’t Work By Elise Foley October 6, 2015 Fusion: Colin Powell: ‘Let’s tell... Continue »

Libre By Nexus, a Virginia-based bail bond company, has discovered a new way to profit off the misery of immigrants detained by ICE. A string of Spanish-language pieces from La Opinion and Univision highlight the disturbing trend. As a condition for paying their bond for their release from detention,... Continue »

Below, we offer some reactions and fact-checking about the immigration-related parts of last night’s debate: The Focus of the “Mass-Deportation” Discussion Was on the Impracticality of Donald Trump’s Plan – Not Its Morally Abhorrent, Un-American Vision:  During the immigration-related parts of last night’s debate, most of the candidates who reacted to... Continue »

Devastating Loss of Latino Vote in CA 2010 Senate Race Was Even Worse Than Romney’s Total The consensus takeaway from last night’s Republican presidential debate is that Carly Fiorina was the big winner, perhaps emerging as the leading alternative to frontrunner Donald Trump.  Yet when it comes to Fiorina’s... Continue »

English (en español al final de la página): Washington Times: Democrats shift radically on illegal immigration as Republicans remain adamantly opposed By Stephen Dinan New York Times: Online Ad for Jeb Bush Paints Dark Picture of Donald Trump By Maggie Haberman Washington Post: Did Obama just take on Trump... Continue »

It’s that time of the year again — Hispanic Heritage Month. The corporate ads flooding Twitter in celebration of Latinos aren’t really that big of a shocker, considering Latinos represent a massive $1.7 trillion in buying power annually. But what still remains shocking is the annual press release from the... Continue »

Here’s an updated primer on where each of the 2016 Democratic candidates stand on immigrants and immigration reform. For more 2016 election coverage from America’s Voice, visitAmericasVoice.org/2016. Candidates Covered in this Research Official Candidates Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) 2016 Dropouts Governor Lincoln Chafee (D-RI) Governor Martin... Continue »

Please note the following column was translated from Spanish to English and is available for reprint as long as the author is given proper credit. This column is available online in Spanish here. I don’t like to repeat titles or previous columns, but with the second Republican debate this week... Continue »