Aug 2, 2011
The Justice Department and major church groups today went to court to block Alabama's pending illegal-immigration law from taking effect next month. The law, signed June 9 by Republican Gov. Robert Bentley and set to take effect Sept. 1, mimics a similar law in Arizona but goes further.
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There is going to be a rally from 11 am - 2 pm CT outside of the ICE Headquarters to show support for Andy Mathe's family. The address is 101 W Congress Parkway, Chicago, IL (on the corner of W Congress Pkwy and S Clark St.)
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Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg had an op-ed in Sunday's New York Times with an important message for Democrats: Lean into comprehensive immigration reform. Greenberg believes that it will show that Democrats are interested in making government work, and prove that they are interested in rewarding responsibility and punishing...
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The president of a national religious organization and five others went on trial Friday in Phoenix a year after they were arrested while protesting Arizona's tough immigration law and a crackdown on illegal immigrants.
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Erick Velazquillo, a 22-year-old Central Piedmont Community College student living in the country illegally, was working on translating all his school transcripts. He thought he was going to be deported back to Mexico. Now immigration officials have dropped deportation efforts, his attorney confirmed Friday.
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Farmers across the country are rallying to fight a Republican-sponsored bill that would force them and all other employers to verify the legal immigration status of their workers, a move some say could imperil not only future harvests but also the agricultural community's traditional support for conservative candidates....
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Until this nation reforms its ineffective and inhumane immigration laws, federal law enforcement officers are stuck with the lousy job of enforcing them. But growing evidence suggests that the local U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office and U.S. Border Patrol are wasting time and money detaining hardworking immigrants.
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This week, at the National Council of La Raza's (NCLR) conference, Barack Obama once again told a crowd of Latino voters that on immigration, he couldn't just bypass Congress to change the laws. Same old, same old, right? Except this time, the crowd responded in one unified voice. "Yes,...
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I am about to go on trial in Phoenix. One year ago, I was arrested during an act of nonviolent civil disobedience to speak out against anti-immigrant legislation in Arizona. Side by side with local activists and fellow Unitarian Universalists from across the nation, I was protesting Maricopa County...
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President Obama's recent appearance at the annual meeting of the National Council of La Raza showed how frustrated Latinos are because of the high number of deportations.But it also highlighted the reality of the limited options available in Washington's current political climate when it comes to discussing immigration.
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