Joaquin Bonilla, an undocumented Salvadoran immigrant, was arrested by police in the Miami area recently for driving with an expired license. Bonilla's wife, Irene Martínez, paid a bail agent $150 toward his bond. But Bonilla was not released because immigration authorities had placed a detainer on him so...
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Although the debate over U.S. immigration policy is often cast as a conflict between U.S. citizens and undocumented immigrants, the reality is much more complicated. Undocumented immigrants often have U.S. citizen spouses, children, and parents.
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Sen. Chuck Schumer is attempting to revive moribund efforts to pass a comprehensive immigration bill, telling POLITICO Monday that he will hold a hearing next week focused on the economic argument for an immigration overhaul. It's a subtle shift in emphasis for immigration reform advocates, who met recently with...
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A welcome development in the Secure Communities saga: A federal judge in New York has demanded that the feds hand over some "potentially embarrassing" documents relating to the Secure Communities program.
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New public opinion analysis by Latino Decisions demonstrates that immigration remains important and motivating for Latino voters in the United States, especially because of their personal connection to the debate. As the polling makes clear, the rise in deportations and the lack of action on comprehensive immigration...
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There is something fundamentally wrong with our political system when politicians attack the very existence of a class of people. I am talking about real people being beaten down by right wing extremists because they or their ancestors came from somewhere else.
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Over the last six months, Congressman Lamar Smith (R-TX), along with other members of the House Judiciary Committee, have engaged in an all-out effort to turn back the clock on our immigration laws through a series of bills that may tackle one issue at a time, but equal a...
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Professor Ian Goldin and Geoffrey Cameron argue in their recent book, "Exceptional People: How Immigration Shaped Our World and Will Define Our Future", that in a more interconnected world than ever before, the number of people with the means and motivation to migrate will only increase.
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Rep. Elton Gallegly, whose ultimate goal is the mass deportation of undocumented immigrants, and his former colleague, JD Watts, continue their misleading cheerleading for E-Verify. They've got similar talking points, but both failed to mention the rotting fields in Georgia, thanks to a state E-Verify law.
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Americans who wonder why so many illegal immigrants sneak across the border rather than filing the paperwork necessary to immigrate the legal way probably don't understand how difficult and lengthy a process legal immigration can be, said Oklahoma City immigration attorneys T. Douglas Stump and Michael Brooks-Jimenez.
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