Sep 19, 2009
The last immigrant families have departed a disparaged former Texas prison that housed them while they awaited decisions in immigration cases, federal officials said Friday.
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Democracia AHORA is the latest Hispanic group to have launched a campaign asking CNN to get rid of Lou Dobbs. They're kicking their campaign off today with a scathing report that reveals that ninety out of the hundred Hispanic leaders interviewed feel that Dobbs has created a negative image...
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Rep. Gutierrez (D-IL) says yes to community call to introduce immigration reform legislation. There's a Washington Times piece that actually captures what's happening on the immigration and health care debate. Sen. Menendez, who is on the Senate Finance Committee, prepares to play a key role on immigrants...
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Government auditors reported Thursday that the effort to secure the Mexican border with technology and fences has fallen years behind schedule, will cost billions of dollars extra in maintenance costs and has no clear means of gauging whether illegal crossings have been curtailed.
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They battled adversity and overcame oppression.
In traveling to America they sought opportunity and freedom. While so many lifelong Americans have grown tired of debating health reform and economic stability, these 504 new Americans can't wait to join the debate.
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Yesterday Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) spoke at the National Citizenship Day celebration in Washington, DC, in front of hundreds of community leaders and Members of Congress, who urged him to introduce real immigration reform legislation, real soon. To an eager crowd, Rep. Gutierrez announced that he would introduce such...
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Few of us have seen the world as Jose Hernandez has…literally. On Monday, José M. Hernández, an American astronaut and son of Mexican immigrant farm workers, announced that America should legalize undocumented immigrants, saying, according to the Associated Press: "The American economy needs them…I believe it's only fair to...
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An academic study of the Criminal Alien Program in Irving released Wednesday by a California law school said there is "strong evidence" that Irving police racially profiled Hispanics and probably referred lawful residents to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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United States citizenship is a privilege for foreign nationals able to access it, and a necessity for immigrants who want to make a home in this country. It is the instrument allowing active participation in the political process instead of passive observation of decisions made by others.
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One Family Under God.
That is the name leaders of several religious traditions gave to a multilingual prayer service they held in Manhattan a few days ago. Its purpose: to show solidarity for fair and smart immigration reform.
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