Aug 7, 2009
At a "vote watch" party held by Latino activists at a hotel bar a few blocks from the Capitol, news of the final Senate tally clinching Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation to the Supreme Court set off whoops and cheers, followed by sustained chants of "Sí, se puede! Sí, se puede!"...
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Hispanics are more than 15 percent of the population, but they have less than four percent of the lawyers, and only three percent of the judges.
Thursday, Sonia Sotomayor took the nation's Latinos across a new threshold.
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Senate Democrats have found a Republican in Sen. Lindsey Graham to help them push for passage of a comprehensive immigration overhaul this year.
But the lag in getting prominent support from a Republican -- more than two months after Democrats first announced their push -- shows how complicated prospects for...
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The nation's detention system for illegal immigrants will be overhauled in an effort to improve medical care, increase accountability and reduce costs, federal officials announced Thursday.
The current system, a patchwork of about 350 privately run detention centers and county jails that lease space to the government, has come under...
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Aug 6, 2009
Sotomayor was finally confirmed today, which not only makes this a proud day for the Latino community, but a historic day for all Americans.
Unfortunately, what should have been a proud moment of bipartisanship was tarnished by the divisive votes of so many Republican senators who opposed Sotomayor.
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Today, the Department of Homeland Security announced changes to detention policies that have been in place since 2006. According to the New York Times:
"Details are sketchy, and even the first steps will take months or years to complete. They include reviewing the federal government's contracts with more than 350...
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No other nation on earth assimilates immigrants as successfully as the United States. There are those who argue that we can no longer afford to open our doors so wide, but in fact precisely the opposite is true.
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In recent months, the number of families I know whose father or mother are in jail or facing jail time for deportation proceedings has increased. In almost all cases, the story has gone something like this: Minor traffic violation, no driver's license (because they cannot legally obtain one), discovery...
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Days after CNN President Klein refused to address Dobbs' irresponsible and inflammatory birther coverage, supposedly in the interest of free speech, CNN reps are in the awkward position of defending the network's alleged attempts to reign in free speech-- in the form of stampimg out critical advertising on...
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It is hard not to be encouraged by the changes that Mr. Morton outlined this week. They could be the first steps in a long journey away from insanity. We will never finally get there, of course, without a wholly reformed immigration system — one that has enough visas...
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