This morning, despite pleas from his wife, children and dozens of community members from Manitowoc, WI, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) deported Jaime Martinez Espinal, leaving his US citizen wife, Jennifer, and their four children, in a state of financial and emotional ruin.
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Mar 23, 2012
I have a friend named Jaime Martinez Espinal. I met him several years ago at our local Y. Like others who know him, I respect his work ethic; his willingness to help others; and most of all, the love he has for his wife, Jennifer, and their four beautiful...
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A positive development in the deportation case of Alfonso Garcia. He's undocumented, a DREAMer and he's married to a US citizen. But, the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which prohibits federal recognition of same-sex benefits, complicates the situation, because Alfonso is married to Brian Willingham.
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Mitt Romney's strategist Eric Fehrnstrom set off a firestorm Wednesday with his comments that, come the general election, "everything changes, it's almost like an Etch A Sketch; you can kind of shake it up and restart all over again."
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Former Governor Jeb Bush has claimed that his endorsement of Mitt Romney is not on any particular issue. Unfortunately for him, this endorsement cannot be seen in any other way but as an endorsement of Romney's cruel "self-deportation" immigration policy.
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Mar 22, 2012
When Mitt Romney advisor Eric Fehrnstrom's made his "Etch-a-Sketch" comments to CNN yesterday he revealed that the campaign planned "to hit a reset button for the fall campaign." Ruth Marcus of the Washington Post helpfully weighed in with the suggestion Romney start his move back to the center...
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The Romney campaign made another gaffe yesterday when advisor Eric Fehrnstrom compared his boss to an "Etch-a-Sketch" and revealed the campaign's strategy to "hit a reset button for the fall campaign."
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The Romney campaign made another gaffe yesterday when advisor Eric Fehrnstrom compared his boss to an "Etch-a-Sketch" and revealed the campaign's strategy to "hit a reset button for the fall campaign."
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Congress may have finally found an immigration issue it can agree on in an election year: letting in more Irish people. At a time when the volatile issue of comprehensive immigration reform is hopelessly stalled in a divided Congress, senators of both parties are rallying behind legislation that would...
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Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) on Wednesday morning said Republican rhetoric in favor of enforcing and reforming U.S. immigration laws is to blame for the taunting of Latinos and immigrants by white Americans.
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