A leading House Democrat on immigration issues is hammering the Obama administration this week over its efforts to deport an undocumented family man in South Carolina.
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Mar 15, 2012
Georgia ranks sixth among states for the number of illegal immigrants deported through a federal fingerprint-sharing program now used in jails across the country, public records show.
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The Obama administration's newest guidelines for prosecutorial discretion are seven months old—yet cases which should be dismissed are still coming up every day. A couple of weeks ago we wrote about Daniela Palaez, the Florida valedictorian in danger of imminent deportation. Today we're writing about Gabino Sanchez,...
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Speaking to a rally outside Charlotte's Immigration Court building, U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez called on federal authorities Tuesday to drop the deportation case of a South Carolina father of two – both of them U.S. citizens – who has multiple misdemeanor convictions for driving without a license.
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North Carolina officials are seeking the termination of a deported Mexican man's parental rights, arguing that his U.S.-born children are better off in this country than in Mexico.
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Daniela Pelaez is practically a poster child for the Dream Act: a high school valedictorian, dreams of becoming a doctor -- and an undocumented immigrant. She's also dredging up the depth of division over immigration issues within the Republican Party.
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Undocumented immigrants victimized by domestic violence and arrested in the chaos of the moment need not fear subsequent deportation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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Nelson Javier Avila Lopez was deported by the U.S. to Honduras in October despite a court order barring his removal. Now it turns out that Lopez, 20, was among the estimated 360 trapped inmates killed in a massive Honduran prison fire last month.
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Over the weekend, 18-year-old Daniela Pelaez continued her effort to fight a deportation order to her native Colombia from an immigration judge. On Sunday, Pelaez, the valedictorian of her North Miami Senior High class and her attorney Nera Shefer, appeared on Michael Putney's This Week in South Florida. Pelaez,...
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The Obama Administration's announcement that it would phase out one component of its troubled 287(g) immigration enforcement program has been hailed by some as a breakthrough.
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