May 28, 2014
At Politico today is a great profile of journalist Jorge Ramos, who has been called everything from the “Walter Cronkite of Hispanic news” to the “Mexican Anderson Cooper.” The profile detailed Ramos’ passionate advocacy for issues like immigration reform, and his willingness to confront those in power — the way he did...
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NBC News: Advocates Call for Review of DOJ Immigration Prosecutions By Suzanne Gamboa Times-Picayune (Louisiana): Louisiana’s GOP Senate candidates taking tough stance against path to citizenship for illegal immigrants By Bruce Alpert Right Side News: Immigration Reform News and Impact on US Homeland Security Reuters: Immigrant advocates urge Obama...
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“Qué Pasa” is our weekly roundup of news, opinion, and links from Spanish-Language online news publications: Hola Cuidad: Protests against a deportation Ricardo Lugardo, who was detained for driving over the speed limit and refusing to take a sobriety test, is scheduled to be deported. He was found guilty and put...
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Will Coffman Follow Romney Down the Path to 23 Percent of the Latino Vote in Colorado? As former Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney visits Colorado today to endorse and raise money for Rep. Mike Coffman (R, CO-6), the obvious question arises: Will Mike Coffman continue his path following Romney...
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Legal Experts, Advocates and Affected Individuals Discuss DOJ Strategy of Prosecuting Immigrants for Reuniting with their Families As the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) completes its review of deportation policies and practices, there’s been little focus on another major player in the immigration enforcement machinery: the Department of Justice...
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Cross-posted from Latino Decisions: As the Obama administration looks to revamp the Secure Communities program that has allowed local law enforcement to help the federal government identify undocumented immigrants for deportation, we focus our attention on the Latino Decisions blog to the relationship deportation has on Latino political behavior through multiple...
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Wall Street Journal: Prospects Unclear for Narrow Immigration Bill By Kristina Peterson and Laura Meckler Newsweek: Democrats See Short Window for Bipartisan Action on Immigration By Pema Levy New York Times: Using Jailed Migrants as a Pool of Cheap Labor By Ian Urbina Vox: How the government became the...
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Vote on Immigration Reform in Early Summer, Or the President Will Have No Choice But to Act Today, actions from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and influential Spanish language journalist Jorge Ramos made it clear that if House Republicans fail to act on immigration...
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A number of House and Senate Democrats have been attacking the House GOP for their obstruction of immigration reform and appeasement of Steve King recently, and today, Steve King rose to the bait. In a floor speech lifted up by Greg Sargent at the Washington Post, King essentially bear-hugged...
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As Benjy Sarlin tweeted today, “This is a preview of how ‘We couldn’t pass immigration because of Obamacare’ will play in Spanish-language media.” Speaker Boehner and the House GOP may try to blame their inaction on immigration on President Obama, the Democrats, the legislative calendar, immigration reform advocates —...
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