Fox News Latino: In Closely Watched GOP Primary, North Carolina Favored ‘Establishment’ Candidates By Elizabeth Llorente Daily Beast: This Southern Republican Backed Immigration Reform and Lived to Tell About It By Patricia Murphy ABC6 (Ohio): Update: Columbus Mother Gets 6-Month Reprieve from Mexico Deportation By Sean Rowe Huffington Post:...
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Mom and Kids Relieved to Spend Mother’s Day Without Imminent Threat of Deportation, But Continue a Life in Limbo After a hard fought public campaign, local Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director, Rebecca Adducci, granted a six month “stay of removal” to Maria Esmeralda Cornejo—a 14 year Columbus, Ohio...
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When President Obama announced yesterday that he was easing rules for foreign high-skilled workers, Sen. Chuck Grassley was one of the first to register his displeasure. As he griped on the Senate floor: The Obama administration claims it wants immigration reform, but they can’t wait for Congress. They act on their own. What’s...
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Telemundo and Univisión today lift up a very sad story about a family that was separated by deportation and remind us all of the consequences of inaction on immigration by both this administration and this Congress. Natalia Campana, immigrant mother and wife, who simply wanted to see her husband one...
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House Republican Primaries in NC and OH Demolish Myth of Backlash Against Pro-Reform Republicans Yesterday’s primaries in North Carolina and Ohio proved, once again, that the supposed strength of the nativist wing of the GOP is more myth than reality. The results show that the vaunted anti-immigrant movement is...
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Fox News Latino: Obama Administration Plans To Allow High-Tech Guest Workers’ Spouses To Hold U.S. Jobs By Elizabeth Llorente BuzzFeed: Chuck Schumer’s Office, White House Spar Over Administration Immigration Policy Changes By Adrian Carrasquillo Reuters: U.S. proposes immigration rules to help high-skilled workers Associated Press: US to let some...
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This week, Jorge Ramos and Greg Sargent exposed the real GOP platform on immigration, and the fact that what they stand for is more deportations, since they don’t want President Obama to take executive action. Yesterday, the Supreme Court helped an application of that fact make headlines, when it declined to hear the case of Fremont,...
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Republicans in the House of Representatives seem to be planning to run out the clock on immigration reform this Congress, to the detriment of the country, Wisconsin, and their own political interests. Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) and his fellow Republicans have offered weak excuses for their...
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A disturbing article today from the New York Times reveals that the vast majority of complaints against Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) abuses are simply ignored. As the article begins: On Feb. 16, 2010, a Mexican teenager caught trying to cross into the United States near Douglas, Ariz., filed a formal complaint...
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BuzzFeed: Lawmakers Concerned Executive Action On Immigration Could Mean Legal Limbo For Undocumented By Kate Nocera Washington Post: Biden defends remarks that undocumented immigrants are ‘already Americans’ By Katie Zezima Roll Call: Biden, Pelosi Mark Cinco de Mayo With Call for GOP Action on Immigration By David Eldridge The...
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