Immigrant Advocates from Northern and Southern Borders Discuss Facts and Faces Behind DHS “Priorities” in Light of NYT and TRAC Studies In a conference call today with reporters, immigration experts and community leaders reacted to the latest reports about who the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is actually deporting,...
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Below is a statement from the Florida Immigrant Rights Coalition commending Rep. Ros-Lehtinen for standing with immigrant families: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen voted with her conscience yesterday when she cast her vote to include HR 15 in the budget resolution….On behalf of women, families, and for the future of this country,...
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House Republicans are blocking immigration reform. The reason Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) gives? “How can we trust the President to actually obey the law and enforce the law?” The likely result of continued Republican inaction: in a matter of weeks, President Obama will exercise his legal authority to find...
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On the heels of a front-page New York Times story on immigration and deportations this week, Michael C. Bender at Bloomberg News today also takes a look at data from ICE. Contrary to what the Obama Administration claims, a substantial number of deportations target immigrants who would qualify for legislative...
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Bloomberg: Obama Deports Thousands Who Senate Would Let Stay in U.S. By Michael C. Bender Hispanically Speaking News: As Deadline for Legislative Action Draws Closer, New Scorecard Shows House Republicans on Wrong Side Washington Post (The Fix): Can Jeb Bush change the conversation on immigration in the 2016 GOP...
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As Benjy Sarlin at MSNBC pointed out, even Mitt Romney supported legalization for military DREAMers. That means that the current House GOP, in refusing to consider Jeff Denham’s ENLIST Act as part of the defense authorization bill, is officially to the right of Romney — the DREAM Act-vetoing, SB 1070-supporting,...
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Maribel Hastings is a senior adviser with America’s Voice. CLEVELAND, Ohio – Every Tuesday night in Painesville, Ohio, immigrants with a common denominator meet at a converted church: they are protagonists or collateral damage in the government’s deportation machine. The picture blows the water out of the argument that the...
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For a period of time following the 2012 election, Republicans were recalcitrant about their approach to immigration reform and Latino voters. The Latino vote overwhelmingly went to Obama over Romney, helping Obama secure the election, and Republicans blamed policies like self-deportation for the loss. Countless Republican commentators registered their...
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Editorial Challenges Him to Act; Exhaustive Study Reveals 80% of Deportations Have Been For Low Priority Immigrants Two must-read pieces in the New York Times demonstrate the cumulative consequences of the Obama Administration’s immigration enforcement policies, and show why and how President Obama must “do something big and consequential.”...
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As part of NDLON’s April 5th #Not1More day of action this weekend, thousands of people in 62+ cities across the nation rallied to call upon President Obama to take action and address his record rate of deportations. Last month, the President called for a review of DHS deportation policies...
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