One of the most offensive post-9/11 anti-immigrant policies dreamed up by our federal government is finally gone. Yesterday, DHS announced the end of the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS), a state-sanctioned racial profiling program that wasted serious amounts of government resources while damaging our country's reputation,...
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On Friday, Rep. Zoe Lofgren (CA-16) asked that federal immigration officials be investigated, claiming that they lied about whether counties and states had the right to opt out of the Secure Communities program.
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On April 21st, the editorial page of La Opinión offered its take on President Obama's latest meeting on immigration reform. Like many of us, the editorial notes that they, and the Latino community in particular, want "more than just meetings."
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Beatrice Kiarie, a mother of four has been in detention because of an INS "paperwork mistake" that could take three months to fix. This is another example of the real pain in immigrant communities due to the administration's unrelenting enforcement-only policies.
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President Obama convened a diverse group of stakeholders from across the political spectrum. The meeting focused on how to engage the American people in a discussion that would create momentum towards the enactment of immigration reform. America's Voice's Executive Director Frank Sharry attended the meeting and provided...
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Last week, 22 U.S. Senators urged President Obama to grant administrative relief to qualified DREAM Act students. The response from the Obama administration's Director of Intergovernmental Affairs Cecilia Munoz told Univision that Obama will not grant this relief "for a group of people on a large scale."...
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The Department of Homeland Security hasn't received a lot of praise recently, and the lack of it has finally gotten to them. That's why they've announced an initiative aimed at fighting the negative views that communities have developed over time.
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Last Friday at an event sponsored by NDN, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano made an outrageous comment in defense of the controversial Secure Communities program (you can watch her address here). When challenged to explain why a program targeting serious criminal offenders is sweeping...
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Yesterday, the Obama Administration's Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Labor Department finally agreed to work together to make sure the government's zeal to enforce immigration laws doesn't hurt labor enforcement efforts.
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In expected DHS-like fashion, the Bureau for Citizenship and Immigration Services has resumed rejecting green card applications filed by bi-national same-sex couples.
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