Good news in our ongoing coverage of the Emily Ruiz case: Emily Ruiz, the four-year-old US citizen who was separated from her parents and returned by U.S. immigration authorities to Guatemala, has finally made it back home and was reunited with her parents early this morning.
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The Washington Post's editorial praising the Secure Communities program ("How to improve an immigration status check," March 20th) glossed over some very important details. If the program was targeted at actual criminals, it wouldn't be so controversial and police agencies wouldn't be asking to opt-out.
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Last week, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights released their December 2010 report revealing namely that detention is a disproportionate measure and recommends an end to the 287(g) program
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In a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee today, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) grilled Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano about her Department's deportation practices. Sen. Grassley was particular agitated about the "threat" of Napolitano using prosecutorial discretion and allowing some individuals with compelling cases to delay...
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Roxie Bacon, a former Obama Administration immigration official who has 40 years of experience in immigration law, knows what makes for an effective U.S. immigration system -- and what doesn't. She spent the last couple years working in D.C. at the Department of Homeland Security and saw a...
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In a panel discussion moderated by Andrea Mitchell (of NBC News fame) in celebration of the eighth anniversary of the Department of Homeland Security, Tom Ridge, a former DHS secretary, says that critics of immigration reform need to "get over it" and find a solution to the problem of...
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Battling the widespread perception that U.S. border cities have become more dangerous, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Monday called on public officials to stop exaggerating the violence on the U.S. side of the border with Mexico and "be honest with the people we serve."
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Just three months ago, in late September, immigration advocates and supporters saw Republican leaders in the Senate using the DREAM Act as an excuse not to pass the Defense Authorization Bill, an important piece of legislation that is primarily intended to set the policy for the Defense Department, despite...
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Tennessee advocates have come forward to argue that immigrants' rights were violated in a police-ICE raid last week. ICE says the raid was a police collaboration to root out criminal gang activity in a Nashville apartment complex, but local advocates say that innocent residents were treated like criminals. ...
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Oct 6, 2010
The Obama administration announced Wednesday that in the past year it has deported a record number of unauthorized immigrants - more than 392,000, about half of whom were convicted criminals.
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