Local law enforcement agencies are not required to hold undocumented immigrants at the request of the federal government, according to internal Department of Homeland Security documents obtained by a coalition of groups critical of the Secure Communities enforcement program.
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Alabama looks like it's on its own where the state's punitive immigration law is concerned. But it's not like we haven't been here before. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told Congress this week that her department, which includes Immigration and Customs Enforcement, will not help implement Alabama's immigration law.
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The government hasn't offered to help Alabama put in place a strict immigration law that the Obama administration is challenging in court, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Wednesday.
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This October 26th marks the fifth anniversary of President George W. Bush's signing the law to build a 700-mile fence on the U.S.-Mexico border. Five years later the "border security first" approach has gotten us nowhere. Yet, it's still the number one response from GOP Presidential candidates when asked...
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The Obama Administration released the latest deportation numbers this week. A closer look at the Obama Administration's new deportation numbers shows that a vast majority of deportees are not serious offenders.
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Oct 20, 2011
The Obama administration soon will begin its systematic review of the approximately 300,000 pending deportation cases, separating "high priority" cases involving criminals it wants to deport from "low priority" cases it will drop, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told Congress Wednesday.
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The sprint to the right by the Republican Presidential candidates, which was on display again at last night's debate in Las Vegas, should be helpful to President Obama's reelection. It should be. But, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) continues to undercut his Latino outreach efforts.
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Derrick Cotterel, an undocumented immigrant from Jamaica, is seeking political asylum. His story is wrenching -- and says so much about the failings of the immigration detention system in the U.S.
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Oct 6, 2011
In a blunt speech on Wednesday, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano took on critics of the administration's immigration policies on both the left and right, telling Republicans that security along the border with Mexico is "at an apex" and rejecting calls from immigrant advocacy groups to slow the pace...
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The DHS Task Force on Homeland Security issued its report this week, showing a deeply flawed program. Arturo Venegas resigned from the Task Force, noting, "I believe that Secure Communities is a deeply flawed program and that, in its current form, it is undermining public safety."
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