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Fighting for Workers?

Eliseo Medina | Posted 12.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Immigration Reform, Americas-Voice, Immigration Debate, Seiu, Employee Free Choice Act, America's Voice Education Fund, Labor Unions, Deportation, Republicans, Politics News
Eliseo Medina

Members of the anti-immigrant Immigration Reform Caucus in Congress are now trying to co-opt a "pro-worker agenda" in a ruthless effort to push their extremist mass deportation agenda.

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This Thanksgiving Remember the Immigrant, Pilgrim

Jim Wallis | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Christians, Households, Family, Children, Holidays, Holiday, Thanksgiving, Community, United States, Immigration System, Immigration, Families, Christians for Comprehensive Immigration Reform, America, Deportation, Government, Immigrant, Parent, Immigration Reform, Wife, Christian, Faith, Citizen, Politics News
Jim Wallis

The broken nature of America's immigration system is deeply felt during the holidays by millions in the United States who long to be reunited with their loved ones.

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New York Abandons Role as Sanctuary for Immigrants

Seth Freed Wessler | Posted 10.26.2009 | New York

Read More: Dora Schiro Commissioner, Immigration Reform, Undocumented Immigrants, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Jamaica, Obama Immigration, Immigration, 287(G), Sanctuary Cities, Rikers Island, New York City, Immigrant Detention, Deportation, New York News
Seth Freed Wessler

Immigrations agents at Rikers regularly deceive people they suspect of not being citizens and rope them into the deportation system by violating their legal and human rights.

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Torn Apart by Deportation, Families Struggle to Stay Together

Seth Freed Wessler | Posted 10.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Crime, Washington DC, Obama, Families for Freedom, Immigration, Criminal Justice, Child Citizen Protection Act, 287(G), New York, Barack Obama, Deportation, Racewire, Department of Homeland Security, Immigration Reform, Colorlines, Nytimes, Criminal Justice System, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Prison, Applied Research Center, Jamaica, Jail, Politics News
Seth Freed Wessler

Families are being torn apart by deportation at the treacherous intersection of immigration enforcement and the criminal justice system.

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Debunking the Myth That Deportation Is Not Punishment

Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Padila v Kentucky, Guilty Plea, Withdrawal of Guilty Pleas, Deportation, Improper Legal Advice, Politics News
Judge H. Lee Sarokin

In earlier cases, the Supreme Court has created the myth that deportation is not a form of criminal punishment but rather a civil remedy aimed at excluding unwanted aliens.

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Aching for Immigration Reform

Venkat Srinivasan | Posted 12.02.2009 | New York

Read More: Immigration Reform, Undocumented Immigrants, Queens, African Immigrants, Ghana, Nigeria, 2008 Democratic National Convention, Bronx, Deportation, United African Congress, New York News
Venkat Srinivasan

While the economy dominates all issues, African immigrants continue to hope that immigration reform does not fade into oblivion either.

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The Least of These: Family Detention in America

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics

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Arlene M. Roberts

Given the financial and other challenges of housing families in detention centers, Obama should consider more 'civil' alternatives available, such as releasing families into the community.

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The Faces of Detention and Deportation: Jean Murat Montrevil

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics

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Arlene M. Roberts

Instead of expending its resources to deport immigrants like Jean Murat Montrevil, ICE should exercise its discretion to grant Deferred Action.

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Time to De-ICE the Department of Corrections

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 11.12.2009 | New York

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Arlene M. Roberts

Dora Schriro, the new commissioner of corrections for New York City, should fight to remove Immigrations and Customs Enforcement from New York City's jails.

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"Apostate" Hussain Muradi to be Deported to Afghanistan

Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 11.12.2009 | World

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Apostasy, Islam, Sayed Pervez Kambaksh, Council of Ex-Muslims, United Kingdom, Afghanistan, Muslims, Death Penalty, Deportation, Hussain Muradi, World News
Ali A. Rizvi

Muradi, a prominent and vocal member of the UK's Council of Ex-Muslims, renounced Islam as part of his fight against Islamists -- and as part of his effort to combat "the taboo that comes with such a renunciation."

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Deporting American Citizens: ICE's Mexican-izing of Mark Lyttle

Jacqueline Stevens, Ph.D. | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jacqueline Stevens, Immigration Customs Enforcement, Mark Lyttle, Illegal Immigration, Illegal Immigrants, Mexico, Immigration, Deportation, Ice, Mexican Immigrants, Politics News
Jacqueline Stevens, Ph.D.

ICE has been deporting over a million people each year. Most are Mexican citizens residing here without legal status. But thousands of those being detained and even deported are US citizens.

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The Faces of Detention and Deportation

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 09.20.2009 | World

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Arlene M. Roberts

One persistent question regarding individuals who are in detention and subject to deportation is, "What is the nature of their offenses?"

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Iraqi Refugees In Denmark Begin Hunger Strike To Avoid Deportation

nytimes.com | MATTHEW SALTMARSH and CATHERINE CONTIGUGLIA | Posted 09.14.2009 | World

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PARIS - Iraqi refugees who were arrested this week in Denmark, setting off a violent confrontation between their supporters and the police that was ca...

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Is Now the Right Time for Immigration Reform? Chuck Schumer, the Sensenbrenner in Liberal's Clothes

Anis Shivani | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

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Anis Shivani

The Schumer mandate for the undocumented to register within a short period of time, or else be permanently barred from becoming U.S. residents, is a prime example of the law run amok.

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White House To Announce Plans For "Truly Civil" Immigrant Detention System

The New York Times | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, American Civil Liberties Union, Immigration Obama, Janet Napolitano, Homeland Security, Illegal Immigrants, Obama Administration, Immigration, Immigrant Detention, Deportation, Politics News

The Obama administration intends to announce an ambitious plan on Thursday to overhaul the much-criticized way the nation detains immigration violator...

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Black Children and Adults Face Family Barriers

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Marriage, Black Families, Children, Demography, Chicago, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Deportation, New York, Prison Population, Black-Children-and-Learning, Life Chances, Black Fathers, Life Challenges, Politics News
Philip N. Cohen

A measure of the society's meritocracy is the extent to which advantage and disadvantage are passed from parents to children.

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Jury Sides With Hospital That Deported Brain Injured Immigrant

AP | LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Luis Jimenez, Martin Memorial Medical Center, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Illegal Immigration, Guatemala, Florida, Immigration, Immigrants, Miami, Health Care, Deportation, Politics News

MIAMI — A hospital that sent a seriously brain injured illegal immigrant back to Guatemala – over the objections of his family and legal g...

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Foad Farahi: Miami Imam Faces Deportation To Iran

Miami Herald | Posted 08.14.2009 | World

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As the political crisis in Iran turns toward a slow boil, a North Miami Beach imam is closely watching events unfold there. U.S. authorities could dep...

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Immigration Detainee's Death Causes Controversy

The New York Times | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Citizenship, Immigration Death, America, Pakistan, 9/11, Immigration, Deportation, World Trade Center, Immigration Reform, Green Card, Visa, Prison, Jail, Immigrant, September 11th, Immigration Policy, Ahmad Tanveer, Politics News

When the 43-year-old man died in a New Jersey immigration jail in 2005, the very fact seemed to fall into a black hole. Although a fellow inmate scraw...

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150 Children Sue Obama Administration Over Parents' Deportation

AP | LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Immigration, Miami, Immigrants, Deportation, Citizenship, Immigration Suit, Deportation Duit, Bush Administration, Obama Administration, Politics News

MIAMI — Ronald Soza celebrated his 10th birthday Wednesday with cake and a serenade by more than 100 other children and their parents. His own ...

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Should Demjanjuk be Deported Today to Germany?

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 05.29.2009 | World

Read More: Holocaust, War Criminal, Justice Department, Nazis, John Demjanjuk, Torture, Wiesenthal, War Crimes, Deportation, World News
Rabbi Abraham Cooper

This attempt by a former guard at a death camp to cast himself as the victim is nothing less than a grotesque debasement of the word "torture,"

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Weekly Immigration Wire: Legalize the Undocumented, Help Fix the Economy Immigration NewsLadder

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Immigration NewsLadder, Immigration Reform, Economic Recovery, Sanctuary Ordinances, Hispanic Rights, Economy, Anti-Immigrant Groups, Newsladder, Janet MurguíA, Deportation, Undocumented, Morgan Carroll, Detainees, Politics News
The Media Consortium

by Nezua, TMC MediaWire Blogger The dialogue on immigration has, historically, been contentious and cyclical. There are times when hysteria peaks, an...

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