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Immigration Bill Could Be Introduced By December

Wall Street Journal | MELANIE TROTTMAN | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano called Friday for Congress to consider an overhaul of immigration law early next year, a move that could ...

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New York Abandons Role as Sanctuary for Immigrants

Seth Freed Wessler | Posted 10.26.2009 | New York

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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

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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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AZ Sheriff Calls "Illegals" Diseased And Dirty

Dawn Teo | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

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Dawn Teo

During a heated debate between CNN anchor Rick Sanchez and Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Sanchez compared Arpaio to "Bull Connor," accusing him of violating the US Constitution and seeking publicity.

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Obama's Anti-Stimulus

Leighton Woodhouse | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Inner City, Undocumented Immigrants, Nativism, American Apparel, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Immigration, Los Angeles, Undocumented Workers, Barack Obama, Brian Bilbray, Politics News
Leighton Woodhouse

The forced downsizing of American Apparel is more than a tragedy. It is a canary in the coalmine for how the most vulnerable populations in this country will fare under the Obama administration.

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San Ysidro Border Shooting: U.S.-Mexico Border Crossing Closed

AP | Posted 09.23.2009 | Home

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SAN DIEGO — Four people were injured in a gun battle Tuesday involving an attempt to smuggle illegal immigrants from Mexico at the busiest borde...

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The Case for Detention Reform

Rep. Jared Polis | Posted 11.15.2009 | Denver

Read More: Immigration Reform, Private Prisons, Dhs, Aurora, Prison, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Janet Napolitano, Immigrant Detention, Denver News
Rep. Jared Polis

Prisons should be for criminals, not honest, productive people caught up in the byzantine morass of our broken immigration system.

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Weekly Immigration Wire: Kennedy Was Friend to Immigrants

The Media Consortium | Posted 09.27.2009 | Home

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The Media Consortium

The Massachusetts Senator was a vigorous proponent of both Healthcare and Immigration Reform, which isn't surprising when you consider how much these two issues overlap.

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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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America's Broken Immigration System

Wajahat Ali | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics

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Wajahat Ali

Our tone deaf reliance on the private sectors to perform public functions without an enforceable system of regulations has produced an abusive system depriving individuals of basic rights.

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The Freedom of Migration Act Challenge

Henryk A. Kowalczyk | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics

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Henryk A. Kowalczyk

The present recession overshadows our unresolved immigration mess. Whether we want it or not, we have to address this issue again.

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Conservative Group Tries To Make Obama's Aunt An Immigration Issue

ABC | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics

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ABC News' Jason Ryan reports that officials from Immigration and Customs Enforcement has no comment on the arrest request filed by the conservative gr...

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Immigration Detention Reform Moves to Front Burner

Roberto Lovato | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics

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Roberto Lovato

Guantanamo Bay isn't the only prison crisis that Obama will have to deal with. There's another crisis growing in the many immigration detention centers carpeting the interior of the country.

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What's Another $154 Billion?

Frank Sharry | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics

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Frank Sharry

The Des Moines Register comes to this conclusion: We need to do more than just seal our borders and arrest everyone here illegally. We need comprehensive reform.

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New Orleans Immigrants Weather the Storm

Angela Kelley | Posted 10.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Raids, Bush Administration, Hurricane Katrina, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Hurricane Gustav, Politics News
Angela Kelley

The response of New Orleans' immigrants to Hurricane Gustav is just another gross example of how attrition through enforcement doesn't work. A growin...

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Undocumented Children are Still Children

Marisa Treviño | Posted 05.31.2008 | Politics

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Marisa Treviño

ICE raids are traumatizing children and yet the stories barely make Page 1 of the newspapers. Why? Is it because they are the children of undocumented parents?

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