Immigration News

Wave Of Deportations Leaves Thousands Of Children In Foster Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Ray Sanchez | Posted 01.02.2012

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An unprecedented increase in the deportation of undocumented immigrants has left an estimated 5,100 children languishing in U.S. foster homes -- a tro...

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From Border Patrol Agent To Immigration Reform Activist: My Journey For Justice

John Randolph | Posted 10.31.2011

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Hungry people, friends getting killed, and no real sense that what we were doing was doing any good. "What are we doing here? Why am I chasing these people?", I'd ask myself.

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First Deportation Cases To Benefit From New Immigration Policy

HuffingtonPost.com | Cristina Costantini | Posted 10.26.2011

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One week after its announcement by Homeland Security, two young men in Georgia were two of the first apparent beneficiaries of a new policy aimed at m...

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Latinos For Obama 2012 Had Better Impress

Pablo Manriquez | Posted 10.26.2011

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The difference between putting an amnesty on the table of the immigration debate and offering an amnesty to my illegal amigos remains the difference between me putting an Obama's name in my window and yard, and punching Obama's name on my Missouri ballot.

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Boulder Woman Charged With Blackmailing Couple After Car Accident

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 09.07.2011

Abigail Jane Suber, 28, a Boulder woman, has been charged with felony extortion after threatening to turn in a Longmont couple to immigration official...

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Steve King Blames Boehner For Immigration Chair Snub

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) recently placed blame on Speaker John Boehner for the decision to pass over the hardliner for chairman of a subcommittee post...

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Harry Reid Questions 'Mental Capacity' Of His GOP Colleagues

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said recently that if the upcoming 112th Congress fails to address comprehensive immigration reform, it will be the ...

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Rick Scott Takes Page Out Of Jan Brewer's Illegal Immigration Playbook

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Florida Governor-elect Rick Scott (R) recently gave his blessing to the practice of asking suspects who are stopped by authorities for proof of their ...

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Colorado Immigration Issues Take Center Stage This Week

Posted 05.25.2011

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Immigration issues are set to take center stage in Colorado this week, as state and local governments weigh in on several controversial national issue...

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Neo-Nazis Rally To Support Arizona's Immigration Law

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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A Neo-Nazi march held in favor of Arizona's SB-1070 immigration law in Phoenix over the weekend was disrupted by equal rights activists in what quickl...

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NO JOKE: Stephen Colbert To Testify Before Congress On Immigration

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Comedy Central host Stephen Colbert will be testifying before Congress on Friday about immigration during a hearing called "Protecting America's Harve...

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IACHR Rules That Deportation Not in the Child's Best Interest

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

IACHR found that U.S. deportation policy violates fundamental human rights because "it fails to consider evidence concerning the adverse impact of the destruction of families, the best interest of the children of deportees, and other humanitarian causes."

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Hispanics Leaving Arizona In Advance Of Controversial Immigration Law's Enforcement

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Arizona's controversial new immigration law may be prompting a mass dispersion of Hispanics -- both legal and illegal -- from the state. Though enfor...

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Jessica Colotl: Kennesaw State Student Ignites Illegal Immigration Debate

Huffington Post | Leah Finnegan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kennesaw State University student Jessica Colotl studied political science and dreamed of becoming a lawyer until a series of minor traffic violations...

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Immigration Reform: Change Takes Courage and Faith

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

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If our political leaders won't make room for the "strangers" among us, we will -- because Jesus commands us to do so.

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After Being Ignored By White House, 521 Immigration Groups Join To Protest Obama's Inaction

Dawn Teo | Posted 05.25.2011

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A coalition of 521 organizations have signed an open letter to Obama and are planning vigils, marches, and other events across the country to protest the administration's policy on the Department of Homeland Security 287(g) local immigration enforcement program

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