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Geraldo Rivera Slams Lou Dobbs In Speech, Says Dobbs Won't Be Coming To Fox

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Immigration Reform, Video, Cnn, Lou Dobbs, Fox News, Geraldo Rivera, Media Feuds, Geraldo Rivera Lou Dobbs, Lou Dobbs Fox News, Media News

Fox News reporter Geraldo Rivera spoke at a luncheon sponsored by El Diario La Prensa NY yesterday, during which he unleashed a devastating critique o...

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Torn Apart by Deportation, Families Struggle to Stay Together

Seth Freed Wessler | Posted 10.24.2009 | Politics

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

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Gustavo De La Rosa, Mexican Human Rights Activist, Detained By U.S.

washingtonpost.com | William Booth | Posted 10.22.2009 | World

Read More: Mexican Immigrants, Immigration Reform, Illegal Immigrants, Mexican Trucks, Mexico, Gustavo De La Rosa, Immigration, Immigration Debate, Mexico Drug Wars, Mexican Immigration, World News

MEXICO CITY -- Gustavo de la Rosa looks over his shoulder, notes suspicious license plates, changes his routine. As one of the most prominent human ri...

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BastaDobbs Responds to Invite from Lou

Roberto Lovato | Posted 10.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Immigration Reform, Dobbs, Latinos, Cnn, Lou Dobbs, Latino in America, www.bastadobbs.com, Media, Lou Dobbs Immigration, Jon Klein CNN, Latino Politics, presente.org, Roberto Lovato and Lou Dobbs, Media News

As we made our case today at CNN's headquarters for Lou Dobbs to be fired, the producers of Dobbs' show emailed me with an invitation to appear on tonight's show. Here's my response.

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National Association of Evangelicals Provides Moral Model on Immigration Reform

Jim Wallis | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Citizenship, Undocumented Immigrants, Nae, Biblical, Immigration, Immigrants, Evangelicals, Migrants, Leith Anderson, Legislative Debate, Immigrant, Immigration Reform, Biblical Foundations, Bible, National Association of Evangelicals, Politics News

Church leaders who have been personally and privately supportive of immigrants and their struggles have now publicly declared that it is morally wrong to keep families apart.

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Flor Crisostomo, Undocumented Immigrant, Leaving Church Sanctuary After Nearly Two Years

Chicago Public Radio | Chip Mitchell | Posted 10.19.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Adalberto United Methodist Church, Immigration Reform, Immigration, Elvira Arellano, Flor Crisostomo, Illegal Immigration, Chicago News

A Mexican has moved out of a church on Chicago's West Side where she lived almost two years in defiance of a deportation order....

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Wilmer Rivera Melendez: Man Arrested In Brooklyn Fraud Scheme Targeting Guyanese Immigrants

AP | JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 10.16.2009 | New York

Read More: Immigration Fraud, Immigration Reform, Wilmer Rivera Melendez, Brooklyn, Illegal Immigrants, Guyanese Immigrants Brooklyn, Immigration, Guyana, Immigration Debate, New York, New York City, Guyanese Immigrants, New York News

NEW YORK — A convicted bigamist posing as a veteran immigration lawyer scammed thousands of dollars from Guyanese immigrants and gave them advic...

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Immigration Rally: Immigration Reform Advocates Gather At Capitol Hill

The New York Times | Ian Urbina | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Immigration Reform, Capitol Hill, Illegal Immigration, Reform Immigration for America, Immigration, Immigrants, Immigration Bill, National Capital Immigration Coalition, Hispanic Caucus, Overhaul, Obama, Reform, Immigration Law, Politics News

Thousands of immigrants came to Capitol Hill on Tuesday for a day of lobbying and an afternoon rally calling for comprehensive immigration reform. Th...

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CNN, You Can't Have It Both Ways: It's Either Dobbs or Your Latino Future

Roberto Lovato | Posted 10.13.2009 | Media

A few hours of serious reporting on Latinos by sunny Soledad O'Brien can't make up for thousands of hours of anti-Latino extremism from the dark Lou Dobbs.

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American Apparel's Labor Pains

Amie Williams | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Immigration Reform, Unemployment, Antonio Villaraigosa, American Apparel, Dov Charney, Immigration, Unite Here, Labor Unions, Los Angeles, Politics News

By thumbing its nose at organized labor, American Apparel turned its back on a natural ally for immigration reform.

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Combating the Disease of Progressive Cynicism

Robert Creamer | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Immigration Reform, President Obama, Public Option, Rahm Emanuel, Regulatory Reform, Dick Durbin, Nancy Pelosi, Health Care Reform, Harry Reid, Clean Energy, Progressive Movement, Labor Law Reform, Financial Sector Reform, Health Insurance Reform, Jim Messina, Health Care, Politics News

One thing I know for sure. If progressives constantly pronounce the public option dead -- it will be. The cynics will create a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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The Big Gay Speech We Wish Obama Would Give

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

I'm sure his speechwriters have cooked up something special for Saturday, but I've got a few ideas of my own. I've written a speech for the beloved President -- the kind of speech we wish the man would give, just once.

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A Losing Proposition -- How Immigration Enforcement Hurts Women and Communities

Irasema Garza | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Immigration Customs Enforcement, Immigration Reform, Immigration, Immigrant Women, Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Politics News

A teenage immigrant girl wants to report a sexual assault by her employer but fears that local law enforcement will detain her, rather than prosecute the perpetrator.

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Thanks to Operation Gatekeeper, Death Toll Increases to Over 5,000

Mary Ann West | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, Immigration Reform, Nafta, Illegal Immigration, Immigration, Border Fence, Border Wall, Minutemen, Politics News

Fifteen years of failed immigration policy has not lessened the number of undocumented aliens entering the country and has cost millions in dollars.

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Immigration Reform Activists' Plan To Boycott Census Takes Center Stage In Colorado

The Colorado Independent | Katie Redding | Posted 10.05.2009 | Denver

Read More: Immigration Reform, Census, Census Boycott, La Raza, National Coalition of Latino Clergy and Christian Leaders, National Council of La Raza, Immigration, Colorado, Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition, Michelle Malkin, Denver News

As a proposed national Latino census boycott receives increased media attention, many Latino and immigrant organizations in Colorado say they're thank...

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Woodstock Film Fest -- Those Who Remain

Stewart Nusbaumer | Posted 12.02.2009 | New York

Read More: Immigration, Illegal Immigrants, Mexico, Mexican Immigrants, Immigration Reform, Undocumented Immigrants, Woodstock Film Festival, Those Who Remain, Documentaries, Carlos Hagerman, Juan Carlos Rulfo, New York News

What we do not see, do not hear about, never even think about, are the families of Mexican immigrant men left behind in Mexico.

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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

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

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Healthcare and 12 Million Elephants in the Room: Undocumented Immigrants

Sam Sedaei | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Immigration Reform, Joe Wilson, Illegal Immigrants, Mexico, Narcotics, Barack Obama, Health Care Reform, Health Care, Politics News

If we truly want to address the issue of high health care costs and lack of access, we must address the impact that illegal immigration has on the system.

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The Least of These: Family Detention in America

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Alien Security Check, Caribbean Deportees, Caribbean Immigrants, Child Citizen Protection Act, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Criminal Alien Program, Department of Corrections, Department of Homeland Security, Deportation, Detainee Transfer Notification, Detention, Detention Policy, Detention Policy Oversight, Dora Schriro, Families for Freedom, First Friends, Ice, Idp, Iirira, Immigrants Defense Project, Immigration, Immigration Detainer, Immigration Reform, Intensive Supervision Appearance Program, International Office of Migration, Isap, Janet Napolitano, Mandatory Detention, National Detention Standards, New Sanctuary Movement, Obama CARICOM, Obama Immigration, Obama Immigration Reform, Obama Trinidad, Scaap, Secure Communities Initiative, Trinidad, Trinidad Deportees, Family-Detention, Politics News

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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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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Sparkman: Casualty of Methland, USA? Or Victim of Anti-Government Bile?

Richard M. Benjamin | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Latinos, White House, Hate Crimes, Teabaggers, 2042-Minorities, Crime, Violent Crime, Tax Protests, Michele Bachman, Census Boycott, Immigration, Right Wing, Race, Working Class, Census, 2010 Census, Immigration Reform, Latino Politics, Illegal Immigrants, Bill Sparkman, Methamphetamine, Right-Wing Extremism, Anti-Government, Lou Dobbs, William Spakrkman Hanged, Lou Dobbs Immigration, Politics News

Sparkman's workaday life and violent death -- whatever the cause and whoever the culprit -- highlight the precarious struggles of the white working class and the brewing storm surrounding the 2010 Census.

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Waking Up To the Coming Battle Over the Census

Simon Rosenberg | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lou Dobbs, Census, Immigration Reform, Southern Strategy, Bill Sparkman Hanged, Bill Sparkman, William Sparkman, William Sparkman Hanged, Politics News

Last night's reports of the murder of a US Census worker will bring national attention to the emerging politics of the Census count, something that we've long been worried about at NDN.

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Immigration Reform Forum in Aurora, Colorado

Morgan Carroll | Posted 11.19.2009 | Denver

Read More: Immigration Reform, Education, Workers, Queen of Peace Church, Aurora, Town Hall Meetings, Denver, Colorado, Denver News

Michael Bennet attended and said that it is unacceptable to have 12 million people living in the shadows of our laws and that we need comprehensive immigration reform.

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"Drop Dobbs": CNN Pressured To Give Up Controversial Host (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.16.2009 | Media

Read More: Immigration Reform, Birthers, Media Matters, Media Criticism, Lou Dobbs, Drop Dobbs, Souther Poverty Law Center, Video, Media News

CNN is facing pressure on a number of fronts to drop Lou Dobbs from their roster of on-air talent, a move that would force millions of Americans seeki...

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