Sanctuary Cities

Arin Greenwood

Man In Deportation Case Is Free ... For Now

HuffingtonPost.com | Arin Greenwood | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Mayor Vincent Gray, DC News, DC Police, District of Columbia, Jai Shankar, Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, Immigration, Sanctuary Cities, Deportation, DC News

WASHINGTON -- Jai Shankar is no longer wearing the ankle bracelet that had been tracking his every move since 2010. Shankar was ordered to wear th...

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Arin Greenwood

Should Police Run Warrant Checks On Those Who Report Crimes?

HuffingtonPost.com | Arin Greenwood | Posted 02.02.2012

Read More: Mayor Vincent Gray, District of Columbia, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Jai Shankar, Immigration, Jim McGrath, Tenac, Sanctuary Cities, DC News

WASHINGTON -- Last fall, over the protests of immigration hard-liners, District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray signed an executive order reaffirming t...

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Cristina Costantini

Documenting The Undocumented: ‘Sanctuary Cities’ Give ID Cards To Immigrants

HuffingtonPost.com | Cristina Costantini | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, Video, Latino Politics, Paul Lagunes, Municipal ID, New Haven, Sanctuary City, Elm City Resident Card, Sanctuary Cities, Latino Voices News

In the eyes of the federal government, Carlos is still an undocumented immigrant. But four years ago, the city of New Haven, Conn., issued Carlos -...

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Latino Love: Bush v. Perry

Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto | Posted 08.10.2011

Read More: Texas, Latinos, Immigration Reform, Republican Primary, Sanctuary Cities, Rick Perry, George W. Bush, Politics News
Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto

Rick Perry cannot carry over a deep base of Latino support into a national level campaign because he has not cultivated a homegrown one to begin with.

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New Lawmakers Get to Work on Anti-Immigrant Agenda

Afton Branche | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Undocumented Immigrants, Immigrants, Texas State Legislature, Sanctuary Cities, Rick Perry, Anti-Immigrant, Immigration Reform, State Debt, Immigration Policy, Politics News
Afton Branche

Jumping on the anti-immigrant bandwagon may appeal to some voters, but it doesn't come cheap. Anti-immigrant ordinances cost cities and towns millions in legal fees and lost revenues.

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Scaremongers and the Sanctuary City

Afton Branche | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: sb1070, New York Post, Immigration, Justice Department, Arizona Immigration Law, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Sanctuary Cities, Arizona Immigration, Politics News
Afton Branche

Opponents of Arizona's immigration law celebrated a victory last Wednesday when a federal judge blocked its most notably controversial provisions, inc...

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Costa Mesa at War Again

Jorge-Mario Cabrera | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, Costa Mesa, Immigrants, Cir, Chirla, Arizona Immigration Law, Sanctuary Cities, Rule of Law City, Los Angeles News
Jorge-Mario Cabrera

Something funny happened on my way to Costa Mesa this week. The plateau by the coast declared itself a sanctuary for intolerance and bigotry.

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Immigration Enforcement: The Growing Federal-Local Battle

Afton Branche | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, DC City Council, Secure Communities Initiative, Los Angeles, Immigration, San Francisco, Sanctuary Cities, Immigration Policy, Politics News
Afton Branche

Immigration and Customs Enforcement's federal-local partnership programs continue to proliferate -- but they may undermine local approaches to immigration enforcement.

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New York Abandons Role as Sanctuary for Immigrants

Seth Freed Wessler | Posted 05.25.2011

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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