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Report: Huge Number Of SoFla Deportations Flout Immigration Policy

Reuters | Posted 04.16.2013 | Miami

* Most immigrants deported are not serious criminals- report * ICE defends Secure Communities program By David Adams ...

Elise Foley

Immigration Asked Law Enforcement To Hold 800 Americans, Report Says

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 02.20.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Immigration and Customs Enforcement requested that local law enforcement agencies hold more than 800 U.S. citizens -- a majority of whom...

Elise Foley

Obama Sets Another Record For Deportation

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 12.22.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials announced on Friday that the agency surpassed its record number of deportations in the pas...

Secure Communities Now Optional In California: Attorney General

The Huffington Post | Roque Planas | Posted 12.05.2012 | Latino Voices

Secure Communities is optional in California, according to the state’s Attorney General Kamala Harris. Harris told local law enforcement Tuesday...

Director To Sue LASD Over Nightmarish 3-Month Jail Limbo

AP | Posted 12.19.2012 | Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES — Arrestees who say they were denied bail because immigration agents wanted them held sued the Los Angeles County sheriff Friday cla...

LAPD Chief Takes A Stand For Undocumented Immigrants

Reuters | Posted 12.05.2012 | Los Angeles

By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck on Thursday unveiled plans to refrain from ha...

Elise Foley

California Governor Vetoes Pro-Immigrant Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 10.01.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- California Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a bill late Sunday to make California the "anti-Arizona" on immigration enforcement, after a long fig...

Immigration Showdown in California: Governor Brown and His TRUST Issues

Rep. Mike Honda | Posted 11.25.2012 | Politics
Rep. Mike Honda

We must fix our nation's broken immigration system in ways that make sense for our economy and safety and respects the dignity of all immigrant communities.

Elise Foley

California Democrats Endorse Bill To Severely Limit Cooperation With Immigration Program

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 09.13.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) has two and a half weeks to decide whether to sign the TRUST Act, a bill that would cut off some coopera...

Elise Foley

California Legislature Votes To Severely Limit Cooperation With Immigration Program

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 08.24.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- A bill that would drastically reduce California's participation in a key immigration enforcement program passed through the state Assemb...

President Obama, Immigrant Families Need More Than Deferrals

Mallika Dutt | Posted 10.23.2012 | Politics
Mallika Dutt

These aspiring citizens strengthen our economy, enrich our culture, and share our values. And yet deportations remain at an all-time high, leaving the mothers of some of our best and brightest unsure if they'll even be back to pick them up at school at the end of the day.

Elise Foley

Federal Immigrant Program Costs Los Angeles Millions

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 08.23.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Los Angeles County is spending more than $26 million a year to hold undocumented immigrants under a federal immigration enforcement init...

Elise Foley

LA Mayor Calls For Obama To Follow California's Lead On Immigration

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 08.09.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Wednesday called for California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) to sign a bill that would defy a key Obam...

Cristina Costantini

D.C. Passes Bill To Restrict Federal Immigration Enforcement

HuffingtonPost.com | Cristina Costantini | Posted 07.10.2012 | Latino Voices

WASHINGTON -- As groups around the country rally this week against the Secure Communities immigration enforcement program, the District of Columbia ap...

U.S. Citizen Sues After Being Mistaken For Undocumented Immigrant Under Secure Communities

Posted 07.10.2012 | Latino Voices

A Chicago-area U.S. citizen is suing the feds after he was reportedly held for two months in a maximum security prison when he was misidentified as an...

Arizona Scorecard:

Juan Cartagena | Posted 08.31.2012 | Latino Voices
Juan Cartagena

Arizona's "show me your papers" provision represents the wrong approach to the challenges America faces at present. It diverts us from our real priorities and sends a message that targeting Latino residents, immigrants and citizens is fair game.

Elise Foley

California Lawmakers Move Forward With Fight Against Immigration Enforcement

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 06.13.2012 | Politics

Opponents of the controversial immigration enforcement program Secure Communities won a small but significant victory on Tuesday when a California Sta...

Elise Foley

D.C. Resists U.S. Immigration Mandate

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 06.04.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- District of Columbia council members said they plan to act swiftly on Tuesday to defy a federal immigration enforcement program the city...

Fingerprinting Of Immigrants Stirs Privacy Debate

Posted 06.07.2012 | Latino Voices

Police officers have drastically increased their use of fingerprinting technologies to track immigrants and non-criminals, according to a new report. ...

Elise Foley

Disappointed Democrats Fight Obama On Immigration -- And Campaign For Him

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.14.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.), one of President Barack Obama's most vocal critics on immigration, was sitting at dinner with his family a...

Secure Communities Takes New Hampshire By Surprise

Posted 05.10.2012 | Latino Voices

The Department of Homeland Security is moving ahead with plans to institute the controversial Secure Communities program in the state of New Hampshire...

Elise Foley

Critics Unimpressed With Changes To U.S. Program To Deport Undocumented Immigrants

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 04.27.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Friday announced a policy change for its Secure Communities program, hoping to address concerns r...

At Supreme Court, Arizona Leaves Affected Voices at Home: Q & A With Carlos Garcia, Puente Human Rights Advocate

Jeff Biggers | Posted 04.24.2012 | Politics
Jeff Biggers

"Life in Arizona for undocumented immigrants since SB 1070 passed is a combination of basic survival under a climate of hate and inspiring organizing that will one day turn hate to love."

Elise Foley

Immigrants Near U.S.-Canada Border Fear Racial Profiling

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 04.18.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Immigrants and minorities who live near the U.S. northern border are fearful of Customs and Border Protection agents, accusing them of r...

Elise Foley

Homeland Security Didn't Mean To Deceive Communities -- But Did, Inspector Finds

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 04.09.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Two years ago, the Department of Homeland Security began an immigration enforcement program called Secure Communities, designed to find ...