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Latina Lista: News from the Latinx perspective > Obama administration

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Guest Voz: Latino Families Deserve a Much More Humanitarian Solution

Jul 2, 2014, 12:00 AM 0

By Katherine Culliton González LatinaLista During the past few weeks, the President finally called the increase in Central American children crossing the border alone, fleeing violence and poverty, “an urgent humanitarian crisis;” yet one of the root causes is…

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Immigrant advocates launch national campaign highlighting Obama administration’s deportation record

Mar 26, 2014, 4:02 PM 0

LatinaLista — A tweet making its way through the Twittersphere over the last few days is one with a simple message: “Don’t be a DIC.” The double-meaning is supposed to startle the reader into finding out more — something…

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Even a deeply flawed immigration bill gives hope where none exists now

Jul 9, 2013, 4:35 PM 0

LatinaLista — Tomorrow, the House of  Representatives is supposed to finally tackle the issue of immigration reform, a sharp thorn in the sides of many in the GOP. While the Tea Party-backed legislators are smug in their confidence that…

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Guest Voz: Obama administration crafts new DACA rule to exclude more dreamers

Jan 28, 2013, 12:35 PM 0

By Bryan Johnson LatinaLista The Obama administration is ostensibly gearing up for comprehensive immigration reform while at the same time acting directly against the interests of immigrants. On January 18, 2013, USCIS updated its “FAQs” on DACA. The FAQs…

Palabra Final, Politics

Attempts to sow distrust between Latinos and Obama won’t work this time around

Jan 21, 2013, 4:49 PM 1

LatinaLista — It wasn’t but days after the presidential showdown between Obama and Romney that everyone — from media political analysts to veteran GOP politicians — admitted, if not somewhat grudgingly or incredulously, that Obama’s win could be credited…

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Immigration agents’ suit against President and deferred action program reeks little of conscientious objectors

Aug 23, 2012, 5:15 PM 1

LatinaLista — As the saying goes, “The writing was on the wall.” It was somewhat suspicious when a few weeks back an ICE union boss appeared with GOP politicians to publicly denounce President Obama’s plan for deferring deportation to…

General, Immigration, Palabra Final, Women

Comprehensive Immigration Reform needed now to stop suffering of undocumented women and their families

Mar 8, 2010, 5:15 PM 2

LatinaLista — Today is International Women’s Day, a day that celebrates the strides women have made and the hardships they still endure. When we think of those hardships, those of us who are middle-class, college-educated or have good jobs,…

General, Government, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics, Social Justice

The Obama administration can jumpstart promise of immigration reform by overhauling ICE

Jan 9, 2010, 7:35 PM 1

LatinaLista — While the story that broke in the New York Times over the weekend Officials Hid Truth of Immigrant Deaths in Jail, may have been a wake-up call for the Obama Administration and countless politicians, law enforcement officials…

General, Government, Human Rights, Immigration, Palabra Final

TX Mexican-Americans birthed by midwives still can’t get Washington to give them a passport

Sep 28, 2009, 1:58 PM 3

LatinaLista — It was just a little over a year ago that unimaginable stories of how Mexican-Americans, along the Texas-Mexico border, who had the misfortune of being birthed by a midwife, were suddenly being denied passports. The situation was…

General, Government, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics, Social Justice

Obama administration is expanding a flawed immigration enforcement measure that runs contrary to immigration reform

May 19, 2009, 4:02 PM 9

LatinaLista — It was reported today that the Obama administration is expanding an immigration program that was started under the Bush administration. It entails checking the immigration status of people booked into local jails. The idea being that those…

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