It’s often said by Doctors Fauci and Birch that the coronavirus knows no boundaries, political parties, etc. To say that this is an equal opportunity virus is — something not entirely known. Important data is not being collected uniformly…
The outright corruption from the Oval Office and denial of its existence by the GOP leadership is stunning, sad and scary. It’s no wonder why one researcher finds that the US has discarded diplomacy in favor of this authoritarian…
By Robert Barba LatinaLista If you’re a DREAMer, you face a difficult financial situation. In February 2018, the Supreme Court declined to hear the Trump Administration’s appeal challenging the Deferred Action for Child Arrivals program — better known as…
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Guest Voz: Thousands of DACA Recipients Already Losing Protection From Deportation
By Tom Jawetz and Nicole Prchal Svajlenka ncluido Each day that Congress delays acting on the Dream Act from now until March 5, 2018, approximately 122 people will lose their Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)protection. That is 851…
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The country’s moral compass hinges on Trump’s decision about the future of DACA
Marisa Treviño ncluido Tuesday, September 5, 2017, is a day that about 800,000 undocumented youth are nervously awaiting. On that day, Trump will decide what to do about a program that has been a literal lifeline, to a normal…
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The Trump Budget Neglects Basic Protections and Funds a Deportation Force Instead
By Sharita Gruberg, Philip E. Wolgin, Tom Jawetz, Jamila Taylor, Danyelle Solomon, Frank J. Bewkes, Michela Zonta, Jackie Odum, and Harry Stein Center for American Progress Each year, the U.S. Department of Justice receives more than 10,000 complaints…
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Largest deportation campaign in US history is no match for Trump’s plan
By Kelly Lytle Hernandez The Conversation On the campaign trail, Donald Trump vowed that if he was elected president, he would resurrect Operation Wetback of 1954. Operation Wetback, the story goes, was the single largest deportation campaign in U.S. history, resulting…
Immigration, Politics, zNew Headline
GOP finds a way to get immigrants to self-deport without them even realizing it
LatinaLista — In the past, the one solution the GOP offered for thinning out the nation’s undocumented population, without uttering the “d” word (deportation), was to say undocumented immigrants would “self-deport.” When Mitt Romney, the 2012 GOP nominee for…
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DREAMer makes a list of what-to-do in case Trump eliminates DACA
LatinaLista — With each passing day of the Trump administration, no group is more fearful of the changes – or campaign promises fulfilled by Trump — than undocumented young people known as DREAMers. One DREAMer, and former LatinaLista contributor,…
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Private Lockups May Prosper Under Trump Due to Predictions of More Deportations
By Matt Smith Juvenile Justice Information Exchange The private prison industry may end up being one of the winners under the incoming Trump administration, though it’s not clear how or when the new administration will act. Stocks of…
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How Trump’s immigration enforcement could affect families and communities
By William D. Lopez The Conversation When immigration officers forcibly remove individuals from their homes, it impacts the psychological, emotional and economic well-being of their families and communities. President-elect Donald Trump stated throughout his campaign that he wanted to…
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Guest Voz: States’ argument to deport the undocumented is a lesson in manipulating language for political gain
By Martha Rodriguez LatinaLista Interesting how recently Texas Solicitor General Scott Keller questions just how “discretionary” our government really is: He said so during Supreme Court arguments in defense of Texas, one of 26 states against President Obama’s executive…
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Video: What would the U.S. look like under a Trump directive of mass deportation? Beyond scary!
LatinaLista — While the majority of voters view Donald Trump's grossly insensitive declarations about what he will do when he is president as nada más than political rhetoric, it's come to the point that he must be taken seriously. …
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The Deportation Of Innocence: A Look At America’s Broken Immigration System
By Belen Chacon LatinaLista When he was working late one day, Jaime asked his ex-wife if she could pick up his kids from school. Jaime’s wife never showed up, and when school employees got a hold of Jaime…
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ListaPodcast: Telling the stories of deported DREAMers
By Obed Manuel Latina Lista Los Otros Dreamers is a 2014 publication that tells the stories of several DREAMers who were either deported or chose to go back to their home countries. We caught up with co-author Dr. Jill…
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Crowdfunder: Raising bond money for asylum-seeking dad, who has already waited in detention 22 months for court’s decision
LatinaLista — Campaign: Bring my Dad Home Claudia Amaro is one of the Dream9, the first group of undocumented youth who presented themselves at the U.S.-Mexico border in July of 2013, asking to come home. Two months later, her…
By Azul Uribe LatinaLista It’s been a few weeks of soul searching and conversation between myself and God. During a 4 hour drive from Cancun to Merida, I took advantage of the nighttime darkness and the starry stretches of…
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Deportation Protest Calls for National Reform
By Luis Badillo EXTRA! CHICAGO — Last week, Twitter saw a spike in the use of the hashtag #Not1More, which had users calling for the end of deportations and the detention of immigrants in the U.S. However, the movement…
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Deported U.S. veterans in Mexico demand rightful medical benefits in U.S.
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EMERGENCY Crowdfunder: Mother faces deportation after filling out wrong forms
LatinaLista — Campaign: Mom filled out the wrong form: Facing deportation Connie Fitzpatrick’s family came to the US in 2001 legally. Her mom is a U.S. Permanent Resident. Her sisters and her are U.S. Citizens. They are active members…
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Guest Voz: How do I go on DREAMing when Mexican gov’t says my U.S. college education is worthless
I thought the hardest part would be surviving one of the worst types of rejection one can experience – the expulsion from the country that I lived most of my life. Even more painful was to arrive to a…
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Immigrant rights advocates bring protest, Aztec dance, prayer to free detainee in El Paso
By Aaron Montes Borderzine El Paso – Alexi Cruz may not have realized he had friends in this border community until he was on the verge of being deported. Cruz, 24, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico who has lived…
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Commentary: Arresting Babies on the Border
By Scott Nicol Rio Grande Guardian McALLEN, TX — “They’re arresting babies.” The thought struck hard, and it kept echoing. I had come to the border wall with a correspondent from National Public Radio to see its impact on…
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New UN report shines glaring spotlight on US handling of unaccompanied children crossing US-Mexico border
LatinaLista — Since the start of the Syrian conflict, network news shows have devoted hours of coverage on the traumatizing effect that the conflict is having on the children — and, rightly so. Whenever children are victimized by situations…
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Latino Scholar Q&A: Deportees shuttled within “largely unknown bureaucratic system”
By Emily Weir LatinaLista Throughout America, immigrants — most of whom haven’t even been accused of a crime — are jailed alongside convicted criminals. Immigration officials can legally hold noncitizens indefinitely before deporting them, and without giving them legal…