The GOP are the new landlords of the House of Representatives. There is talk already of retaliation, revenge, investigations, etc. to get back at Democrats for having the decency of investigating the corruption of the Trump admin, and the…
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Guest Voz: Illinois hospitality industry needs the work ethic immigrants bring to the job
May 16, 2018, 10:54 AM 0
By Sam Toia ncluido What do celebrity chef José Andrés and Andrew Carnegie have in common? They’re both immigrants who built American empires. Andrés is famous for his appearances on Top Chef and his successful group of restaurants…
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Guest Voz: How the shutdown and DACA could drive 2018 turnout for Democrat
Jan 22, 2018, 7:58 AM 0
By Dante Chinni ncluido Washington is struggling, again, with a government shutdown. But this time a nonbudget issue is driving much of the debate: the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals immigration program, or DACA. Congressional Democrats are demanding that…
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North Carolina Group Keeps Dreamers’ College Goals Alive
Jan 22, 2018, 7:57 AM 0
By Victoria Edwards Juvenile Justice Information Exchange SANFORD, North Carolina — As a high school sophomore and DACA recipient, the connections Danny Rodas made through his mentorship program were invaluable to helping him understand the challenges he would face…
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Ahead of government shutdown, Congress sets its sights on not-so-comprehensive immigration reform
Jan 19, 2018, 9:33 AM 0
By Matthew Wright The Conversation For a moment, it looked as though 2018 might be the year that ended a three-decade streak of failure to pass so-called “comprehensive immigration reform.” On Jan. 11, a bipartisan group of six senators…
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Trump’s decision to end DACA shatters moral compass of the country
Sep 5, 2017, 3:11 PM 0
By Luis V. Gutierrez ncluido Ending the Deferred Action for Child Arrivals program was a serious mistake that will harm the United States and will spark a national political crisis. Approximately 800,000 young immigrants who qualify for DACA have…
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DHS Memorandum outlines steps to be taken with DACA recipients
Sep 5, 2017, 10:10 AM 0
LatinaLista — The following is the Memorandum sent by Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Elaine Duke announcing the steps going forward with the DACA program. Rescission of the June 15, 2012 Memorandum Entitled “Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with…
By Taylor Lewis Council on Hemispheric Affairs In the polarizing and contentious period since the 2016 presidential election, it has become relatively easy to be swept into the ongoing debate over U.S. immigration policy. Without full comprehension of local, national…
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Latest poll shows why Congress may never agree on immigration bill
Mar 22, 2017, 2:07 PM 0
Marisa Treviño LatinaLista It’s no surprise that a recent Gallup poll recorded that 59 percent of Americans are worried about illegal immigration. But like everything else with this administration, Trump has managed to create an even greater divide among…
GritoBlast! Being picked up by Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) looms heavy on the minds and futures of undocumented immigrants and their families. The fear is so great that many parts of the country are setting up a modern-day version of the…
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Guest Voz: Sanctuary City Politics: Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing
Feb 13, 2017, 12:44 PM 0
By Edward Rincón LatinaLista (Editor’s Note: This column was originally published on the Texas Tribune.) Lately, it seems fashionable for politicians to jump on the campaign train to ban and punish sanctuary cities and college campuses — an idea…
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Trump’s immigration threats bring one Latina blogger back to her roots
Nov 16, 2016, 4:13 PM 0
LatinaLista — I’ve been blogging for over 10 years. In that decade, I went from being one of the few Latinx bloggers to a publisher and author to an entrepreneur. In my personal life, I went from being a…
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Guest Voz: Understanding that commonsense immigration reform doesn’t include mass deportations
Aug 15, 2016, 3:20 PM 0
By Lydia Gonzalez-D’Ross LatinaLista Our country has waited far too long to fix our broken immigration system. Without controlling our borders, we have knowingly allowed the undocumented population in the United States to balloon to over 11 million individuals….
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Reaction round-up to Supreme Court’s deadlock decision on immigration executive actions
Jun 23, 2016, 12:19 PM 0
LatinaLista — The Supreme Court of the United States, or SCOTUS, as it’s known by its acronym, delivered a setback but not defeat to President Obama’s executive actions expanding deportation deferment of DREAMers (DACA) and undocumented parents of American-born children…
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Guest Voz: States’ argument to deport the undocumented is a lesson in manipulating language for political gain
May 3, 2016, 9:19 AM 0
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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Playwrights shed uneasy light on Latino political loyalty
May 2, 2016, 12:12 PM 0
By Obed Manuel LatinaLista “Until I have a voice.” That’s the reply Javier Mejia, the lead character of “Deferred Action,” gives when he’s asked how long he’s willing to fight for immigration reform. “Deferred Action” sheds light on the…
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DHS Secretary speaks out about deportation raids as children and parents are rounded up
Jan 4, 2016, 12:59 PM 0
LatinaLista — The White House released a statement by Homeland Security Secretary Jeh C. Johnson defending the administration's forced removal of Central American migrant families that began over the weekend. As news spread of the removals, immigrant advocates began…
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Guest Voz: Loud voices in the immigration debate drown out reason
Dec 16, 2015, 4:52 PM 0
By John Rowe LatinaLista The one-eyed man is king. So wrote wise and patient Erasmus. But, alas, immigration policy is not a subject that makes us wise and patient. The Hard Left cannot name the threat from violent Islamic…
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Crowdfunder: Journalist on mission to change the immigration debate for 2016
Nov 19, 2015, 4:11 PM 0
LatinaLista — Campaign: Let's change the immigration debate for 2016 Immigrants will be at the center of the 2016 campaign—as scapegoats, as voters, and as a powerful movement. With public backing, reporter Julianne Hing will cover the collision…
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Family residential center remains mystery to local Karnes City community
Nov 9, 2015, 12:18 PM 0
By Aubrie Iverson Voice Box Media Every so often, in every community, an enigma rises to the surface. Living unassumingly in the quiet of a small town or the manicured lawns of suburbia, a mystery neighbor lurks suspiciously out…
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Guest Voz: Current U.S. immigration policy leaves little room for “Justice for All”
Nov 5, 2015, 3:25 PM 0
By Elvira Arellano LatinaLista Editor's Note: Mexican immigrant Elvira Arellano gained international notoriety in 2006 when she sought sanctuary from deportation in a Chicago church. She was eventually deported back to her native Mexico but not before she was named…
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Video: Hearing the voices, understanding the pain of DREAMers
Oct 29, 2015, 5:16 PM 0
LatinaLista — Undocumented students, better known as DREAMers, have both a unique and common story. Each of their stories is unique because each has a family history unique to themselves. Yet, their stories share a commonality in that each…
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New report reveals why even ICE facilities with known human rights abuses hardly ever fail inspection
Oct 26, 2015, 3:11 PM 0
LatinaLista — One of the cushiest government contractor jobs is those who receive federal funds for operating immigrant detention centers. Working with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, these facilities are virtually guaranteed an uninterrupted flow of federal monies for…
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Separate polls show Obama’s base approve his Executive Action, leaving critics red
Nov 24, 2014, 3:25 PM 0
LatinaLista — Ever since President Obama issued his Executive Action to address immigration last week, Republican leadership has been on a rampage threatening everything from legal action to predicting there would be riots in the streets and our southern…
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“DREAMers’ Moms” give up fast – but not fight – as Obama unveils immigration plans
Nov 21, 2014, 12:41 PM 0
By Miranda Rivers Cronkite News WASHINGTON – On her eighth day without food, Alejandra Sanchez sat in the corner of the room in a downtown Washington church, soft-spoken and red-eyed, the lack of food showing on her tiny frame….
