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ICE Conducted the Largest-Ever Raid of a Workplace in 2008
May 12, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Today in Latin American History
Today in Latin American history, U.S. ICE conducted the largest-ever raid of workplace & arrested nearly 400 immigrants in 2008. The Postville Raid was a raid at the Agriprocessors Inc. kosher slaughterhouse and meat packing plant in Postville, Iowa. continue reading »
2 Page Summary of 844 page Bill from Sen. Rubio Office - Immigraiton Reform Bill Summary
April 17, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Fact Checking Immigration Reform Bill of 844 pages - Summary from Sen. Rubio Office. continue reading »
Deported Migrants Seek Refuge in Underground Dwellings in Tijuana
March 21, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Hundreds of deported migrants, fearing detection and harassment by police and drug smugglers and unable to return to their homes, have sought refuge in below-ground makeshift dwellings in the Mexican border city Tijuana. continue reading »
The Path to Citizenship Starts With An End to the Deportations
February 4, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
"Both the president's leadership and bipartisan efforts to create a path to citizenship for New Americans represent a turning point in this movement, with new reason for hope. However, to realize this long overdue reform, new legislation must provide a working path to citizenship: continue reading »
Editorial Pages Agree: Citizenship Provision Must Be Viable & Straightforward for Reform to Work
January 30, 2013 | by Americas Voice Online | Latino Daily News
It’s been a busy week on immigration, with President Obama delivering an immigration speech yesterday, following the unveiling of bipartisan Senate principles on Monday. The nation’s leading editorial pages have been following this issue for years, and are weighing in with optimism that the stalemate in Washington may finally clear this year. They are also near unanimous in insisting that the citizenship provision of any reform bill be viable and straightforward for reform to work. Among the key editorials today: continue reading »
Immigration News: California Jails May Limit Immigration Holds to Convicts Only
December 20, 2012 | by Ryan Gabrielson for California Watch | Latino Daily News
In the next year, many of California’s local jails might limit federal immigration “holds” to detainees with felony convictions, greatly reducing the number of people deported from the state solely for entering the country without permission. continue reading »
Immigration Enforcement Negatively Impacting Children of Deported Parents
December 13, 2012 | by HS News Staff | HS News Network
One of the many consequences of an aggressive immigration enforcement system is the separation of children, often U.S. citizens, from their unauthorized parents. continue reading »
Filling Quotas or Setting Priorities? ICE Announcement to Increase Deportations Raises Concerns
June 8, 2012 | by Immigration Impact | HS News Network
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently announced that it would pull 150 agents from desk jobs and add them to Fugitive Operations Teams—teams created to locate and detain “fugitive immigrants” who pose a threat to the nation or the community or who have a violent criminal history—in order to find and deport additional “criminal aliens.” continue reading »
Arizona Latinos Take to the Street Protesting Deportations and Racism
May 2, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Members of the Hispanic community of southern Arizona marched through the streets Tuesday to demand an end to the deportations and racism provoked by state laws like SB 1070. continue reading »
7.5% of Scheduled ICE Deportations Suspended
April 25, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
An ongoing review of pending deportations has resulted in the suspension of 7.5 percent of the planned expulsions, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said. The evaluation is aimed at clearing a large backlog of court cases and at focusing enforcement efforts on the deportation of criminals, ICE Deputy Press Secretary Gillian Christensen said. continue reading »
Christmas Letters to Obama by Immigrant Children - Stop Deporting our Parents
November 30, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Most kids at this time of year get ready to write letters to Santa Claus, but many children of undocumented immigrants now prefer to write President Barack Obama continue reading »
New Republican Bill, Co-Authored by Rep Bill Flores, to Speed Up Deportations of Illegal Immigrants
September 18, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
This week twenty-one House Republicans introduced house bill H.R. 2952 which aims to speed up the time in which a detained illegal alien is deported out of the country. continue reading »
75 Democrats Sign Letter to Obama Against HALT Act, That Strips His Right to Administer Deportations
July 25, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A dozen pro-immigrant Democratic Members of Congress gathered for a press conference today to release a letter to President Obama saying they are opposed to the HALT Act, which they described to the President as "an attack on your integrity that should not pass unnoticed or unopposed." The letter was signed by 75 Democrats. continue reading »
Citing Precarious Conditions, UN Urges Governments Not to Return Haitians
June 22, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The United Nations is appealing to governments to suspend all involuntary returns to Haiti, given the precarious conditions that continue to persist in the Caribbean nation 18 months after the devastating January 2010 earthquake. continue reading »
Sex Offenders and Cocaine Smuggler Arrested by U.S. Border Patrol
April 25, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
U.S. Border Patrol agents from the El Centro Sector arrested two illegal aliens with history of criminal sex offenses and seized over $500,000 in cocaine over the past few days. continue reading »
Previously Deported Convicted Felon Charged with Illegally Re-entering the US
April 22, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A previously deported criminal alien from El Salvador was indicted by a federal grand jury on Wednesday for illegally re-entering the United States. The indictment resulted from an investigation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO). continue reading »
U.S. Bishops Urge Homeland Security to Stop the Resumption of Haitian Deportations
February 9, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
In a joint letter to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano February 7, Archbishop José H. Gomez, Coadjutor Archbishop of Los Angeles and chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Committee on Migration, and Bishop Gerald Kicanas of Tucson, continue reading »
Homeland Sec. Napolitano Checks in with Southwest Border Sheriffs and Police Chiefs
December 15, 2010 | by Estelle Gonzales Walgreen | Latino Daily News
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today held a quarterly conference call with sheriffs and police chiefs from 30 jurisdictions along the Southwest border to discuss the Department’s ongoing support for state and local law enforcement in their efforts to keep their communities safe from violence and other threats. continue reading »
Secretary Napolitano Announces Record-Breaking Immigration Enforcement Statistics Achieved
October 6, 2010 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today announced record-breaking immigration enforcement statistics achieved —including unprecedented numbers of convicted criminal alien removals and overall alien removals in fiscal year 2010. continue reading »
