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Maryland Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown: “Maryland Needs the Dream Act”
July 7, 2012 | by Americas Voice Online | HS News Network
When President Obama announced his relief plan for DREAM Act-eligible youth last month, the move was applauded as a highly necessary development in the fight to give relief to undocumented youth in the only country they call home. One important thing Obama’s DREAM relief could not include, however, was any mechanism to help DREAMers pay their way through college. continue reading »
How Should Obama Administration Proceed with Deferred Action Program?
July 6, 2012 | by Immigration impact | HS News Network
In a June 15th memo announcing deferred action for immigrant youth, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano gave USCIS 60 days to come up with a process that will allow these young people to affirmatively apply for the chance to work, study, and live in the U.S. without fear of deportation. continue reading »
Mandatory use of E-Verify Likely to Lead to Discrimination
July 2, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Defenders of Hispanics in South Carolina warn that the law obliging companies to check the immigration status of new employees will spark discrimination against the community. continue reading »
Supreme Court Ruling on Arizona Law SB 1070 is Important but Limited Victory
June 26, 2012 | by HS News Staff | HS News Network
The Supreme Court invalidated most provisions of Arizona’s draconian anti-immigration law, known as S.B. 1070, including Section 6 which granted state police greater authority than federal officers to make warrantless arrests of anyone they suspected of being undocumented. continue reading »
A Breakdown of DHS’s Deferred Action for DREAMers
June 23, 2012 | by immigration impact | Latino Daily News
While headlines assess the significance of President Obama’s deferred action announcement last Friday, many are still sorting through the news to get answers to basic questions about who is covered under the new program. continue reading »
Deportation ‘Deffered’: DREAMers Celebrate Victory on Immigration
June 21, 2012 | by Campus Progress | HS News Network
A coalition of DREAMers, community organizers, immigration advocacy groups and their various allies celebrated a hard-fought-for victory outside the White House Friday afternoon after President Barack Obama's wrapped up his remarks about the Department of Homeland Security's drastic shift in immigration policy that would suspend deportation and grant work authorization to undocumented DREAM Act-eligible youths. continue reading »
As Romney Ducks Question, New Polls Show Broad Support for President Obama’s Action
June 20, 2012 | by Americas Voice Online | HS News Network
New polling documents that the general public, including Latino voters and independent voters, are broadly supportive of President Obama’s bold decision to protect hundreds of thousands of DREAM Act-eligible young people from deportation. Yet while the American public has decided and voiced its support, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney continues to avoid the question. continue reading »
TIME Magazine Profiles Dreamers: We Are American
June 15, 2012 | by HS News Staff | HS News Network
Define America’s Jose Antonio Vargas wrote a long essay about his journey as an undocumented immigrant–the full article is still behind the TIME paywall, but an excerpt was provided: There are an estimated 11.5 million people like me in this country, human beings with stories as varied as America itself, yet lacking a legal claim to exist here. It’s an issue that touches people of all ethnicities and backgrounds: continue reading »
Unregistered Latinos and Eligible-to-Naturalize Green Card Holders Could Swing Elections
June 13, 2012 | by american progress | HS News Network
Infographic: Top 10 States with High Concentrations of Potential Voters. In some key battleground states, the number of eligible but unregistered Latino voters runs into the hundreds of thousands or even millions. continue reading »
Advocates Call on Obama Administration to Protect Immigrant Families, Not Deport Them
June 13, 2012 | by Immigration Impact | HS News Network
Nearly a year ago, ICE Director John Morton issued a memo on prosecutorial discretion which led to the review of 300,000 immigration cases currently in removal proceedings. Advocates initially applauded this announcement, hoping that the administration would move quickly to close low-level, non-criminal immigration cases. 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 »
Congressman C. Gonzalez Cites Romney’s False Promises to American Families and American Business
June 7, 2012 | by HS News Staff | HS News Network
Congressman Charlie Gonzalez (TX-20) criticized Mitt Romney’s attack on President Obama’s accomplishments and policies at a campaign stop in Fort Worth, Texas. Congressman Gonzalez issued the following statement regarding Romney’s attacks: continue reading »
RUBIO WATCH- STARS Act Highlights Potential Pitfalls of Rubio DREAM Proposal
June 5, 2012 | by HS News Staff | HS News Network
When news broke yesterday that a Florida congressman introduced an alternative version of the DREAM Act, many assumed it was Sen. Marco Rubio, who has been promising for months to introduce such legislation. In fact, the bill in question—dubbed the STARS Act—was introduced by Rep. continue reading »
Florida Congressman Introduces His Complicated, Onerous Alternative To The DREAM Act
June 2, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Immigration remains a divisive issue for Republicans, with a faction of the party backing anti-immigrant laws while others are more moderate. On the campaign trail, Mitt Romney tried to straddle the divide. He first promised to veto the DREAM Act to win over hard right primary voters, before saying in April that he would be OK with the legislation for people who serve in the military. continue reading »
Undocumented Law Graduate Awaits California Supreme Court Decision
May 24, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Sergio Garcia graduated from law school three years ago, but he cannot practice his profession because he is undocumented, and so the California Bar Association is asking the state Supreme Court to make an exception and approve his license. continue reading »
This Weeks Immigration Policy Update
May 23, 2012 | by HS News Staff | HS News Network
On May 16, the House passed its version of the Violence Against Women Act reauthorization bill. Although some last-minute changes were made in a manager's amendment, the bill would still weaken protections for immigrant victims of domestic violence. continue reading »
Alabama Governor Signs Bill That Makes State’s Immigration Law Even Worse
May 22, 2012 | by Immigration Impact | HS News Network
Last week, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley publicly criticized a bill intended to revise key sections of the state’s controversial immigration law (HB 56). He even announced a special legislative session to address his issues with the bill—namely, a provision that requires school officials to check the immigration status of enrolling students and that of their parents and a provision that requires Alabama’s Department of Homeland Security continue reading »
The Ad Says, “No One Wants to be Called a Pig,” And Then Does Precisely That to All Mexicans
May 19, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights demands an explanation and apology from Pro Carpet and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution for the ad that appeared recently in AJC Reach. The ad says, “no one wants to be called a pig,” and then does precisely that to all Mexicans continue reading »
With 50% of Farmworkers Undocumented,Females are Defenseless Against Sexual Abuse in US
May 17, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Female farmworkers in the United States are defenseless against the sexual abuse to which they fall victim at their places of work, as in the case of a young undocumented Mexican woman who was deported when she reported the fact that a fellow worker had raped her. continue reading »
Hundreds Show Up To Support Gabino Sanchez: Deportation Delayed But Moving Forward
May 17, 2012 | by HS News Staff | HS News Network
This week, Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL-4) joined Gabino Sanchez, a South Carolina man facing deportation, at a hearing in Charlotte, NC and rallied with hundreds of supporters, including a large contingent of local clergy, outside the courthouse before the hearing. continue reading »
