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Broken Immigration System Is Leaving Thousands Of Children Fatherless
June 17, 2013 | by think progress | Latino Daily News
On Father’s Day, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) reminded Americans that the immigration bill making its way through Congress is paramount to millions of mixed-status families. “I want to say it’s Father’s Day. continue reading »
Immigration UnReform
June 15, 2013 | by NewsTaco | Latino Daily News
One of the funniest and saddest things I have observed in my carrier as a political commentator is the multi-ring circus currently performing in Washington DC in the halls of Congress. continue reading »
NELSON BALIDO: Border Exit System a Worthy Goal, but Steep Challenges Exist
June 14, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
As the full U.S. Senate prepares to debate the byproduct of the Judiciary Committee’s bipartisan attempt to overhaul our country’s immigration system, one maxim should guide its work: do no harm. continue reading »
Senate Halts GOP Immigration Amendment
June 14, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The U.S. Senate on Thursday rejected a Republican amendment demanding "effective control" of the southern border before allowing the immigration status of the undocumented population to be legalized. continue reading »
Immigration Bill Amendment Would Carve Out Benefits For Some Same-Sex Couples
June 12, 2013 | by Think Progress | Latino Daily News
When the Gang of Eight’s immigration reform plan was considered before the Senate Judiciary Committee in May, LGBT advocates were heartbroken to watch as Sen. Patrick Leahy continue reading »
Virginia Senator Shows Support for Immigration by Speaking to Congress in Spanish
June 12, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) showed his support Tuesday for the bipartisan immigration reform bill that the Senate is beginning to debate by doing something rather unusual for the chamber: he gave a speech entirely in Spanish. continue reading »
Procedural Path Of The Senate Immigration Bill
June 11, 2013 | by Immigration Impact | Latino Daily News
The Senate immigration reform debate has officially begun. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) filed cloture on the motion to proceed Thursday on S. 744, the “Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act continue reading »
Arizona Seeing More Undocumented Central Americans Illegally Crossing Border
June 10, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Undocumented Central American immigrants, especially Guatemalans, crossing the Arizona border during fiscal year 2013 increased considerably, according to Border Patrol records. continue reading »
GOP’S Newest Hispanic Outreach Idea: Deport Them
June 8, 2013 | by Estelle Gonzales Walgreen | Latino Daily News
This week to a chorus of boos House Republicans voted 224-201 to approve an amendment, authored by Rep. Steve King (R-IA), that defunds the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The amendment undermines Homeland Security’s ability to defer deporting undocumented immigrant youth. continue reading »
Obama “Doesn’t Fear” Immigration Debate in Congress
June 7, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Obama administration "doesn't fear" a tough debate on immigration reform in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, the director of the White House Domestic Policy Council said Thursday. continue reading »
New Report Reveals Scale of Deaths Along U.S.-Mexico Border
June 6, 2013 | by Immigration Impact | Latino Daily News
Nothing illustrates the high stakes of the immigration reform debate now taking place in the Senate quite as powerfully as the growing body count along the U.S.-Mexico border. Despite the U.S. government’s decades-long effort to stop unauthorized immigration through an “enforcement first continue reading »
58 Haitian Immigrants Try to Enter U.S. Illegally via Puerto Rico
June 4, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The U.S. Coast Guard and Puerto Rican police detained 58 undocumented Haitians on Tuesday as they tried to enter U.S. territory illegally on the west coast of Puerto Rico. continue reading »
What Is He Thinking? Sen. Rubio Endangering Immigration Reform Passage - Proposing Key Change
June 2, 2013 | by Estelle Gonzales Walgreen | Latino Daily News
No one is sure where Senator Marco Rubio obtained his negotiation skills but someone should of told him it is not wise to change the rules of the game when the game has started and when you wrote the first set of rules in the first place. continue reading »
Majority Leader Harry Reid Meets With Dreamer Eric Balderas (VIDEO)
May 27, 2013 | by Americas Voice | Latino Daily News
Now that the Senate Judiciary Committee has passed the Gang of 8 immigration bill out of markup, it is now in Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV)’s hands, and Reid has said that he will bring the bill to a vote in June. continue reading »
How Immigration Reform Will Let Families Reunite Without Becoming Criminals
May 24, 2013 | by Think Progress | Latino Daily News
A Human Rights Watch (HRW) study released this week found that 85,000 immigrants were prosecuted for illegal entry or re-entry in 2013. The three main reasons that HRW found for illegal entry or re-entry were “to seek work, to reunite with family… continue reading »
Heritage Foundation Between a Rock and a Hard Place
May 19, 2013 | by NewsTaco | Latino Daily News
If you’re looking for the Heritage Foundation today, look behind the rock next to the hard place. You’ll find the Heritage between the two, acting like it doesn’t have a care in the world. You get the sense of it by the silence. continue reading »
At California Detention Center, Immigrants Must Pay $20 For A Five-Minute Phone Call
May 17, 2013 | by Think Progress | Latino Daily News
Long known for exploiting inmate needs, immigration detention centers that generally contract out services like their phone systems, are generously paid by the federal government to hold ICE detainees. continue reading »
Urgent: Call Your Senator Now on Amendments to the Immigration Bill
May 16, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Senate Judiciary Committee is currently debating amendments to the “Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013” (S. 744). As the committee considers the section of the bill that addresses interior immigration enforcement, we have gotten news that certain harmful amendments could be voted on as soon as today! continue reading »
Corporations Make Millions by Detaining Undocumented Immigrants
May 15, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The detention of undocumented immigrants has become a multimillion dollar business for corporations devoted to the administration of prisons and detention centers in states like Arizona, activists say. continue reading »
Rep. Gutierrez Says Only Immigration Reform Can Stop Deportations
May 10, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
President Barack Obama will not put a halt to deportations of undocumented immigrants until and unless Congress passes immigration reform, Rep. Luis Gutierrez told Efe. Obama could not keep his 2008 promise for immigration reform and made it one of the pillars of his second term, but, according to Gutierrez, the immigrant community "is suffering intensely" due to the deportations. continue reading »
