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Statement on Immigration ReformChristian Churches Together in the U.S.A.
February 8, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Christian Churches Together in the U.S.A., representing the breadth of Christian churches and denominations in the U.S., gathered in Austin, Texas, for its annual meeting to focus on the challenge of immigration reform. We heard from “dreamers,” a variety of immigrants and experts on immigration issues continue reading »
New Report Shows That Border Benchmarks Already Have Been Met
February 6, 2013 | by Immigration Impact | Latino Daily News
As the components of what should be included in an immigration reform bill take shape, border security, along with enforcement, is proving to be a key part of the framework. Eight senators released a bipartisan proposal earlier this week that included a path to citizenship for the 11 million unauthorized immigrants currently living in the United States. continue reading »
PEW RESEARCH: The Path Not Taken: Two-thirds of Legal Mexican Immigrants are Not U.S. Citizens
February 5, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Nearly two-thirds of the 5.4 million legal immigrants from Mexico are not citizens of the United States, even though they are eligible to naturalize. Their rate of naturalization----36%----is only half that of legal immigrants from all other countries combined, according to an analysis of Census Bureau data by the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center. continue reading »
Rep. Gutierrez and Sen. Durbin Meet In Chicago With Community Leaders on Immigration Reform
February 4, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Today, Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL) participated in a community forum in Chicago hosted by Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) at the Instituto del Progreso Latino, in the Congressman's district. The forum brought together leaders from a cross section of Chicago-area constituencies to update them and discuss progress being made in the House and Senate towards comprehensive immigration reform. 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 »
13 Former TX Prison Employees Charged With Taking Bribes for Smuggling into Fed Detention Center
January 31, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Federal authorities arrested 12 former Ector County Correctional Center (ECCC) guards and one former ECCC employee this morning for allegedly accepting bribes in exchange for smuggling contraband to inmates inside the federal detention facility 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 »
President Obama’s Four Part Plan for Comprehensive Immigration Reform
January 30, 2013 | by Kimberly Kipp | Latino Daily News
Yesterday, President Obama spoke from Las Vegas about creating a fair and effective immigration system that lives up to our heritage as a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants. "I’m here because most Americans agree that it’s time to fix a system that’s been broken for way too long." President Obama said continue reading »
PEW Report :A Nation of Immigrants A Portrait of the 40 Million, Including 11 Million Unauthorized
January 29, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The nation’s total immigrant population reached a record 40.4 million in 2011, according to an analysis of Census Bureau data by the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center. continue reading »
US Immigration Proposal Divides Reform Advocates- Undocumented are Over 60% Hispanic
January 29, 2013 | by Voice of America | Latino Daily News
A legislative proposal out of Washington may soon give hope to millions of illegal immigrants living in the United States, while at the same time sparking renewed fears of a system run amok and warnings that years of inaction have made the problem only more complex. continue reading »
Latino Commission on AIDS Praises Bipartisan Senate Working Group on Immigration Reform
January 28, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Today, a bipartisan group of Senators released a comprehensive package to overhaul the nation’s immigration system, which includes a pathway to citizenship for the almost 11 million undocumented immigrants in this country. continue reading »
Tell Senators Dick Durbin and Mark Kirk: Support Real Immigration Reform, Including Citizenship
January 28, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Our current immigration laws are a disaster. Today, over 11 million immigrants live in the United States without the full protection of our legal system or a framework that would provide them with a path to participate in our democracy. The time is now for real immigration reform that keeps families together, protects immigrants from violence and discrimination, and provides immigrants who are living in America and contributing to our society a pathway to citizenship. continue reading »
HELP - 11-Year-Old American Kid Explains What ICE Has Done to His Dad
January 23, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Meet Edi's American born son, who has two American siblings. I really don't like watching him cry. You can't meet Edi, as immigration agents ripped him from his house as he was on his way out to take his kids to school. Obama recently changed policy to reconsider and lower priorities around undocumented immigrants who aren't breaking any laws, trying to find them a path to citizenship continue reading »
Why Immigrants Should Have Access to Legal Counsel
January 23, 2013 | by Immigration Impact | Latino Daily News
U. S. immigration laws are incredibly complex, yet they provide only minimal due process protections for even the most vulnerable noncitizens. In criminal courts, defendants who cannot afford an attorney are provided one for free, but in immigration court, noncitizens do not receive the same protections continue reading »
Immigrants Gather in DC to Call for End to Deportations
January 22, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Thirteen immigrants including a number of farm workers, who had traveled 1,600 kilometers (995 miles) in a caravan from Florida, called Tuesday in the U.S. capital for President Barack Obama to stop deportations and for Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform. continue reading »
Congressman Luis Gutierrez to Speak on Immigration at Inauguration Event
January 18, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Congressman Luis V. Gutierrez will speak at an event on Saturday, January 19 at the Organization of American States in Washington as part of the Latino Inaugural 2013 activities. The Congressman will deliver an address about the prospects for immigration reform in 2013 continue reading »
Rep. Gutierrez Hires “Deferred Action” Recipient for Chicago Office
January 15, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Today, Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL) announced the hiring of José M. Quintero as an employee in his District Office on North Avenue in Chicago. Quintero was the first young immigrant in Illinois to receive work authorization via Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), the deportation-relief offered by President Obama to immigrants eligible for the DREAM Act continue reading »
Removals Remain the Starkest Measure of Immigration Enforcement
January 14, 2013 | by immigration impact | Latino Daily News
For more than a decade, the general thrust of U.S. immigration policy has been aimed at expanding the grounds of removal and the tools for facilitating deportations from the country. Not surprisingly, this has come at an enormous cost. Although the figure has been disputed by restrictionists, a report from the Migration Policy Institute continue reading »
GAME On: Rep. Gutierrez Joins House Judiciary Committee To Fight For Immigration Reform
January 8, 2013 | by Americas Voice Online | HS News Network
Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL) announced that he will join the House Judiciary Committee, stepping away from a plum post as the third ranking Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, so that he can fight for immigration reform. As Rep. continue reading »
Reasons for Cautious Optimism on Immigration Reform
January 7, 2013 | by Immigration Impact | HS News Network
There is considerable debate at the moment over the prospects for immigration reform this year. On the one hand, an electorally chastened Republican Party seems to be reevaluating its long-standing support for deportation-only immigration policies. continue reading »
