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Self-deportation program launched in Chicago
Source: Associated Press
By SOPHIA TAREEN, The Associated Press CHICAGO - Federal immigration officials in Chicago and four other cities Tuesday launched a self-deportation program for immigrants who have evaded federal deportation orders and want to turn themselves in. The offer, which immigrants and immigrant rights advocates have…
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Immigrant arrests sever parents, children
Source: Associated Press State & Local Wire
Original Source Brothers Ismael, Luis and Edwin Valeriano are U.S. citizens, but their lives have been upended by the arrest of their father as part of an escalating crackdown on illegal immigrants. In March, the boys' 38-year-old father, Ismael Valeriano, a single parent from Mexico…
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The Defeat of Immigration Reform in the U.S. – Now What?
Source: Gara LaMarche
Some weeks after the U.S. Senate failed to muster the necessary votes to deal with America’s immigration challenges, a clearer picture is emerging of what happened and what needs to happen next. Atlantic has supported The Coalition for Comprehensive Immigration Reform and a number of…
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Students Spell Out Messages on Immigration
Source: The New York Times
By JULIA PRESTON MIAMI — Dozens of college students lay down on South Beach on Sunday afternoon, but not to sunbathe. Most were immigrants in this country illegally, and their bodies, fully clothed, formed giant letters that spelled out a message for Floridians and one of…
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The right way to mend immigration
Source: The Washington Post
Our immigration system is badly broken. Although our borders have become far more secure in recent years, too many people seeking illegal entry get through. We have no way to track whether the millions who enter the United States on valid visas each year leave…
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Houston’s Clergy Unites to Urge Support for Immigration Reform
Source: The New York Times
HOUSTON — The Rev. John W. Bowie knows it is hard to sell the people in his neighborhood on the idea that they should support changing immigration laws to give illegal immigrants a path to citizenship. His church lies in one of the oldest black…
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Top Democrat says he'll advance immigration bill
Source: The Washington Post
By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVISSenate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid of Nev. gestures during a news conference on Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) (Manuel Balce Ceneta - AP)WASHINGTON -- The top Senate Democrat said Tuesday he'd move to force a…
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Fewer Reported Entering U.S. Illegally
Source: The New York Times
by GINGER THOMPSON The latest arrest figures from the Border Patrol and a report released on Thursday by the Pew Hispanic Center indicate that fewer people are trying to enter the United States illegally and that the number living here without documents has declined. A…
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Hundreds of Workers Held in Immigration Raid
Source: The New York Times
by ADAM NOSSITER LAUREL, Miss. - In another large-scale workplace immigration crackdown, federal officials raided a factory here on Monday, detaining at least 350 workers they said were in the country illegally. Numerous agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement descended on a factory belonging to…
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LGBT Clients Who Reported Gross Mistreatment In Immigration Custody Remain Detained
Source: National Immigrant Justice Center
The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC), an Atlantic grantee, is dedicated to ensuring human rights protections and access to justice for all immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers.This article was originally posted on NIJC's website by Jane Zurnamer on 05 July 2011. Defending the rights of sexual…
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