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On Friday morning, Georgia Governor Nathan Deal made it legal for police to stop suspects and question them about their citizenship. The law, similar to Arizona’s now infamous SB 1070, would reduce the burden on hospitals, schools, and similar institutions that currently provide services for undocumented immigrants. According to Reuters.com, critics expect a drawn out judicial Read More →
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President Obama’s immigration address, which he gave Tuesday in El Paso, is being widely described as a political move designed to woo Latino voters—a crucial bloc whose approval ratings of the President have been dipping. The President stressed that amending immigration policy relies on legislation being passed by a bi-partisan Congress. Because that will be Read More →
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On the heels of a recent flurry of meetings with elected officials, business people and prominent private citizens concerning immigration, President Obama today gave a major speech in El Paso to push for changing the nation’s policies. The President called on Congress to come together in a bi-partisan effort to fix an immigration system that Read More →
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By Jessica Perez It’s 8:30 am on a Sunday morning, and 28 Roosevelt High School juniors gather in front of school, all in white t-shirts. Several hold signs. Others apply sunscreen. And one holds a loudspeaker. Noisy and oddly alert for a non-school day, they wait to hear their names as U.S. History teacher Mariana Read More →
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In the wake of President Obama’s meeting Tuesday with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus to discuss immigration reform, a coalition of the 30 leading Hispanic organizations in the United States has issued a statement calling for the President to take steps “immediately.” Lillian Rodriguez-López, chair of the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda, said: “We appreciate the series Read More →
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Now that President Obama has proven that he was born in this country, he’s getting pressure to do something to help law-abiding people who weren’t. Even as the President on Thursday assembled a group of prominent Latinos at the White House to discuss immigration reform (including actresses Eva Longoria, Rosario Dawson and America Ferrera, Univisión Read More →
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You may recall our report from a couple of months back on “Smuggle Truck,” a video game in which the goal is to get passengers across a “fictional” border. Cute, eh? Well, in order to get approval from Apple for an app, the game developers have changed “Smuggle Truck” to “Snuggle Truck,” substituting happy zoo animals for Read More →
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All those high-profile Dream Act protests may have paid off. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency appears to be backing off from apprehending and deporting undocumented college students. An April 27 New York Times article focuses on a college student in Dallas who was pulled over two years ago for a traffic violation, then Read More →
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When President Obama comes to L.A. for a fundraiser at Sony Studios Thursday afternoon, he’ll encounter a protest organized by the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles. CHIRLA’s aim is to remind the President of his pledge to update immigration laws. According to CHIRLA: Our nation’s enforcement of immigration laws is inconsistent and disparately unbalanced. Read More →
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The Office of the Inspector General at the Department of Homeland Security field office in Tucson has confirmed to LA>FWD that it has opened an investigation into an incident that left Los Angeles resident José Gutierrez (pictured) in a coma after a taser was used on him by border agents. As first reported by the L.A. Read More →
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