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WASHINGTON POST: Immigrant rights group slam Obama, Democrats for slow action with legalization bill

March 09, 2010

By N.C. Aizenman and Spencer S. Hsu Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, March 9, 2010 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/08/AR2010030804898.html?hpid=moreheadlines Leaders of nearly a dozen grass-roots immigrant rights groups excoriated President Obama and congressional Democrats on Monday, accusing them of moving too slowly to legalize the status of undocumented immigrants and citing a record number of deportations in 2009. “Our community is angry. Our members feel ...

ROLL CALL: Immigration Reform Backers Cite Rally, Urge Action

March 08, 2010

By Jessica Brady Roll Call Staff March 8, 2010, 2:45 p.m. http://www.rollcall.com/news/43930-1.html   Supporters of immigration reform legislation are pointing to a March 21 rally on the National Mall as a target date for Members to release legislative language that could be marked up this year.   “They have a huge opportunity,” Ali Noorani, executive director of the National Immigration Forum, said of the March for America rally, which is expected to draw thousands of immigration reform ...

LA OPINION: Verificarán estatus a través de licencia

March 03, 2010

RIDE buscará reducir casos de falsificación de documentos con bases de datos del DMV   Claudia Núñez/ .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) //= 0; i=i-1){ if (l[i].substring(0, 1) == ' ') output += "&#"+unescape(l[i].substring(1))+";"; else output += unescape(l[i]); } document.getElementById('eeEncEmail_UEPGyDBAnj').innerHTML = output; //]] |  2010-03-03   Las licencias de conducir serán el siguiente paso en la verificación del estatus migratorio de una persona que salga ...

LA OPINION: Esperan bipartidismo en inmigración

January 05, 2010

Nuevo proyecto preliminar de la reforma en el Congreso incluye a demócratas y republicanos Antonieta Cádiz   2010-01-05   WASHINGTON, D.C.— Un esfuerzo de hablar de inmigración de manera bipartidista se está impulsando a puerta cerrada en la Cámara de Representantes, después de que el proyecto de ley promovido por Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL) no contara con ningún co-auspiciador republicano, a pesar de sus 91 adherentes. La semana pasada en el programa de televisión “Al Punto” de Univisión, el ...

POLITICO: Tough road for immigration bill

January 05, 2010

By: Josh Gerstein December 15, 2009 05:10 AM EST  Immigration reform advocates are launching a concerted drive this week to make sure their issue doesn’t get the election-year sidestep from Congress and a White House already wrestling with complex and far-reaching legislation on health care, climate change and regulating Wall Street.   Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) and more than 20 other Democratic House members are scheduled to introduce legislation Tuesday that would allow millions of illegal ...

HOUSTON CHRONICLE: Immigration cases fuel jump in federal prosecutions

January 05, 2010

December 21, 2009 Immigration prosecutions in southern Texas increased by more than 28 percent during the past fiscal year, helping to drive overall federal prosecutions to an all-time high, according tonewly released data. The Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) at Syracuse University reported on Monday that overall federal prosecutions peaked at 169,612 during the past fiscal year, which ended in September, up nearly 9 percent from the previous year. Immigration prosecutions ...

ROLL CALL: Reid Sees Votes in Immigration

December 07, 2009

  By John Stanton and Tory Newmyer December 7, 2009   Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) may not have a chance of passing an immigration reform bill next year, but that’s not going to stop him from keeping the contentious issue on the chamber’s front burner as he tries to rally Hispanic voters behind what’s likely to be a brutal bid for a fifth term.   Reid has repeatedly said that enacting comprehensive immigration reform is one of his top priorities and at one point even suggested ...

EFE: El gasto en acciones contra los inmigrantes carece de una razón económica, según un estudio

December 03, 2009

EFE: El gasto en acciones contra los inmigrantes carece de una razón económica, según un estudio 2 de diciembre de 2009, 03:30 PM Washington, 2 dic (EFE).- Nuevas acciones policiales contra los inmigrantes y para blindar la frontera carecen de una justificativa económica, dado que cuestan más que lo que se ahorra el erario público con una presencia menor de indocumentados en el país, según un estudio divulgado hoy. Gordon Hanson, profesor de la Universidad de California en San Diego, mantiene ...

WOMEN’S ENEWS: Military Family Gives Thanks Mom Wasn’t Deported

November 30, 2009

WOMEN’S ENEWS: Military Family Gives Thanks Mom Wasn’t Deported By Susan Elan WeNews correspondent Thursday, November 26, 2009 After fighting deportation threats, Francis Barrios can relax and spend Thanksgiving with her husband, an Iraq War veteran. A new federal bill would help many more families of U.S. military members stay together. VAN NUYS, Calif. (WOMENSENEWS)—This Thanksgiving the Barrios family will gather with relatives in Van Nuys, Calif., freed from the dread that Francis, 23, will ...

POLITICO: Query puts Napolitano on the spot

November 06, 2009

By: Josh Gerstein November 6, 2009 04:57 AM EST      A simple query from the Supreme Court is forcing the Obama administration to wrestle with the limits of states’ authority to enforce immigration laws — and also is throwing an uncomfortable spotlight on Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano.   On Monday, the justices asked the Justice Department to provide its views on Arizona’s attempt to force employers to verify the immigration status of potential employees. The law being ...

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