“There’s no reason for me to go back home where things are going to be exactly the same,” Aguirre, 22, said. “The point of us being here is to make a change. ... This is my work, to make sure that my family is OK.” ...
Daily Archives: February 9, 2018
McConnell tees up immigration debate
McConnell said earlier this week that he would use a non-immigration bill as the base for the debate, essentially letting the Senate start from scratch. ...
Tim Robbins’ Actors’ Gang mines 300 years of immigrants’ stories in ‘New Colossus’
"The New Colossus" has 12 actors, young and old, playing characters from different countries and eras, all woven into a single narrative about escaping an oppressive homeland, drawn to the beacon above Ellis Island. "Th ...
Why Border Patrol agents can board a bus or train and ask if you’re a citizen
You may have seen a video like this recently: camera-phone footage of Border Patrol agents getting on a bus or train, then walking down the aisle asking passengers, seemingly at random, if they’re American citizens. ...
Exclusive: Trump’s draft plan to punish legal immigrants for sending US-born kids to Head Start
Or getting insured through the Children’s Health Insurance Program, or getting assistance to heat their homes. ...
John Kelly’s true self and ICE’s mission creep: Tyranny is spreading
There's been a lot of news the last couple of days about White House chief of staff John Kelly, whose protective embrace of staff secretary Rob Porter in the face of multiple charges of domestic violence seems to have fi ...
The resistance gets rolled
At the height of its influence, the tea party had the GOP in a vise-grip. But liberal activists have a long way to go to match that sway over Democrats, if this week’s budget deal is any indication. ...
We Locked Four Experts in a Room Until They Solved Immigration
Staring into this dismal legislative abyss, Politico Magazine and I decided to try to take matters into our own hands. If Congress couldn’t manage to forge a deal in their wood-paneled offices and marble halls over the p ...
Public Defenders Walk Out in Protest of ICE Court Arrests
The Thursday protest took place outside a Bronx courthouse, where attorneys say Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officers are arresting their clients with no distinct pattern. WABC-TV reports the protest was sparked ...
New Mexico Newspaper Apologizes for Cartoon Portraying ‘Dreamers’ as Muggers
The male victim tells the woman, “Now, honey ... I believe they prefer to be called ‘Dreamers,’” a reference to young undocumented immigrantspredominantly from Latin America, and adds, “Or future Democrats.” ...
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