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Teen’s crusade to keep undocumented parents in the U.S. pays off
After four years of protests, marches, and even a heartfelt speech before a Congressional committee, 13-year-old Kathy Figueroa helped bring her parents’ deportation proceeding to the national...
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Sex traffickers exploiting children along border; Latina legislators vow to...
Currently, the screening at the border to identify victims of child trafficking is performed by Customs and Border Protection personnel who are not specialists in child welfare. California Democratic...
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Opinion: The Dream 9, immigration detention and solitary confinement
Last night, Rachel Maddow interviewed one of the so-called Dream 9 – nine young men and women who were brought to the United States as children, without documents, and who recently staged a bold public...
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California group urges Governor to sign TRUST Act, limiting local law...
In California, 28 Democratic legislators and local sheriffs are lobbying their support for an amended TRUST Act. If signed by California Democratic Governor Jerry Brown, it would limit when local law...
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VIDEO Former ICE Director John Morton on immigration reform, deportations and...
In an excerpt from an exclusive Vme interview, former Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton speaks to Vme’s Marian de la Fuente. Among the issues discussed was his agency’s 2010...
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New ICE policy limits separation of parents and children
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced a new directive on immigration parent deportations on Friday. The deportation policy is aimed at safeguarding parents and ensuring that they are...
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New ICE directive limiting solitary confinement a good step, but issue is...
Immigration reform activists and human and civil rights organizations say ICE’s new directive limiting the use of solitary confinement for immigrant detainees is a good first step – but the key is...
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New report: Border Patrol use of force to be monitored
Today the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a new report, “U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Use of Force Training and Actions to address use of Force...
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Conflicting views on approaching 2 million deportations
The Obama administration is approaching two million deportations, a milestone that immigration advocates decry and enforcement hawks dismiss as a failing of the president’s immigration policies....
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Fewer deportations in 2013, according to latest ICE figures
The Obama administration removed 368,644 immigrants from the country last year, according to figures released Thursday by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. This is the fewest number of immigrants...
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