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A Young Immigrant's Suicide Re-Awakens the DREAM Act
60 days ago
by Elisa
The death by suicide of Joaquin Luna, Jr., has weighed heavily on my mind. He was an undocumented immigrant from Mexico who was brought to the United States as an infant. As this New York Times story pointed out, he has become a symbol in calls to re-introduce and pass the DREAM Act, which would gra ...
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Record Deportations under President Obama
117 days ago
by Bruce
So much for President Obama being undocumented immigrant friendly. CNN reports: Nearly 400,000 people were deported from the United States in the past fiscal year, the largest number in the history of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, the government announced Tuesday. The year-end ...
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Is This Type of Deportation Fair?
136 days ago
by Danielle
Only being able to take ONE 50 pound suitcase, Queens, New York native Nadia Habib packed this past Wednesday night ready to face her deportation September 29, 2011. Nadia, a 19 year old Stony Brook University student came to the United States as a baby, and faces deportation to Bangladesh with her ...
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Washington State Elections Initiatives
// politics
149 days ago
by ecoadmin
Recently, a Tea Party activist got permission from the California Secretary of State to gather signatures on a ballot initiative that would, if approved by the voters, make life much harder for immigrants, and for many other Latino's and Latinas in California. Supporters of the initiative must gathe ...
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