Jeb Bush: Undocumented Immigration is an Act of Love
Jeb Bush: Undocumented Immigration is an Act of Love
*Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush says braking the law by entering the U.S. with no documents is “an act of love.” He attended a high profile GOP celebration on the […]
Number of unaccompanied minors arriving illegally in US is rising
*This is interesting as proof of how immigration follows the same economic and personal interest push-pull pressures as the larger economy. Children come the U.S. on their own fleeing violence […]
Paul Ryan: Immigration a question of ‘when’
*I don’t know whether to feel optimistic about Rep. Ryan’s words, or hold on to my cynicism. Leaders on the Democratic side say they have the votes to pass CIR […]
Dems try to breathe new life into Immigration Reform (and set a Tea Party trap)
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco As immigration politics goes, this is as exciting as it’s gotten in a long time. Most of us have been lighting candles at a death vigil, […]
House Dems Will Try to Force Immigration Vote
By Frank Thorp V, NBCNews House Democrats will file another ‘discharge petition’ Wednesday in an effort to force a vote on a bill to overhaul the nation’s immigration system. The move, […]
Race to Enroll Latinos as Obamacare Deadline Looms
By John Michaelson, Public News Service (with data and editorial assistance from NewsTaco) AUSTIN, Texas – With a major deadline looming for all to have health care coverage or face possible […]
Facing Risk Of Rape, Migrant Women Prepare With Birth Control
By Jude Joffe-Block, Fronteras ALTAR, Sonora, Mexico – The Santa Maria pharmacy in the northern Mexico smuggling town of Altar is often a last stop for migrants before they embark on […]
Talk of Immigration Reform Fuels Spike in Fraud Cases
By Maria Antonieta Mejia, New America Media REDWOOD CITY, Calif. —Cecilia, an undocumented Mexican immigrant, never anticipated that her life in the United States would turn into a real-world telenovela, the […]
Immigrants Launch Hunger Strike in Texas Detention Center
By Priscila Mosqueda, Texas Observer Immigrants in a for-profit detention center in Conroe are refusing to eat to protest conditions at the facility. The protests in Texas follow a similar hunger […]
Prison Hunger Strike Puts Spotlights on Immigration Detention
By Alex Altman,TIME Eleven days ago, Paulino Ruiz stopped eating. After nine months at Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Wash., which houses immigration detainees awaiting deportation, Ruiz was sick of […]
