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October 2011
According to a new report released by the Pew Hispanic Center , the children of Latin immigrants aged 17 and younger represent the highest number of children living in poverty in the U.S. It is worth noting, however, that if this age range is not taking into consideration, poverty among Latin children is only surpassed...
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Last week, Rick Perry, who is the governor of Texas and a Republican Party presidential candidate, issued strong statements on immigration in Florida that resonated among immigration enforcement-only policy supporters in the Florida Legislature. The Florida Tea Party movement say they will accept nothing short of requiring every employer to check the immigration status of...
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 The Ensuring Equal Justice Pro Bono Initiative (EEIJ) honored its volunteer attorneys today at a breakfast reception at the Law Offices of Greenberg Traurig, in Downtown Miami. The Miami-Dade Public Defender, Carlos J. Martinez, PD-11’s EEIJ Liason, Sarah Wood Borak, and Justice R. Fred Lewis of the Florida Supreme Court, were proud to recognize some...
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With more than 100 residents demanding a stop to the construction of an immigration detention center next to the city of Pembroke Pines due to, as they claim, having been kept in the dark about certain agreements that had been reached, the City Commissioner, Angelo Castillo, has confirmed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has...
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Today the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued a precedent decision inSanchez Fajardo v. U.S. Attorney General, rejecting the Silva-Trevino analysis to determine whether a conviction is for a crime involving moral turpitude. TheSilva-Trevino was a Board of Immigration Appeals decision that expanded the reach of an Immigration Judge to determine whether a particular conviction...
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The verdict is out on the Alabama immigration law: unfortunately, the federal judge has partially rejected the federal government’s request to block this strict new law that is considered to be the toughest on illegal immigrants. It makes it a crime for an illegal resident to apply for a job, it requires public schools to...
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Image via Wikipedia Last week, President Barack Obama spoke before an audience of Hispanics and assured them that he would continue to “push hard” for an overhaul of U.S. immigration laws even as his administration steps up border security and deportations. At a discussion that took place at the White House, Obama said he has...
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 Last week, a seven-day crackdown on illegal immigration took place, rounding up 2,901 undocumented immigrants with substantial criminal records. This roundup was the result of the widest net ever cast by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and the number of illegal immigrants ensnared is one of the largest totals. The Obama administration has been hit...
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On the fifteenth anniversary of the immigration law, advocates call for the repeal of mandatory detention. The Detention Watch Network launched its “Dignity, Not Detention” campaign, calling on Congress to repeal the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act, which mandates the detention of undocumented immigrants, which was signed by President Clinton exactly fifteen years...
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Image via Wikipedia According to immigrant advocates, a new immigration enforcement bill is being considered in Congress, one that would undermine existing immigration law by removing prosecutorial discretion and deferred action-two components that protect undocumented victims of domestic violence. Michelle Ortiz, the supervising attorney of Lucha, a unit within the Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center, says...
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