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Federal Judge Orders Release, Immigrants Face Delays
While women and children being held in Texas immigration detention centers are happy to hear they are to be released under the orders of a federal judge, their attorneys say the government has failed to give a deadline as to when that will take place. “We are seeing more and more that Immigration and Customs…
Read MoreCalifornia Sees Increase in Unauthorized Immigrant Population
A new report issued by the Migration Policy Institute shows an estimated 205,000 unauthorized immigrants are living in San Diego County. That’s an increase of about 24,000 since the organization released its previous report in January. The new data makes San Diego County the seventh largest region in the United States to house unauthorized immigrants.…
Read MoreImmigrant Refuses to Leave Church without Guarantee of Safety
While Rosa Robles Loreto could leave the small, Tucson church where she has taken shelter for the last year, there is no guarantee she would not be deported to Mexico. It’s for this reason that she has decided to stay put. This means she is only able to see her family when they visit the…
Read MoreFinnish Politician Faces Backlash After Anti-immigration Rant
The Finns, a party in Finland’s ruling coalition, is being urged by the country’s lawmakers and ministers to cut ties with a member who left a vicious rant against multiculturalism on Facebook. Olli Immonen, a member of The Finns, asked for assistance from his “fellow fighters” in the battle against multiculturalism to defend “one true…
Read MoreDetained Immigrant Children Receive Adult-Strength Vaccine
The summer of 2014 saw a surge of women and children from Central America rushing into the United States, seeking asylum from raging violence in their home countries. This caused federal immigration officials to reconsider their stance on family detention. This fresh perspective resulted in the construction of the largest immigration detention center in the…
Read MoreUS Reaction to the Border Surge in Rio Grande States
Over the past several months, a tremendous border immigration surge of Central Americans has come to the Southwestern United States. No one knows for certain what has caused the increase in the number of people seeking refuge in the US, but generally it is credited to a perceived softening of immigration enforcement policy by the…
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President’s New Immigration Programs
On November 20, 2014, the President announced a series of executive actions which changed and created new immigration programs. These changes will help keep families together and provide an opportunity for many individuals living in the US without legal immigration status to normalize status in the US. The plans include: Expansion of the DACA Program…
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