NEWS
Following the close of the Republican debate on Wednesday, several candidates along with their supporters began questioning whether children who are born to immigrants in this country illegally should be considered American citizens. However, some in Texas have escalated the situation beyond mere talk, requiring parents to show specific forms of ID in order to receive birth certificates. As a result, many Texas-born children are not being granted birth certificates. The state claims it is…
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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 Enforcement is releasing people but sometimes without an explanation,” Luis Mancheno, an attorney with the New York-based Immigrant Justice Corps,…
Read MoreA 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. Researchers suggest the increase is nothing to be concerned with and that more recent data was gathered using surveys, indicating…
Read MoreWhile 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 church. There are two other immigrant women like Rosa in similar situations. Both women remain in churches for fear of…
Read MoreThe 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 Finnish nation.” Four days later, the country awaits an official response from Foreign Minister Timo Soini, leader of The Finns.…
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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 country. The facility, built by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, is designed to hold up to 2,400 undocumented asylum-seeking women…
Read MoreOver 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 Obama Administration and overwhelming violence and corruption in countries including El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico. Regardless of where responsibility…
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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 (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) to include those who came to the US before turning 16 years old, who have…
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