As the clock continues to tick and the number of deportations, detentions, and immigrant prosecutions continue in much the same fashion that occurred under the previous administration, Latino and immigrant rights groups are beginning to express their frustration publicly with the lack of leadership from the White House on this issue. The Department of Homeland [...]

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The Department of Homeland Security has granted Haitians who are currently in the US illegally temporary protected status (TPS). Many pro-migrant groups, along with religious organizations like the Catholic Church, were pushing for this in recent days because it simply does not make sense to deport undocumented Haitians back to a country in chaos.
As long [...]

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Yesterday, I read this piece by Ruben Navarrette titled Obama drops ball on immigration. I scratched my head and then thought to myself, “I don’t think President Obama ever really picked up the ball on immigration since he has occupied the White House.” We have seen evidence of this by his

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Another troubling article came out today regarding immigrant detention. Yesterday, immigration officials said that they discovered the records of 10 previously unreported deaths in ICE custody. More specifically, these unreported deaths involved eight men from Cuba, one from Mexico, and one from Ecuador.
For me, the fact that these deaths were not apparent in a previous Freedom of Information Act [...]

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It has been a busy start to the week for me, but I’m working on putting together another foreign policy Q & A about the situation in Honduras, which I hope to post within the next day or two. With the passing of Michael Jackson, the recent events in Iran, and now this coup in [...]

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