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Latinos Say Immigration Issue is Personal
06 Mar 2012 / Deportation, ICE, Immigration Enforcement, The DREAM ActElizabeth Liorente of Fox News reports that Latinos see Immigration issue as personal, not political: It’s not a dinner table topic for many of them, or the sole issue that will influence whom they support for president in November. But Latinos still listen closely to what candidates say about immigration. A new Fox News Latino [...]
Protest March Against Alabama Anti-Illegal Immigration Law
05 Mar 2012 / ICE, Immigration Enforcement, Immigration ReformFoxNews Latino reports: Alabama’s laws cracking down on illegal immigration have become a new focus for a nearly two-decade-old civil rights march. Organizers expect thousands to participate in the crossing of the Selma bridge for the 47th anniversary of the 1965 incident when peaceful demonstrators were attacked by police in what became known as “Bloody [...]
ICE To Pay $350,000 to U.S. Immigrants for Wrongful Raid
22 Feb 2012 / ICE, Immigration Enforcement, NewsThe U.S. has agreed to pay $350,000 to settle a civil rights lawsuit filed by eleven immigrants as a result of their arrests after ICE conducted a series of immigration raids in their houses in 2007. The immigrants involved will not be deported. This is the largest settlement ever paid by the United States and immigration lawyers are touting the court settlement as a landmark victory [...]
