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Cops Critical of ‘Law and Order’ Immigration Policies (blogs.alternet.org) TMC

In Arizona and Texas, policies popular with the anti-immigration wing of the GOP are running into sharp criticism from a group of experts who know a thing or two about law and order: cops.

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Submitted 19 days ago by AlisonHamm | 0 Comments |

Why Serious Immigration Reform Is Inevitable (www.alternet.org)

Hot-button issues like health reform and economic recovery will come and go. That U.S. immigration policy is fundamentally broken guarantees its eventual place in the conversation.

Tags: immigration policy,immigration reform,enforcement economy,politics,obama,government

Submitted 3 months ago by lizchapman | 0 Comments |

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Hate Crimes & Immigration Policy Roundtable: What Can the Government Do? (lauraflanders.firedoglake.com) TMC

Most Americans agree our current immigration policy is not working -how to deal with it garners far more debate. As government mulls over ways to improve policy, the tally of recent hate crimes... More

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Submitted 9 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

Uncle Sam Denying Soldiers Citizenship (us.oneworld.net) TMC

Loopholes in immigration policy are preventing U.S. military personnel from becoming citizens even after years of service to the country, reported a civil rights organization this Memorial Day

Tags: citizenship,tmc,one world,immigration policy

Submitted 9 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

The Cost of the American Dream (amforum.blogspot.com) TMC

The politics of immigration have complex roots. Since 9/11, the idea that national security is at risk has been used by many to justify draconian tactics to stem the tide of undocumented immigrants... More

Tags: american dream,immigration policy,tmc,american forum

Submitted 10 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

MEXICO-US: More Rhetoric for Change (www.ipsnews.org)

By Diego Cevallos MEXICO CITY, Apr 16 (IPS) - Reiterated promises of cooperation and respect marked U.S. President Barack Obama’s visit to Mexico Thursday. But activists and analysts from both... More

Tags: migration,immigration,immigration policy,barack obama,felipe felipe calderón,nafta,usmexico relations

Submitted 11 months ago by JPeterCostantini | 0 Comments |

SF Trumps Mayor’s Conservative Stance on Immigration Policy (www.wiretapmag.org) TMC

Finally, a ray of sunshine in San Francisco’s deteriorating immigration policy, a ray of hope, ray of light – sing it Madonna! The San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee (DCCC) voted... More

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Submitted 11 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

RIGHTS-US: Ill Migrants Left to Languish Behind Bars (www.ipsnews.org)

By Ben Case NEW YORK, Mar 18 (IPS) - Clinical staff at U.S. immigration detention centres systematically abuse detainees in their charge, according to two reports by Human Rights Watch and the... More

Tags: migration,immigration,immigration policy,undocumented immigrants,public health,detention,human rights

Submitted about 1 year ago by JPeterCostantini | 0 Comments |

POLITICS: Pundits Hope for Renaissance in U.S.-Latam Ties (www.ipsnews.net)

By Jim Lobe WASHINGTON, Mar 10 (IPS) - While U.S. relations with Latin America hover near their lowest point since the end of the Cold War, the election of President Barack Obama "has opened the way... More

Tags: migration,immigration,immigration policy,immigration reform,undocumented immigrants,mexico,latin america

Submitted about 1 year ago by JPeterCostantini | 0 Comments |

Increase in Latino federal prison population reveals flaws in immigration policy (www.progressive.org) TMC

Our immigration laws are out of whack. And they are clogging our federal prisons with nonviolent folks who are guilty of nothing more than living, working and raising families here without proper... More

Tags: latino federaal prison population,tmc,flaws,immigration policy

Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

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