Immigration

Mark Morgan, acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said the agency would continue to prioritize deportations of people who have criminal histories, but that no one should be exempt from enforcement.

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“It’s kinda surreal. I mean, we’ve got cameras in our house, and drones hovering over our coffee table recording us while we talk with the other parents,” one man whose daughter is a cast member told Latino Rebels.

“Invaded.”

U.S. District Judge Susan P. Watters held that Deputy Skinner and Justice Hernandez did not have any lawful reason to arrest Miguel Reynaga.

The global community needs to treat these children with dignity, providing them with access to education and healthcare, and ensuring that alternative care rather than detention is available.

While migrants at the border represent many different nations, they all share the same dream of contributing to a free and safe society with the promise of opportunity.

At what point do we need to arrive before we realize there’s a real problem?

Latino Rebels Radio: May 26, 2019

In 187 of these cases, detainees lasted more than six months in solitary confinement.

“The 2020 Census will take place at a time of heightened fear given the political climate that we find ourselves in. A population undercount undermines all of that”

“That’s why the Congressional Hispanic Caucus has called for a Congressional and Department of Justice investigation on the death of migrant children over the last six months,” Congressman Joaquin Castro said.

“History will remember how we treat these vulnerable families in their greatest time of need, and I urge our government officials to act with compassion and care,” Dr. Ramón Tallaj of SOMOS said.

“Trump and ICE can’t change the subject.  This trial has exposed the illegality at the heart of ICE’s dragnet,” said Pablo Alvarado, NDLON Executive Director.  

“I’m glad the White House is finally engaging Congress on the issue of immigration. Unfortunately, the President’s proposal betrays American values,” said Congressman Joaquin Castro, Chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.

Nothing new.

The new show isn’t afraid to directly tackle a pressing political issue to have more social resonance: family separation.

Overall, 19 Republicans signed the letter, along with 19 Democrats.

“Will local and federal Democrats enact policies that protect immigrants and reject collusion with ICE, or will we hear the usual rhetoric using immigration as a wedge issue for the next election?”

The increase in Cuban asylum applicants at the U.S.-Mexico border is straining the already backlogged U.S. immigration system.