Daily Archives: May 23, 2013

Missing the Detention Deportation Forest for the Immigration Reform Tree | Politic365

Seemingly lost in much of the congratulatory messaging surrounding the “Gang of 8? immigration reform bill passing by a bipartisan vote of 13-5 from the Senate Judiciary Committee to the Senate floor is the continued emphasis, in both the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act and other policy actions, on imm…

CT News Junkie | TRUST Act Clears Hurdle

A bill that would prohibit, under some circumstances, any law enforcement officer in the state from telling U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that they detained an undocumented immigrant cleared another legislative hurdle Tuesday when it passed the Public Safety Committee 13 to 7. Supporters of the measure standing outside the House chamber…