“Gang bangers.” That’s how President Barack Obama, while speaking at a November presidential debate, characterized the criminal immigrants who have been deported during his administration. A recent news report, however, shows that immigration officials floated ideas last year aimed at buoying deportations stats by focusing on minor…
U.S. immigration officials laid out plans last year that would ratchet up expulsions of immigrants convicted of minor crimes as part of an urgent push to make sure the government would not fall short of its criminal deportation targets, patient new records obtained by USA TODAY show. Among those new tactics – detailed in interviews and internal e-mails -…
Jose Antonio Vargas, health the undocumented journalist who came out about his immigration status in a New York Times feature story, check will not be the only undocumented immigrant making his voice heard at the capitol this week. Vargas will be speaking at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on immigration reform Wednesday. But a group of more than 250
Ramiro Gomez Jr. is working fast enough to draw the least amount of attention, help but slowly enough to make every detail stand out. He describes the rush he gets as "therapeutic." Gomez has created inserts on a human-size piece of cardboard, and with a pair of pliers he begins to lace wire to it. He then grabs tools to prop the cardboard…
At least 11 undocumented immigrants and their allies were arrested Wednesday after interrupting a Senate hearing on immigration reform. The protesters from around the country were calling for immediate action to end the Obama administration’s unprecedented deportations. They rose to their feet and interrupted remarks by Homeland Security Secretary…
Lawmakers who are shaping the fate of the millions of people in the U.S. illegally were told by one Wednesday that it’s time to rewrite immigration laws so that they, too, can live the American dream. "What do you want to do with me?" an emotional Jose Antonio Vargas demanded of senators. "How do you define American?" The first…
Grupos bipartidistas en ambas cámaras están trabajando diligentemente para redactar un proyecto de ley. Celebro estas gestiones", s señaló el mandatario durante su discurso sobre el Estado de la Unión. "Pues bien, ¡acabémoslo de hacer! Envíenme un proyecto de ley de reforma migratoria…
Republican senators insisted Wednesday that the Obama administration must se the border before serious talk can begin on the future of illegal immigrants in the country. The Senate’s first hearing on proposals to alter the status of about 11 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. was a contentious one in which senators berated the Department…
El comité judicial del Senado puso en evidencia las discrepancias fundamentales entre ambos partidos y el impacto de las deportaciones en sectores de la sociedad estadounidense, s durante su primera audiencia sobre la reforma migratoria. La secretaria de Seguridad Interna, Janet Napolitano fue una de las primeras en declarar en la…
That excitement quickly faded for a group of 200 immigrants — some legal, some not — who were watching the speech in a Washington, D.C., conference room. They started booing when Obama touted the work his administration has done to se the border and deport illegal immigrants with criminal records. "He said he’s deporting criminals, but I k