Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio warned Tuesday that if Congress doesn’t pass immigration overhaul legislation, President Barack Obama may act on his own to legalize the 11 million immigrants already in the U.S. illegally. Rubio, a potential presidential candidate and an author of the sweeping immigration bill that passed the Senate in June but…
DetailsSeveral hundred immigrant farm workers travelled by car to our Nation’s Capital from far away places such as Arizona, Florida and Chicago for a three-day #Not1more Deportation Covening to address the issue of deportation of immigrants. When a family member is deported, the families are seperated for long periods of time with the ensuing struggle…
DetailsThe move announced Tuesday is spelled out in the settlement of a civil lawsuit filed in 2011 on behalf of two men who said they were held illegally in the Orleans Parish Prison for months – well beyond a 48-hour limit an advocacy group says is spelled out in the rules of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In the settlement in U.S. District…
DetailsSen. Marco Rubio of Florida offered Republicans a new reason to vote for immigration reform on Tuesday. Either legalize 11 million undocumented immigrants in exchange for more border security or President Obama will just legalize them on his own. “I believe that this president tempted will be tempted, if nothing happens in Congress, to issue an e…
DetailsFederal agents tasked with enforcing immigration laws will largely be kept out of New Orleans jail, online and the sheriff will no longer fulfill detention requests unless they are for people who have committed serious crimes like murder and armed robbery….
DetailsFederal agents tasked with enforcing immigration laws will largely be kept out of New Orleans jail, and the sheriff will no longer fulfill detention requests unless they are for people who have committed serious crimes like murder and armed robbery….
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