US Immigration

ICE hiding detention center violations, report claims

Inspections of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)-run immigration detention centers are ineffective and frequently result in favorable ratings being given to centers that have abused human rights, according to a new report released by advocacy groups yesterday. The report says that the inspections are important, as the ratings they generate help to determine whether […]

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Democrats block sanctuary cities legislation

Democrats in the Senate yesterday blocked legislation designed to crack down on the so-called ‘sanctuary cities’ that protect undocumented immigrants from federal immigration authorities, claiming the bill was anti-immigration. The bill from Louisiana senator David Vitter was unable to gather the 60 votes needed to pass into law. Vitter was moved to introduce the bill,

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GOP presidential candidates should support immigration reduction

The current ‘autopilot’ immigration system in the United States that quietly allows millions of new immigrant workers to enter the country every year is failing to meet the needs of the people of America, according to Representative David Brat and Senator Jeff Sessions. Brat and Sessions claim that any candidate deserving the position of President

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Texas can deny birth certificates to children of immigrant parents

On Friday, a federal judge ruled that officials in Texas can keep preventing parents who are undocumented immigrants from getting birth certificates for their children, even if they were born in the US. The ruling followed a lawsuit against the state by a group of undocumented immigrants who claim that the lack of a birth

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Trump slams Clinton and Sanders over immigration giveaways

While some criticism has been thrown at the first Democratic debate for not paying enough attention to the issue of immigration or the Latino demographic, the few instances that were referred to were enough to unleash a storm from Republican presidential candidate nominee front-runner Donald Trump. During a speech in Virginia on Wednesday, Trump slammed

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Clinton backs healthcare for undocumented immigrants

Hillary Clinton, the current front-runner for the position of presidential candidate for the Democratic Party, joined in a heated televised political debate on Tuesday that largely centered on the state of California and the issue of providing undocumented immigrants in the United States with healthcare. Clinton says that she supports undocumented immigrant minors being given

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