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President Obama Addresses Immigration Reform: "We Are Making Progress"

By Sugey Palomares | 03/26/2013 - 10:23 | 0 Comments

The Senate is feeling the heat from President Obama in regards to immigration reform. During a naturalization ceremony for 28 new citizens at the White House on Monday, Obama declared that he wants to see the passage of a bill that will fix the immigration system "as soon as possible.”

“We are making progress, but we've got to finish the job," said...

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Illegal Immigrants Feeling the Tougher Border Controls
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Undocumented Immigrants Feeling the Tougher Border Controls

By Sugey Palomares | 03/20/2013 - 14:36 | 0 Comments

Over the last few years, the magnitude of border patrol forces has increased dramatically due to new barriers and tougher policing. While the changes have created less of a migration from the Mexican border to the north, according to a Pew Hispanic Center, a new report by...

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Introducing La Santa Cecilia's New Track About Immigration “El Hielo”

By Sugey Palomares | 03/11/2013 - 15:30 | 0 Comments

As immigration reform continues to be a hot button issue in Congress, artists like La Santa Cecilia are reflecting on the politics and how it affects our communities. The Latin Grammy-nominated group has a bold new single out titled, “El Hielo” (“Ice”), an airy and...

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Jeb Bush: Legal Residency, Not Citizenship, For Illegal Immigrants

By Sugey Palomares | 03/05/2013 - 11:35 | 0 Comments

Jeb Bush may be trying to become a major player in the national debate about immigration. The former Florida Governor is on the road promoting his new book,...

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Immigration Holds at Maricopa County Jail Top Nation

By Kamren Curiel | 02/27/2013 - 14:39 | 0 Comments

Maricopa County is in the news again for its anti-immigrant practices. A study released last week by Syracuse University's Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse found that Maricopa County Jail holds the title for most immigration holds in the country. The study also found that of the nearly one million people...

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President Obama's Approval Rate Increases Among Latinos

By Sugey Palomares | 02/22/2013 - 12:16 | 0 Comments

Despite President Barack Obama’s challenge of delivering spending cuts for the sequester deadline on March 1st, a new survey conducted by USA Today and the Pew Research Center claims that his approval rate among Latinos...

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Report: ICE Detained 800 U.S. Citizens in 4 Years
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Report: ICE Detained 800 U.S. Citizens in 4 Years

By Kamren Curiel | 02/21/2013 - 14:13 | 0 Comments

In the midst of President Obama's highly anticipated immigration reform proposal—a leaked version raised GOP concerns for reportedly not tying a pathway to citizenship to new border security measures—a new report found that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained nearly 1 million people between 2008 and 2012. Of those...

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New Bipartisan Task Force to Advise Congress on Immigration Reform

By Fox News Latino | 02/12/2013 - 12:46 | 0 Comments

Some big-name politicians are part of a new bipartisan group that will be advising Congress on how to best reform the U.S. immigration system.

They include former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who in a conference call Monday called immigration “the hardest and most vexing issue.”

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