Immigrants continue fighting despite delay in Obama’s executive action
Anger is still boiling after Obama announced he was delaying his announcement of more executive relief for immigrants until after the Nov. 4 midterm elections.
President's delay on immigration action allows crisis to deepen
Despite his anger, U.S. Rep Luis Gutiérrez (D, Il.) said people should not allow their disgust regarding inaction on immigration reform to keep them from voting in November.
Peaceful immigration reform protesters target White House, get arrested
"Is this what we have come to? Divided up, as working people, based on where we came from? The president must halt the 1,000 daily deportations."
Rights groups sue feds over immigrant families
"What we are seeing in Artesia is nothing less than a sham process that values expediency over justice".
Labor movement demands immediate relief for 11 million immigrants
The AFL-CIO has demanded that President Obama take administrative action to remove the threat of deportation hanging over some 11 million immigrants.
Dallas opts to take immigrant children
Up to 2,000 immigrant children will be cared for in Dallas under a plan announced by County Judge Clay Jenkins at the Texas Democratic Party Convention June 28.
Groups file suit demanding legal representation for child deportees
Each year, the government initiates immigration court proceedings against thousands of children, some of whom have lived in the U.S. for years.
Republicans use child refugees to block immigration reform
The arrival in South Texas alone of over 50,000 child refugees without immigration papers has been seized on by Republicans to block immigration reform.
Children fleeing violence and poverty
Displaced children as young as 13 are leaving their homes in Central America in greater numbers than ever before due to violence from wars involving the cartels, gang initiations and or extortion.
No Bill of Rights on U.S.-Mexico border
Tucson is 60 miles from the Mexican border, within a 100-mile zone where immigration authorities say important due process rights can be suspended.
