A conservative Latino group made a bold statement against the immigration rhetoric of fellow conservatives Wednesday. The Libre Initiative — which is funded by the Koch brothers — penned a letter criticizing the immigration policies of GOP presidential candidates as “not in line with our principles and […] not in the best interest of the […]
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Conservative Latino group speaks out against GOP immigration rhetoric
September 10, 2015 By 3 Comments
Five Questions Sen. James Lankford Wants Obama to Answer About His Immigration Actions
September 10, 2015 By Leave a Comment
Sen. James Lankford will send a letter to the White House on Thursday asking the president to clarify his remarks that there will be “consequences” for government officials who do not comply with his executive order on immigration. This is the second attempt Lankford, R-Okla., has made to have President Barack Obama explain his statement. […]
Indiana’s Pre-K Pilot Caught Up in Immigration Debate
September 10, 2015 By Leave a Comment
By Christina A. Samuels, Education Week, Bethesda, Md. Sept. 09– Indiana’s decision to close its state-funded preschool pilot program to 4-year-olds who are not legal U.S. residents has drawn national attention and raised sticky questions about the access of such children to education before they reach kindergarten. The news organization Chalkbeat Indiana reported in August […]
On the street: Mass deportations?
September 10, 2015 By Leave a Comment
(Daily Record, The (Wooster, OH)) People in Wayne and Holmes counties were asked: Should there be mass deportations of illegal immigrants? “I do believe that we need a (border) wall. We need to enforce existing legislation and we always want to encourage legal immigration. But as to mass deportations, I’d say no. It’s too emotional […]
3 charged in sham marriage scheme in California
September 9, 2015 By Leave a Comment
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California man, his daughter and an associate are charged with running an elaborate sham marriage ring that secured green cards for Chinese citizens by wedding them to Americans, authorities said Wednesday. Jason Shiao, 65, and his daughter Lynn Leung, 43, were arrested on charges of conspiring to commit visa […]
Trump ‘hates concept’ of US taking in Syrian refugees but resigns himself to it
September 9, 2015 By 14 Comments
Donald Trump – whose hardline position on immigration has upended the Republican race for president – has called on the US to take in more Syrian refugees, telling an interviewer: “I hate the concept of it, but on a humanitarian basis you have to.” In an appearance on Fox News’s O’Reilly Factor on Tuesday night, […]
