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Monthly Archives: November 2017
Personal DACA stories and other immigration articles – November 29, 2017
The twins and their parents came here from Colombia in 2001 to escape death threats – now their parents are being deported. The twins can stay for now – because of DACA. Marcy Suarez lost her home in Honduras to … Continue reading
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Living in fear and other immigration news – November 28, 2017
In Atlanta, traffic stops trigger immigration detention. In Boston, an undocumented mom is afraid to let her children go trick-or-treating. On the border, Central American parents seeking asylum are sent to immigration detention and their children are taken away and … Continue reading
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Minnesota picture, big picture and other immigration news – November 27, 2017
Recent Minnesota news: work to change county jail practices in Hennepin County, to streamline U-Visa processing, and to help people become citizens. Two long-form articles paint a big picture of factors driving immigration: Moyers & Company describes long-term U.S. involvement … Continue reading
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Separating families at the border and other immigration news – November 24, 2017
Buzzfeed reported on three fathers forcibly separated from their very young children by U.S. immigration authorities as they asked for asylum. Eric Matute Castro crossed the border with his three-year-old son, Royer: “One of them said ‘If you want violence, … Continue reading
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Targeting TPS and other immigration news – November 22, 2017
The Star Tribune summarizes the situation for more than 300,000 people with TPS: Ten countries are on the list of Temporary Protected Status recipients: El Salvador: since 2001, with an estimated 200,000 people qualifying Haiti: since 2010, about 50,000 Honduras: … Continue reading
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Luck of the draw determines asylum decisions and other immigration news – November 21, 2017
Though Attorney General Jeff Sessions railed against a high rate of asylum grants, the facts are that asylum is granted in less than half of all cases. Nationwide, during the time period from 2012-2017, immigration judges denied 52.8 percent of … Continue reading
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Extreme(ly stupid and dangerous) vetting and other immigration news – November 20, 2017
Extreme vetting is still on the table, with the plan calling for private contractors to mine social media and “generate at least 10,000 investigative leads a year that would be forwarded to federal agents.” Even putting aside privacy and constitutional … Continue reading
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Operation Raging Bull, DACA renewal reversals and other immigration news – November 16, 2017
Operation Raging Bull: ICE posted a garish web page Thursday to announce 267 “MS-13 arrests.” The arrests – 214 in the United States and 53 in El Salvador – were not broken down by the nature of the offense charged, … Continue reading
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DACA through the Looking Glass and other immigration news – November 15, 2017
First, the Trump administration set an arbitrary, 30-day deadline for DACA renewal applications. Then it said applications had to be received by the October 5 deadline – not just postmarked by the deadline, which is the usual procedure. Now … Continue reading
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Zombie travel ban returns and other immigration news – November 14, 2017
Tired of reading about the anti-Muslim travel bans? Sorry – they continue to live, and will be litigated for months (years?) to come. The latest comes from the Ninth Circuit, which upheld in part and reversed in part the ruling … Continue reading
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