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  Undocumented youth and advocates commended President Obama for the courage to announce an executive order to provide relief for DREAMers. “The President has given us a reason to believe in him” said Caeser Vargas, managing partner at DRM Capitol Group.  “We will ensure that people go out to vote…

The Obama administration’s decision to grant deferred action to certain unauthorized immigrants who were brought to the United States as children could provide relief from deportation to as many as 1.4 million noncitizens under the age of 30, according to a Migration Policy Institute (MPI).   Using 2008-2010 Current Population…

  We appreciate the Cuban government today finally releasing Alan’s medical records and test results to us.  It is unfortunate that it took more than a month for them to do so, despite repeated requests.  We will reserve any further comment until after Alan’s U.S. doctors have an opportunity to…

WASHINGTON— Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today announced that effective immediately, certain young people who were brought to the United States as young children, do not present a risk to national security or public safety, and meet several key criteria will be considered for relief from removal from the country…

Washington, D.C. — This morning, the Obama administration announced that it will provide administrative relief from deportation for people who came to the United States before age 16 and are currently age 30 and under, have been here for at least five years, and pose no threat to public safety…

In a case of very creative accounting, the nativist Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) is blaming immigrants and children for Maryland’s fiscal woes. In a new report, FAIR lumps together unauthorized K-12 immigrant students with U.S. born students who have unauthorized parents and claims that they are all costing…

This analysis was prepared by Frederick B. Mills, Senior Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs. On May 11, death came to the Miskitia from U.S. State Department-owned helicopters manned by contract Guatemalan pilots, members of a special Honduran Police Unit, along with U.S. DEA agents. Reports concerning the…

Almost 30 years after restoring democracy, Argentina is at present strengthening different aspects of human rights in a way that is being followed and observed with attention by the international community. With newly groundbreaking laws (approved with a wide support in Parliament) such as Gender Identity, Decent Death, Equal Marriage…

This week, the Legal Action Center (LAC) at the American Immigration Council, in collaboration with Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, filed suit against Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for unlawfully withholding records concerning voluntary returns of noncitizens from the United States to…

Two new polls show that both Latinos and non-Latinos continue to embrace common sense, federal immigration reform and a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.  While some politicians continue to hide from the issue, suggest tentative baby steps forward, orhope the states will step in, the American people are unequivocal: undocumented immigrants…