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TOWARDS A FAIR AND HUMANE IMMIGRATION REFORM
Keynote at the International Seminar on Migration and Public Policy convened at the Colegio de la Frontera Norte on November 17-18th, 2016 in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico – hosted by ... -
No, Trump, We Can’t Just Get Along
By: Charles M. Blow ~ NOV. 23, 2016 Donald Trump schlepped across town on Tuesday to meet with the publisher of The New York Times and some editors, columnists and reporters at the ... -
Shameful Silence on Donald Trump’s Lies About Vote-Rigging
By the New York Times Editorial Board ~ October 17th, 2016 http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/18/opinion/shameful-silence-on-donald-trumps-lies-about-vote-rigging.html?emc=edit_th_20161018&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=49022863 It may be too late for the Republican Party to save itself from the rolling disaster of Donald ... -
In City Built by Immigrants, Immigration Is the Defining Political Issue
By Binyamin Appebaum, The New York Times ~ October 12th, 2016 Link to Article HAZLETON, Pa. — Thousands of Dominicans have poured into this little city in eastern Pennsylvania since ... -
How Latino voters and legislators are changing California politics
By Mindy Romero, Los Angeles Times ~ September 27, 2016 http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-romero-latino-impact-on-california-democrats-20160927-snap-story.html California Latinos are helping to ensure a Democratic majority in the state’s Legislature, but they are hardly a politically monolithic ... -
How Republicans Lost Their Best Shot at the Hispanic Vote
Three years ago, the G.O.P.-led House was close to reaching a compromise on immigration — one that might have neutralized the issue for the 2016 election. This is the inside ... -
For Assembly speaker Rendon, gun violence issue is personal
By Patrick McGreevy, L.A. Times ~ August 20, 2016 http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-rendon-guns-20160819-snap-story.html In adopting a sweeping package of gun control laws this summer, many California lawmakers focused on the sobering statistics — ... -
Deportations divide Sanders and Clinton Latino activists
By Kate Linthicum, L.A. Times ~ June 5, 2016 http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-pol-democrats-immigration-divide-20160603-snap-story.html Federal agents came for Erika Andiola’s mother in 2013. A well-known immigrant rights activist in Arizona, Andiola was able to ... -
What Hillary Clinton Can Do To Show that Immigrant Families Matter
Peter Schey pschey@centerforhumanrights.org, ~ May 1, 2016 http://centerforhumanrights.org/PDFs/5-1-16_How_Hillary_Clinton_Can_Show_Immigrant_Families_Matter.pdf Bill Clinton dealt a major setback to rational immigration policy in 1996 when he signed the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility ... -
On Immigration, Law Is on Obama’s Side
By RICHARD G. LUGAR, N.Y. Times ~ April 18, 2016 THE legal controversy surrounding the Obama administration’s immigration enforcement policies will soon come to a head when the Supreme Court justices ...