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Immigration Law Reform - YourListen
What should and/or can comprehensive immigration reform look like? How can we facilitate the enactment of a just immigration reform? Two experts address this for Border Women in El Paso, Texas.
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Why ICE released immigration detainees nationwide today
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Multiple detention centers across the country are freeing groups of low-priority detainees without bond in a “supervised release.” The move came as a surprise. ICE claimed that sequestration prompted
Billie Greenwood’s insight:Whatever the reason, this is really good news.
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As House GOP leaves women unprotected from violence, citizens fight back
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House Republicans filed their own version of the Violence Against Women Act legislation yesterday, but it doesn’t protect all victims from violence. Indeed, it rolls back current law.
Billie Greenwood’s insight:so many crime victims need VAWA! Open this to learn how you can push on Congress.
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Obama reverses Latino approval rating - will he keep it?
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President Obama’s job approval rating soared markedly over the past year among the Spanish-speaking US population. Obama’s job approval rating is up nationwide.
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Border Patrol vehicles are destroying Arizona wilderness areas
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Border Patrol operations are destroying designated wilderness areas where motorized vehicle travel is prohibited by law.
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When immigration ‘reform’ propels private prison profiteering
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Recent immigration reform proposals trade the promise of a “pathway to citizenship” for increased border enforcement. But that’s a deal that makes border communities recoil.
Billie Greenwood’s insight:Another reason to separate immigration reform from border security—two (2) separate issues.
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Immigration reformers flex political muscle with massive petition delivery today
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The immigration debate claimed the spotlight this week — both at the President’s State of the Union address and at yesterday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. Today, nearly 300,000 Americans
Billie Greenwood’s insight:Increasing momentum to accomplish reform.
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Violence Against Women Act reauthorization clears Senate in significant gender-split vote
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The US Senate passed the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) reauthorization in a gender-split vote of 78 to 22 today. Every female Senator voted to pass the
Billie Greenwood’s insight:What kind of difference would it make in our legislation if women were equally represented?
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The daunting, invisible barrier to US citizenship
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Although they could naturalize, almost two-thirds of the 5.4 million legal immigrants from Mexico aren’t US citizens. In fact, their rate of naturalization—-36%—-is only half that of
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Violence Against Women Act: Why it’s dying. What will we lose? Can we save it?
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Unnoticed, the Violence against Women Act (VAWA) died quietly with the closing of the 112th Congress in 2012. VAWA is a law that defends women from domestic violence and
Billie Greenwood’s insight:Get to work, Citizens!!
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