By Lydia Wheeler The Department of Justice lost its last chance Monday to save President’s Obama’s immigration programs. Without any explanation, the Supreme Court decided not to rehear the administration’s appeal of a lower court order blocking the president’s attempt to shield nearly 5 million people from deportation. In June, […]
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Research Group Predicts the Amount of Child Refugees to Enter the U.S. in 2016 – 127,000
9 Sep
by Foster, on News
By Claudia Balthazar (staff@latinpost.com) A research group estimated that more than 127,000 children will enter the United States in the year 2016, up from less than 100,000 unauthorized migrants that entered the U.S. in 2015, in a report released on Wednesday. The research group, Child Trends, estimated that only about […]
By Tierney Sneed In a not unexpected move, immigrant advocates filed a lawsuit Thursday taking on a federal court ruling that blocked President Obama’s 2014 executive actions providing deportation relief to certain undocumented immigrants. The lawsuit argues that the federal judge who blocked the implementation of the programs — Andrew […]
Mothers In Immigrant Detention Vow To Continue Hunger Strike Until They’re Released — Or Dead
18 Aug
by Foster, on News
Elise Foley Mothers detained in a Pennsylvania family immigrant facility ― some for more than a year ― vow to continue a hunger strike that risks their health and potential deportation to what they say is serious danger in their native countries. Many also have joined a high-stakes legal battle […]