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Obama Issues A Gag Order On “Stop the Deportation” Campaigns
The Obama Administration is reportedly calling on Congressional members to stop making calls on behalf of stopping the deportations of certain immigrants from the country. It’s a gag order as a response to increasing pressure from several immigrant advocacy groups Read More …
No Blanket Deferred Action for DREAM Act Students
Here’s a persistent media myth that needs to die: President Obama is not deporting undocumented students. Actually, he is. The President keeps reiterating his support for the DREAM Act and comprehensive immigration reform. He did so on Univision last night. Read More …
Heroes and Zeroes of Immigrant Rights in 2010
You won’t find these heroes with glitzy awards parading down any red carpets. But they deserve recognition for their role in the fight for immigrant rights. Undocumented immigrant youth: There’s no doubt thatimmigrant youth like the DREAM Act 5 who sat at McCain’s Read More …
American Taliban 1, USA 0
Having dark skin makes one a Muslim in tea-bagger land. A new poll shows that 1 in 5 Americans think that President Barack Obama is a Muslim. A Puerto Rican man cannot walk through a crowd of anti-mosque protesters without Read More …
New Crack-Cocaine Sentencing Disparity, Slightly Less Racist Than Before
Between hullabaloo over attempts to repeal birthright citizenship and the latest marriage equality victory over Proposition 8, one important story got left out of the news this week. Obama signed a law enacting the most significant criminal justice reform he’s enacted Read More …