May 1, 2012
The Miami Herald
South Miami-Dade Guatemalans claim abuse by ICE during arrests
April 29, 2012
Adolfo García and Julio Díaz, two Guatemalan cousins, were watching television in their Homestead house the night of Nov. 19, 2008, when they heard screaming in the living room. They say they hid in a closet, thinking robber – or maybe killer – had broken in. The “intruders,” it turned out, were Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents…Click Here to Continue Reading
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The New York Times
With G.O.P.’s Ear, Rubio Pushes Dream Act Proposal
April 26, 2012
When Senator Marco Rubio first floated his compromise version of the Dream Act – the bill, now stalled that would grant some students in the United States illegally a path to citizenship – the chances of reviving the politically charged issue in Congress seemed…Click Here to Continue Reading
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USA Today
Supreme Court weighs fate of Arizona’s immigration law
April 23, 2012
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said she didn’t know what she was starting when she signed her name to the state’s landmark immigration bill just over two years ago. “I knew that it was going to be momentous, but to this extent, I had no idea…Click Here to Continue Reading
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The Miami Herald
Marco Rubio, Dreamers and political calculations
April 21, 2012
Marco Rubio has cut the DREAM Act baby in half, but unlike Solomon’s biblical baby, this 21st centure version can survive, maybe even morph into an American citizen. That would mean a compromise. Not likely during this presidential election year, we know, but the political calculations…Click Here to Continue Reading
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Americans for Immigrant Justice
Action Alert: Save the DREAM
April 17, 2012
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The Miami Herald
Rubio proposal offers way toward Dream Act
April 16, 2012
*AI Justice Executive Director Cheryl Little Op-Ed
Florida’s Sen. Marco Rubio has the right idea. Dream Act youth should be granted legal status. Sen. Rubio’s proposal would offer Dreamers a nonimmigrant visa that could be renewed indefinitely. It wouldn’t lead to u.S. residency or citizenship, but would legalize…Click Here to Continue Reading
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The Miami Herlad
Fighters for the DREAM Act
April 9, 2012
When the history of immigration reform is written, our young immigrants in Miami likely will be hailed as the inspiration for a national movement to legalize those who are undocumented. Gabriela Pacheco of Ecuador, Felipe Matos of Brazil, Juan Rodriguez of Colombia and Carlos Roa of Venezuela walked 1,500 miles from Miami to Washington, D.C. in January 2010…Click Here to Continue Reading
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The Miami Herald
For top law school grad, a dream dashed
April 3, 2012
Once again, an institution in Florida goes out of its way to punish a meritorious immigrant for the peccadillo of parents who overstayed a tourist visa to give their son an opportunity at being an American. And where is Florida’s Hispanic congressional leadership? Missing…Click Here to Continue Reading
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