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There were many protests at Capitol Hill in Washington recently, as scores of House and Senate member offices witnessed stiff opposition over the Department of Security funding bill. The opposition stemmed over President Obama’s Immigration executive action. A bill was recently passed that will help to fund the Department of Homeland Security, especially for young…

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GOP members now say that President Obama’s executive actions on immigration are not about immigration – but it was all about the Constitution. They stated that after the 2012 presidential elections it was important to win over Latino voters and thus immigration reform was singled out as a main opportunity. But as the 2016 election…

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Some days back immigrants across the country of the United States were asked by Homeland Security Chief Jeh Johnson to step forward and apply for President Obama’s deferred action program. In a public function the Chief rolled out the benefits of the plan to the immigrants, in which he said, around 5 million immigrant-aspirants who…

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Republicans were put under pressure in the United States to fund the Department of Homeland Security, as the Democrats stated that they would not negotiate on any measure that sought to block U S immigration policies. One of the Senate Minority leaders stated that if they sent a bill over with all the riders in…

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A group of key organizations that ranged from Latinos, law-based and faith-based groups have written to President Obama stating that the coalition was requesting him to bring a close to immigrant-based family detention. To quote the letter, which begins like this, “In light of recent developments and ongoing negotiations in litigation on the detention of…

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