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Oregon immigrant rights groups respond to Trump's order for 200,000 Salvadorans to leave U.S.

Lauren Hernandez

SJ Statesman Journal

2018-01-09

Tags:

economy, jobs, enforcement, visas, immigration, refugee, society

The Trump administration will end temporary legal immigration status for 200,000 Salvadorans who have been living in the U.S. for nearly two decades, the Department of Homeland Security announced Monday.

The decision means that Salvadorans who currently have Temporary Protected Status (TPS) must return to their homeland by September 2019 or become undocumented immigrants if they choose to remain without legal protections.

Salvadorans were first granted TPS in 2001 following a pair of devastating earthquakes that killed nearly 1,000 people and destroyed more than 100,000...

In extraordinary public negotiation with Congress, Trump promises to sign DACA bill

Gregory Korte,Deirdre Shesgreen and Eliza Collins

USA Today

2018-01-09

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border, jobs, chain migration, visa overstay, illegal immigration, DACA, illegal aliens, Congress

WASHINGTON — President Trump promised Tuesday to sign what he called a "bill of love" to extend protections to 800,000 immigrants who entered the United States illegally as children — if Congress can work out the details.

"You folks are going to have to come up with a solution," Trump told 25 lawmakers in a remarkable televised negotiation at the White House. "And if you do, I'm going to sign that solution."

But funding for a wall along the border with Mexico remains a sticking point, as Trump insisted that border security remain a part of any deal.

Lawmakers...

Pres. Trump spells out immigration priorities

2017-12-20

Tags:

immigration, legal immigration, illegal immigration, national security

In a broad policy statement released on Dec. 18, President Trump spells out plans to reform immigration controls in the national interest.

The statement, titled National Security Strategy of the United States of America, December 2017, covers many aspects of national security in addition to immigration issues.

To view the full document, click here. Below is the section dealing with immigration management. The steps he includes in “Priority Actions”, when implemented, will greatly improve the current system.

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Strengthen Border...

DREAM Act amnesty would have huge impact on U.S.

2017-12-17

Tags:

enforcement, illegal immigration, DACA

Any amnesty encourages further illegal immigration.

Besides that, the pending DACA amnesty would have an enormous, permanent impact on the U.S. through greatly increased population and expenses for benefits, as explained here:

Excerpt from Amnesty Chain Migration Would Exceed Four Years of U.S. Births, by John Binder, Breitbart.com, December 15, 2017

… As House and Senate Republicans, Democrats, the big business lobby, the cheap labor industry, and the open borders lobby have teamed up to push an amnesty for potentially...

Kate Steinle’s accused killer found not guilty of murder, to be deported

Elizabeth Zwirz

FOX News

2017-12-01

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border, crime, enforcement, ICE, sanctuary cities, illegal immigration, illegal aliens

Jose Ines Garcia Zarate was found not guilty Thursday of murdering Kate Steinle on Pier 14 in San Francisco in July 2015 in a case that sparked a heated national debate over illegal immigration and so-called sanctuary cities, and U.S. immigration officials said he will be deported.

Zarate was acquitted of first and second degree murder and involuntary manslaughter. He also was found not guilty of assault with a semi-automatic weapon. He was found guilty of possessing a firearm by a felon. The jury had deliberated for six days.

Steinle was walking with her father and a...

‘Please, God, Don’t Let Me Get Stopped’: Around Atlanta, No Sanctuary for Immigrants

Vivian Yee

New York Times

2017-11-25

Tags:

crime, enforcement, 287(g), ICE, sanctuary cities, illegal immigration, driver's license, illegal aliens, President

CHAMBLEE, Ga. —

...Few places in the United States have simultaneously beckoned undocumented immigrants and penalized them for coming like metropolitan Atlanta, a boomtown of construction and service jobs where conservative politics and new national policies have turned every waking day into a gamble.

President Trump has declared anyone living in the country illegally a target for arrest and deportation, driving up the number of immigration...

Border Patrol Agent Killed, Another in Serious Condition in Texas

Brandon Darby & Ildefonso Ortiz

Breitbart Texas

2017-11-19

Tags:

border, Border Patrol, Mexico, crime, enforcement, illegal immigration, illegal aliens

One Border Patrol agent is dead and his partner left hospitalized in serious condition in the Big Bend Sector of Texas. The FBI is leading the investigation while Border Patrol Special Operations agents and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations aircrews are currently searching the area for possible attackers.

Breitbart Texas learned from a trusted CBP official that details on the matter are scarce.

We do know that two Border Patrol agents working as partners in the Van Horn Station area of responsibility of the Big Bend Sector responded to “...

Illegal Aliens Escalate Amnesty Demands, Claim Racism

Neil Munro

Breitbart

2017-10-12

Tags:

jobs, illegal immigration, amnesty, DACA, Democrat, society, growth

Top Democrats and business allies invited reporters to a Capitol Hill event to watch illegal immigrants demand amnesty and smear Republicans as racist, in Spanish and broken English.

“I’m here representing all the immigrant mothers like myself, will not allow the government to tear down our sons’ and daughters’ dreams while they try to separate our families,” said Lenka Mendoza, an unskilled illegal alien - saying:

The president does not care about our children and our families. Trump and his government supposed priorities are nothing else but an anti-immigrant and white...

California becomes ‘sanctuary state’ as governor signs bill

Breitbart

2017-10-05

Tags:

enforcement, sanctuary cities, illegal aliens, state legislation, political, Democrat

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown signed “sanctuary state” legislation Thursday that extends protections for immigrants living in the United States illegally — a move that gives the nation’s most populous state another tool to fight President Donald Trump.

Brown’s signature means that police will be barred from asking people about their immigration status...

California is home to an estimated 2.3 million immigrations without legal authorization.

“These are uncertain times for undocumented Californians and their families... bringing a measure...

20 Million Immigrants Admitted Over 35 Years Through Chain Migration

NumbersUSA

2017-09-27

Tags:

legal immigration, chain migration, population

Twenty million of the total 33 million legal immigrants admitted to the United States between 1981 and 2016 were admitted through the chain migration categories, according to analysis by the Center for Immigration Studies. According to CIS, a legal immigrant admitted to the United States over the 35 years sponsored an average of 3.45 family members for green cards. Current immigration law allows for new immigrants with green cards to sponsor their spouses and minor children. Then, once they become naturalized citizens, they can also sponsor their parents, adult siblings, and...

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