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Roque Planas
National Reporter, HuffPost
HuffPostTrump Administration Prosecuting More Mississippi Workers After ICE Raids
A new round of indictments targets poultry plant workers that Immigration and Customs Enforcement had previously released.
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Migrants Imprisoned After Mississippi ICE Raid Get Little Mercy In Court
The Trump administration wants to imprison more than 70 workers swept up in a sprawling ICE raid, before sending them to immigration court.
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Trump Wants To Detain Migrant Families Indefinitely. He Can't.
The plan would require a massive restructuring of the migrant detention system.
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Trump Administration Prosecutes Migrant Workers Arrested In Mississippi ICE Raid
Forty-one of the workers face criminal prosecution under immigration laws that some Democrats want to repeal.
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How Immigration Prosecutions Helped ICE Pad Obama's Criminal Deportee Statistics
Under Obama, Immigration and Customs Enforcement highlighted stats that those arrested at the border were criminals. Most had broken only immigration laws.
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Immigration Hardliners Will Run Texas' New Domestic Terrorism Task Force
Only two out of the 15 members of a group aimed at targeting white supremacist violence appear to be people of color.
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New Mexico Refused To Give ICE Employment Records, Won't Let Trump 'Destroy Families'
The request came as the immigration enforcement agency prepared a mass raid in Mississippi.
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Mass Shooting Will Double El Paso’s Historically Low Homicide Rate
Despite Trump's rhetoric about a lawless border, the Texas city was among the country's safest ― until a domestic terror attack apparently targeted Hispanics.
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Most Democrats Want Border-Crossings Decriminalized, Poll Says
A progressive think tank’s results conflict with other major surveys — but its poll also asks a more accurate question.
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Elizabeth Warren Wants To Dramatically Reshape Immigration Enforcement
Decriminalization of border violations and deprivatizaton of the immigrant detention system are rapidly becoming Democratic consensus positions.
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Julián Castro Doubles Down On Decriminalizing Migration: Repeal Felony For Reentry, Too
“I don’t believe in criminalizing desperation,” the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate said.
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There's A Democratic Civil War Brewing Over Decriminalizing Migration
Julián Castro is facing backlash from some other Obama administration alums over his calls to repeal the law Trump has used to split up families at the border.
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What You Should Know About Julián Castro’s Proposal To Decriminalize Border Crossings
It’s a far cry from open borders. But it could transform immigration enforcement.
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2020 Dems Overwhelmingly Back Decriminalizing Border Crossings In 2nd Debate
A growing number of party leaders want to overturn the decades-old law that Trump used to split up families at the border.
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Julián Castro Hammers 2020 Candidates Over Criminalization Of Immigrants
The San Antonio politician is on a mission to repeal the law Trump used to systematically separate families — and he wants the field to get behind him.
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Elizabeth Warren: Repeal The Law That Criminalizes Migrants
The Democratic presidential candidate wants to repeal a decades-old law put forth by a famed segregationist.
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Hundreds Of Civil Rights Groups Ask Congress To Decriminalize Migration
More than 240 immigrant rights defenders signed on to a letter demanding the rollback of Clinton-era enforcement rules.
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How Kamala Harris Dodged California’s 'Sanctuary State' Debate
The increasingly vocal immigrant rights champion shied away from her state’s trailblazing effort to pass a statewide “sanctuary” policy.
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Kamala Harris Plan Would Give Many Dreamers Path To Citizenship Through Executive Action
The proposal would reinterpret U.S. law to give roughly 2 million migrants who arrived as youths a shot at becoming citizens.
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Democratic Presidential Candidates Sound Very Similar On Immigration
Trump’s draconian immigration policies have made it easier for Democrats to find common ground on a once-contentious issue.