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Punishment of undocumented immigrants changing
Since 2009, Customs and Border Protection has been gradually rolling out a program that aims to stiffen punishment of undocumented immigrants. A new national strategy for dealing with illegal immigration is expected to be released this month. Ref. Source 8
ICE agents sue own agency over deferred deportations
A group of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents filed a lawsuit against their own agency Thursday, arguing that the Obama administration is not letting them fully identify and deport illegal immigrants. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano says her department does not have the manpower or money to deport the 11 million illegal immigrants in the USA, so she issued a memorandum last year ordering immigration officials to focus their efforts on dangerous illegal immigrants. In June, Obama announced a program that will allow up to 1. ...
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Denis McDonough, President Obama's chief of staff, on Sunday defended the administration's decision to prepare an immigration bill even as bipartisan groups in Congress are writing their own versions. "We are doing exactly what we said we would do, which is we'll be prepared in the event that the bipartisan talks going on the Hill - which by the way we're very aggressively supporting - if those do not work out, then we'll have an option that we'll be ready to put out there," McDonough said on NBC's "Meet the Press." Ref. USAToday
Mexico detains 120 Central American migrants reports hundreds heading to US
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MEXICO CITY - Mexican soldiers and federal police have detained 120 U.S.-bound Central American migrants who were travelling by bus through southern Mexico. A statement from the National Immigration Institute says the arrests were made after authorities reinforced their checks along highways in Oaxaca state after hearing reports of at least 1,000 migrants travelling in a cargo train headed ...
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Tempers flare at immigration hearing
Tempers flared at a Senate hearing on immigration legislation Monday as a Republican senator objected to a Democrat's criticism of attempts by some to link the Boston Marathon bombings to the immigration bill. Ref. Source 7
A bipartisan group from the House of Representatives reached an "Agreement in principle" On immigration legislation, said Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida, a Republican member of the group.
A Democratic aide familiar with the discussions said all eight members of the group signed on and told CNN that Democrats and Republicans "Will now run the whole package past their respective leadership and colleagues" And aim to formally introduce legislation at the beginning of June.
A Senate bipartisan plan is being considered by the Judiciary Committee. Ref. CNN