A raid on a San Diego restaurant in May. (AP Photo)
Over the course of this blog, News 21 readers have learned about Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid in Postville, Iowa, Laurel, Miss. and Greenville, S.C. Each of these raids led to the detention of hundreds of immigrants, the disruption of communities and widespread outcry. Now, [...]
Tags: · ACLU, Columbia, Greenville, ice, Immigration, immigration raid, Iowa, Laurel, Mississippi, Postville, Robert Menendez, South Carolina, Ted Kennedy
John McCain and Barack Obama continue attacking one another over immigration, but only in Spanish-language ads. Each accuses the other of stymieing immigration reform.
Chris Hackett, the Republican challenging incumbent Rep. Chris Carney (D-Penn. 10) is attacking his opponent over illegal immigration. This district neighbors the district in which anti-illegal immigration mayor Lou Barletta [...]
Tags: · Barletta, Boston, Chicago, Chris Carney, Chris Hackett, Columbia, Immigration, immigration raids, immigration reform, McCain, obama, Pennsylvania, Robert Menendez, Ted Kennedy
Hiu Lui Ng, a 34-year-old Chinese immigrant who had lived in the U.S. for his entire adult life, died of cancer in a Rhode Island detention center on August 6. When Ng, who had been healthy when arrested a year ago, began losing weight and complaining of excruciating pain in April, detention officials accused him [...]
Tags: · Columbia, detention, Hiu Lui Ng, illegal immigrants, Immigration, Proposition 200, Robert Menendez, Zoe Lofgren
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