Judge: Texas can deny birth certificates for U.S.-born children of some immigrants

A federal judge  ruled Friday that Texas officials can continue to deny U.S. birth certificates to the children of immigrants who cannot supply required identification because they entered the country illegally.

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#ImmigrationReform Tweets 10.14

The Need for an Accountable Border Patrol

José Antonio Elena Rodríguez’s grandmother, Taide Elena, visits her grandson’s memorial almost daily. Credit Samantha Sais for The New York Times

 

José Antonio Elena Rodríguez was 16 when he was gunned down on a street in Nogales, Mexico, in October 2012. He was shot several times in the back by a United States Border Patrol agent, firing through the fence from Nogales, Ariz. The boy was unarmed; his family said he had been walking home from a basketball game.

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#JoséAntonioElenaRodríguez

#LatinosAreHuman

#Hate Tweets 9.11

#Hate Tweets 9.11

Discovery of up to 50 bodies in truck highlights European migrant crisis

Austrian authorities launched an international probe into the deaths, as they struggled to count the corpses.

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Freedom to (im)migrate.

Freedom to leave.

Freedom to return.

Freedom of movement.

Anti-Muslim Protests on First Day at Houston’s Arabic Immersion School

Protestors denouce Arabic immersion school for kindergarten and preschool students as “anti-American.”

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#Xenophobia

#Politics #HateCrime #Discrimination Tweets 8.22

#Politics #HateCrime #Discrimination Tweets 8.22