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Illegals Sue U.S. For Millions Of Dollars Over Detention

Andrew Free, the immigration lawyer representing the plaintiffs, told the AP that the government’s use of family detention violates their rights and that the government fails to provide the “standard of care that they owe to these detainees. We expect this will be the first in a large set of filings on the mistreatment of these women and children on behalf of the government.”

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Report: GOP Divided On Mandatory Minimums For Previously Deported Illegals

Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) would like to see legislation that would impose a mandatory minimum of five years on illegal immigrants who re-enter the country illegally after being deported. Last month Cruz introduced “Kate’s Law” that would apply such minimums.

In this July 7, 2015, file photo, immigrants from El Salvador and Guatemala who entered the country illegally board a bus after they were released from a family detention center in San Antonio. Justice Department lawyers are asking a federal judge to reconsider her July ruling ordering the release of children and mothers detained after they entered the U.S. illegally across the Mexican border. File

Obama Admin. Launches Media Campaign To Deter Illegal Immigration

In recent months and years illegal immigrants from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras have flooded the U.S.-Mexico border believing they could stay in the U.S. and thinking that the “Notices to Appear” handed to them by immigration officials before being released into the interior of the U.S. were “permisos” or free passes.

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Rubio: Immigration Can’t Be Fixed With ‘Comprehensive’ Bill

Florida Senator and Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio argued the immigration system “cannot be fixed in one massive comprehensive piece of legislation” at Monday’s Voters First Presidential Forum in New Hampshire. Rubio said that the immigration system, “it cannot be

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Jindal: Sanctuary Mayors Should ‘Absolutely’ Be Arrested

Louisiana Governor and Republican presidential candidate Bobby Jindal stated that mayors of sanctuary cities should “absolutely” be arrested and be “criminally, as well as civilly liable as accomplices” on Monday’s broadcast of Boston Herald Radio’s “Herald Drive.” Jindal said that

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Alleged Child Molester Kept DACA Amnesty Despite Risk Designation

A California camp counselor — now charged with child molestation and distribution of child pornography— was able to maintain his Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status and job prior to his arrest despite being considered a “potentially egregious public safety,” the Obama administration has revealed to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA).