Commentary: Discretion Policy on Deportations of Gay Immigrant Spouses Doesn’t Go Far Enough
Columnist Erwin de Leon argues that a recent letter from DHS Secretary Napolitano isn’t the welcome news that many gay immigrant advocates believe it to be.
Tag: Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano
De Leon: Obama Administration Signals DREAMer Reprieve
DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano announced that undocumented children and youth eligible for the federal DREAM Act, as well as others not deemed to be serious criminal threats, will not be deported. Once their outstanding deportation cases are closed, these individuals will be able to apply for work authorization.
Immigration Agency Denies Deportation Quotas After Memo Is Leaked
ICE chief John Morton quickly denied the agency sets quotas for deportations, after a Washington Post story revealed an internal memo stating just that.
Napolitano: White House to Push Immigration Reform “Until We Get it Over the Finish Line”
The Obama administration will continue to push for immigration reform until it’s done, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano said Thursday, according to local media.
Napolitano Insists on Obama’s Commitment to Pass Immigration Reform in 2010
Homeland Security Sec. Janet Napolitano renewed the Obama administration’s promise that it will deal with immigration reform early next year, political calculations in an election year notwithstanding.
Immigrant Advocates Welcome Napolitano Statement, Will Hold House Parties for Reform
Organizations working for comprehensive immigration reform welcomed Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano’s statement on Friday that Congress needs to move forward with an immigration overhaul early in 2010.
Ambivalence After White House Immigration Reform Meeting Featuring Obama and Napolitano
The second White House meeting on immigration reform under President Barack Obama went well. Or did it? It depends on whom you ask. Much like the overall situation since Obama took office, the meeting left room for conflicting interpretations: some…
Even WSJ Wants Immigration Reform, But Obama's ICE Chief Stresses Enforcement
While even such a conservative stalwart as The Wall Street Journal’s editorial page asks for comprehensive immigration reform and a stop to the Bush-era enforcement-only approach, the Obama administration’s chief of immigration enforcement has reiterated this week the government’s commitment…
Immigrants Protest Napolitano as She Asks the Public to Join Fight Against Terrorism
NEW YORK — More than 30 immigrants and immigrant advocates demonstrated on Manhattan’s Upper East Side on Wednesday to protest U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano as she visited the Council on Foreign Relations. Napolitano was in New York to announce…
Immigration Reform Advocates To Protest Against Napolitano in New York Wednesday
NEW YORK — Local immigration activists plan to demonstrate against U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano Wednesday morning when she comes to the city to deliver a speech on terrorism, in what may be the first significant protest by…