http://www.allvoices.com/ en-us Multiple detention centers across the country began freeing groups of low-priority detainees without bond in a program of "supervised release" today. The move came as a surprise. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) cited sequestration as its motivation. Activists, however,... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/14117289-why-ice-released-immigration-detainees-nationwide-today Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:42:03 -0800 House Republicans filed their own version of the Violence Against Women Act legislation yesterday, but it doesn't protect all victims from violence. Indeed, it rolls back current law. It's so bad that even the National Task Force to End Sexual... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/14105757-as-house-gops-leave-women-unprotected-from-violence-citizens-fight-back Sat, 23 Feb 2013 18:18:12 -0800 President Obama's job approval rating soared markedly over the past year among the Spanish-speaking US population. Obama's job approval rating is up nationwide. And Latinos completely reversed their opinion on Obama's handling of immigration. A new survey by the Pew... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/14098176-obama-reverses-latino-approval-rating-will-he-keep-it Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:42:57 -0800 Border Patrol operations are destroying designated wilderness areas where motorized vehicle travel is prohibited by law. A new video released today displays the environmental damage from ruts and tracks that Border Patrol off-road vehicle usage has created. And new Border... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/14085113-border-patrol-vehicles-destroy-arizona-wilderness-areas Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:11:11 -0800 Recent immigration reform proposals trade increased border enforcement for the promise of a "pathway to citizenship." But that's a deal that makes border communities recoil. Enforcement policies propel detention and incarceration, creating human havoc that threatens family... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/14065893-when-immigration-reform-propels-private-prison-profiteering Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:35:15 -0800 The immigration debate claimed the spotlight this week - both at the President's State of the Union address and at yesterday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. Today, nearly 300,000 Americans will petition Congress to put citizenship for all 11 million undocumented... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/14037808-massive-petition-delivery-today-political-muscle-for-immigration-reform Thu, 14 Feb 2013 08:04:33 -0800 The US Senate passed the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) reauthorization in a gender-split vote of 78-22 today. Every female senator voted to pass the bill. All 22 opponents of the bill were Republican men, most notably Senate Minority Leader... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/14023381-violence-against-women-act-reauthorization-clears-senate-in-significant-gendersplit-vote Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:20:48 -0800 Last week, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) quietly posted notice. If within 100 miles of the US border, travelers' electronic equipment may be seized and its contents searched. This is acceptable, according to a new government report, not only... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/14007081-on-us-borders-travelers-electronics-may-be-seized-searched-for-no-reason-says-new-government-report Sun, 10 Feb 2013 17:54:34 -0800 Although they could naturalize, almost two-thirds of the 5.4 million legal immigrants from Mexico aren't US citizens. In fact, their rate of naturalization-36 percent to be exact-is only half that of legal immigrants from all other countries combined, according to... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/13960506-the-daunting-invisible-barrier-to-us-citizenship Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:07:39 -0800 Unnoticed, the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) died quietly with the closing of the 112th Congress in 2012. VAWA is a law that defends women from domestic violence and allocates both funding and resources to agencies that protect women who... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/13900078-violence-against-women-act-why-its-dying-what-will-we-lose-can-we-save-it Sun, 27 Jan 2013 18:28:22 -0800 The White House revealed today that President Barack Obama will announce an immigration-reform proposal in Las Vegas on Tuesday. This proposal, Obama assured members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) in a strategy meeting, will include a call for legislation... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/13890195-pathway-to-citizenship-could-it-derail-comprehensive-immigration-reform Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:54:54 -0800 Undocumented youth are stepping out of the shadows of anonymity to publicly share their citizenship status and personal stories on a new website. The Dream is Now launched this week. It's a project of filmmaker Davis Guggenheim that is financed... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/13879399-supported-by-steve-jobs-wife-dreamers-reveal-themselves-on-the-time-is-now-website Thu, 24 Jan 2013 10:06:08 -0800 Today, just hours after a conservative newspaper columnist exhorted the advantages of gun freedom despite the inevitable resulting damage, shots rang out on the campus of Lone Star College in Houston. The nation can now add another school shooting incident... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/13864460-texas-lone-star-college-shooting-and-the-cost-of-freedom-opinion Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:04:58 -0800 Four Mexican parents are risking death in a protest march to implore the governor's intervention to recover the bodies of their deceased daughters from state agencies. Their march of more than 200 miles from the northern Mexico border city of... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/13847726-mexican-womenwalking-deadmarch-to-implore-governors-help-in-feminicide-seige Sun, 20 Jan 2013 11:02:16 -0800 Young immigrants who qualify for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) are indeed authorized to stay and are lawfully present in the country, according to guidance that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released further today. This, says the... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/13838567-new-dhs-guidance-indicates-dreamers-may-apply-for-drivers-licenses Fri, 18 Jan 2013 15:00:48 -0800 Jan. 18, 2013 On Thursday, US business leaders pledged to back immigration reform with "serious money" as a Republican Super PAC gathered steam. This, coupled with the commitment of Evangelical leaders from more than 100,000 US churches to promote immigration... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/13837098-immigration-latest-news-corporate-america-evangelicals-clamor-for-reform-congress-crouches Fri, 18 Jan 2013 10:44:58 -0800 At today's White House press conference, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden announced a wide-ranging package of gun policy recommendations. If implemented, gun control activists say, this policy recommendation package would save countless American lives. The report... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/13819731-gun-control-activists-laud-white-house-gun-policy-press-conference Wed, 16 Jan 2013 10:15:28 -0800 The safety of American workers falls under a growing threat, according to a new report. [pdf] American industry's increasing reliance on "contingent workers" to fill hazardous jobs poses an increasing threat to worker safety. A new report from the Center... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/13805309-report-details-growing-threat-to-american-workers-calls-for-federal-safety-policies Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:31:23 -0800 California may be in trouble. An unprecedented decline in California's child population is not the only problem the state faces. A tidal wave of baby boom retirees also complicates its population prospects. These two factors will put the state's future... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/13793341-californias-fewer-poorer-babies-forecast-a-dimmer-futurereport Sat, 12 Jan 2013 17:42:06 -0800 Opponents of immigration reform routinely insist that the federal government must first secure our Mexico border and enforce our current immigration laws before any new reform happens. Ten years ago, they had a point. At that time, large-scale undocumented migration... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/13755351-securing-the-mexican-border-or-securing-americas-future Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:35:00 -0800