Advocates say undocumented women will also be less likely to report crimes for fear of ending up in custody.
An advocate for immigrants said Secure Communities has been a “disastrous” policy that will lead to the “Arizonification” of the country.
Bachmann vowed that she will build a border fence if she becomes president.
About 11.6 percent of Minnesotans live under the poverty line, including about 192,000 children, according to figures based on the most recent U.S. Census data.
The Minnesota Independent covered a variety of issues this week, from in-depth looks at U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann’s inner circle to a state Senate special election primary in Minneapolis.
Arpaio’s tactics have included serving inmates spoiled or inadequate food and housing them in extreme heat.
A member of Pres. Barack Obama’s administration announced another $23 million for food relief efforts in East Africa.
Miriam Jordan of The Wall Street Journal reports on a pseudonymous couple who illegally entered the U.S. from Mexico to settle in Minneapolis. They held jobs paying well over the minimum wage, plus benefits, before the Obama Administration began cracking down on employers. Both of them now work lower-paid jobs, and worked for less than the minimum wage.
Sens. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., Harry Reid, D-Nev., Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., John Kerry, D-Mass., and Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., reintroduced a comprehensive immigration reform bill on Wednesday.
Jose Antonio Vargas, who wrote for the Washington Post and shared a Pulitzer Prize for the paper’s coverage of the Virginia Tech shootings, came out as an undocumented immigrant in a New York Times Magazine story that went live this morning.
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