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ICE Agents Beat 17-Year-Olds in Botched Raid- Now They`ll Be Deported

The "bad guys" were Julio and Adolfo -- two 17-year-old boys mistakenly caught up in a botched raid.

(MIAMI, FLA) - Julio Diaz Sales and Adolfo Garcia Diaz were 17 years old when immigration agents busted down the door of their Miami-area home. Julio and Adolfo say they were handcuffed, thrown on the floor, and beaten in the face and chest.

Only it was all a mistake -- Julio and Adolfo had not committed any crimes. Immigration agents later admitted they broke into the wrong house as part of a sting operation.

Proposed Provisional Unlawful Presence Waiver Is Not in Effect

USCIS Reminds the Public to Avoid Scams and Unauthorized Practitioners of Immigration Law.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Homeland Security recently outlined a plan to reduce the time U.S. citizens are separated from immediate relatives who are obtaining an immigrant visa to become lawful permanent U.S. residents.

USCIS has become aware of public misperceptions about the rule-making process and when the provisional unlawful presence waiver process will take effect.

Canada:C-31 Law Incompatible with International Refugee and Human Rights Law

Salem-News.com Eye on the World report.

(HONG KONG) - Rrovisions of proposed Bill C-31, Protecting Canada’s Immigration System Act, appear harmful to refugees and asylum seekers and incompatible with international refugee and human rights law.

Bill C-31 may deter human smugglers, but it targets refugees fleeing persecution who will in turn, suffer consequences.

Banished: US Deports Hundreds of Military Veterans

First they served, now they are forced to flee.

(ROSARITO, Baja California) - Keeping tabs on his U.S. citizenship application wasn't much of a priority for Marine Cpl. Rohan Coombs when he served in the Persian Gulf War.

The aircraft maintenance specialist had more pressing concerns: the safety of his comrades as bombs rained down and people died around him in the desert.

Immigrant Denied Kidney Transplant

Jesus Navarro’s wife wants to donate her kidney to him, but the hospital won’t let her -- Jesus could die.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - Jesus Navarro could die without a kidney transplant. His wife is a match, and he has health insurance.

But because Jesus is undocumented, a state medical center is refusing to perform surgery, essentially leaving Jesus to die.

American Border Officials Attempt to Deny Exit to Danish National

“they may close the borders. I’m so glad I got out when I did.” - Hanna Jaeckel

(PROGRESO, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico) - Hanna Jaeckel had made up her mind.

After carefully considering the current economic and political situation in the United States, the sixty- seven year old Danish –born woman weeded through a lifetime of possessions, packed up her Chevrolet SUV and, accompanied by her Rottweiler Katinka, took off for the Mexican border.

Campaign Launched for Central Americans with Temporary Protected Status in the U.S.

Groups say Permanent Residency is the only solution...

(HOUSTON) - In 1998, Hurricane Mitch ravaged Honduras and Nicaragua and resulted in the loss and displacement of hundreds of thousands of families who established roots in the U.S. under Temporary Protected Status (TPS).

Community organizations have formed a coalition and are launching a campaign to promote Permanent Residency for TPS beneficiaries from Central America.

Statewide Immigrant Action Day in Salem on Saturday

Topics of the day include Restoring driver’s licenses for all in Oregon, and Stopping local law enforcement collaboration with ICE.

(SALEM) - Tomorrow, (Saturday, January 21st) we will host our 14th Annual Statewide Immigrant Action Day at Chemeketa Community College in Salem.

The day long event will bring together delegations from Portland, Gresham, Cornelius, Hillsboro, Eugene, Springfield, Beaverton, Bend, Redmond, Madras, Sisters, Woodburn, Independence, Dayton, Dallas, Silverton, Lincoln City and St. Helens and Vancouver, Washington.

Border Crossers Encounter New Delays

“The principal mission of US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is anti-terrorism” - agency statement

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - In an e-mail to constituents this month, El Paso Congressman Silvestre Reyes lauded the November opening of a new, high-tech pedestrian crossing system at the Paso del Norte (Santa Fe) Bridge between Ciudad Juarez and El Paso.

With assistance from the Unisys Corporation, the maze-like system uses a combination of revolving doors, hand-held mobile devices and radio frequency identification (RFID) to process US passports; ten fingerprint biometric capture devices were also installed for inclusion in the system, according to Unisys.

Honoring Migrants on December 10

More than three years old, TIAS-NM defines itself as prioritizing “just and fair immigration reform that furthers American values, enhances our national interest and protects constitutional and human rights for all.”

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - Migrant advocates in the southern New Mexico borderland plan to commemorate the 63rd anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on Saturday, December 10.