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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Five years after leaving my hometown of Upper Marlboro, Md., I returned to my elementary school to speak about being an Olympian.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Everyone knew I’d helped the United States speed skating team win a bronze medal in the 5000-meter relay. But there’s another important part of my story I don’t always talk about: I’m a Korean immigrant who grew up in the U.S. without immigration documents.</p>

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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Linda Greenhouse in the (April 26, 2010), wrote “I’m glad I’ve already seen the Grand Canyon. Because I’m not going back to Arizona as long as it remains a police state, which is what the appalling anti-immigrant bill that Gov. Jan Brewer signed into law last week has turned it into.” Greenhouse was referring to a state law that requires the police to demand proof of legal residency from any person about whom they have “reasonable suspicion” that “the person is an alien who is unlawfully present in the United States.”</p>

<p><strong>Editor, Frontera NorteSur</strong></p>
<p>A different twist was added to the turbulent immigration reform debate this week. In a conference call with reporters, a network of conservative political activists and evangelical church leaders announced a campaign to push for the legalization of millions of undocumented people in the United States.</p>
<p>“From reading the news, you’d think all conservatives are against the issue, but we know different,” said moderator Juan Hernandez.</p>

<p><strong>Impulso</strong></p>

México del Norte
Por Jorge Mújica Murias

Tradicionalmente, México ha mantenido una muy decente postura ante Estados Unidos respecto a los migrantes que tratan de cruzar la frontera p’al norte. Eso no quita, claro, los asaltos, robos, vejaciones y demás de parte de las llamadas autoridades, policías de todo tipo y demás en contra de los migrantes, tanto los que van a cruzar como los que regresan los gringos.

<p><strong>RaceWire</strong></p>
<p>The Supreme Court yesterday granted immigrants facing detention new rights and protections. The ruling in Padilla v. Kentucky requires defense attorneys to accurately advise their non-citizen clients of the potential immigration consequences of pleading guilty to a crime.</p>

Funcionarios de Inmigración Violaron Derechos de los Inmigrantes

¡No Se Deje!
Por Lic. Jess J. Araujo