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U.S. Turns Back on Child Migrants After Its Policies in Guatemala, Honduras...

JUAN GONZÁLEZ: This week saw the first planeload of children deported to Honduras since President Obama vowed to speed up the removal of more than 57,000 youths who’ve fled to the United States from...

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Two Detention Centers for Migrant Women And Children Open On 5th Anniv. of...

Five years ago immigration advocates praised the Obama administration for closing down the only large-scale detention center for immigrant women and children. Now, in response to the surge of Central...

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New Family Detention Centers Hold Immigrant Women and Children Without Bond...

JUAN GONZÁLEZ: And finally, today, the Obama administration is fast-tracking the deportation of more than 63,000 women and children from Central America who fled to the United States to escape violence...

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As 145 Arrested in White House Protest, Rep. Luis Gutiérrez Urges Obama to...

JUAN GONZÁLEZ: Immigrants and their allies held protests in more than a dozen cities Thursday to mark what they called the National Day to Fight for Families. They want President Obama to take...

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Big Tobacco's Child Workers: Young Laborers Endure Health Risks, Harsh...

AMY GOODMAN: Tobacco companies cannot legally sell cigarettes to children, but they’re reportedly profiting from child labor. That’s the conclusion of a recent investigation by The New York Times that...

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Migrant Women, Children Allege Harsh Conditions, Sexual Assault at For-Profit...

AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman, as we broadcast here in Texas, where a controversial new family detention center has opened about, oh,...

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Is Obama's Immigration Plan Too Modest? Proposals Cover Less Than Half of...

JUAN GONZÁLEZ: We begin today’s show with news that President Obama is considering taking an executive action that would protect up to five million undocumented immigrants from deportation. According...

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Immigrant Rights Activists Vow to Continue Fighting Deportations as Obama...

AMY GOODMAN: Well, for more, we’re joined from Chicago by two guests who could be directly impacted by President Obama’s executive order on immigration: Rosi Carrasco and her daughter, Ireri Unzueta...

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As Mexicans Protest US-Fueled Drug War, Sanctuary Movement Backs Church...

JUAN GONZÁLEZ: On Thursday, people from around the world joined a day of action to demand justice for the 43 Mexican students from Ayotzinapa teacher’s college who have been missing since September...

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Obama's Action Marks Historic Victory for Immigrant Rights, But Activists...

JUAN GONZÁLEZ: In a prime-time speech Thursday night, President Obama outlined his plan to take executive action to grant temporary legal status to up to five million undocumented immigrants,...

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"Guantánamo of the Pacific": Australian Asylum Seekers Wage Hunger Strike at...

NERMEEN SHAIKH: A massive hunger strike is underway at what some are calling "the Guantánamo Bay of the Pacific." The Manus Island detention center is paid for by the Australian government and run by...

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Undocumented Father Finds Sanctuary in Denver Church to Fight Deportation to...

AMY GOODMAN: We are broadcasting from Denver, Colorado, from Denver Open Media. When I flew in to Denver yesterday, on Thursday, I went directly to the First Unitarian Society Church to meet Arturo...

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Coming Out of the Shadows: Meet José Espinoza, Undocumented Worker Impacted...

AMY GOODMAN: I want to turn to Oscar Hernandez and José Espinoza in Houston. Oscar, you were a recipient of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA, that Marielena was just...

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Ruling by Right-Wing Judge Delays Long-Awaited Reprieve for Millions of...

AMY GOODMAN: President Obama’s plan to shield as many as five million immigrants from deportation was supposed to begin taking its first applications this week. But late Monday night, U.S. District...

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17 Shots: Police Killing of Unarmed Mexican Farmworker in Washington State...

AMY GOODMAN: After our next segment, we’ll talk about Governor Scott Walker comparing unions to the self-proclaimed Islamic State. But first, this. JUAN GONZÁLEZ: Well, for the second time in about two...

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Private Prisons for Immigrant Families Grow Despite Court Ruling Against...

JUAN GONZÁLEZ: We end today’s show with an update on a story Democracy Now! has followed closely: President Obama’s expansion of the controversial practice of detaining mothers and their children....

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Part 2: Migrant Women Appear Via Video from Detention Centers in Asylum Cases...

Watch our extended interview about detained migrant women seeking asylum in court via video stream, as they face harsh conditions in a private prison setting along with children as young as a few...

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TSA's Airport "Behavior Detection Program" Found to Target Undocumented...

AARON MATÉ: Last month, the website The Intercept revealed it’s quite easy to be deemed a suspected terrorist at a U.S. airport. A leaked checklist used by the Transportation Security Administration...

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Immigrant Mothers in Detention Launch Second Hunger Strike Despite Retaliation

After five months in detention with her two-year-old son, Kenia Galeano joined a hunger strike with about other 70 mothers to push for their release. Today she described how she and several others were...

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Mass Graves of Immigrants Found in Texas, But State Says No Laws Were Broken

NERMEEN SHAIKH: We turn now to Texas, where several cases of immigrant abuse have surfaced, both at the beginning of life and in death. The Texas Observer reports this week the state has been denying...

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