Pilar Marrero

La Opinión

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Immigration reporter for La Opinión and author of Killing the American Dream: How Anti-Immigration Extremists are Destroying the Nation

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ICE — Immigration and Customs Enforcement — started its  Secure Communities  program in 2009.

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In Las Vegas today,  President Obama said  it's good news that bipartisan groups in both
houses of Congress are finally addressing immigration reform. The President
endorsed the…

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