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The escalating tensions between Democrats and the Obama administration over its deportation raids targeting Central American immigrants burst into public view on Tuesday, with more than 140 House members blasting the roundups and the White House dispatching a top official to Capitol Hill in a vain effort to quell the furor.
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's (basically nonexistent) comments on immigration during his final State of the Union address left out at least one big item: controversial deportation raids on families that are inflaming tensions between the White House and Democrats.
Congresistas demócratas pidieron este jueves el Gobierno de Barack Obama que ponga fin a las redadas de inmigración para acelerar las deportaciones de centroamericanos hasta que se encuentre una manera más humana.
WASHINGTON/CHICAGO, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. Congress, outraged over the Obama administration's pursuit of Central American migrant families for deportation, on Friday called for a halt and new protections for undocumented people from three crime-infested countries.
WASHINGTON.– La presidenta del Caucus Hispano del Congreso (CHC, en inglés), la demócrata Linda Sánchez, rompió este miércoles su silencio y condenó las redadas de la Oficina de Inmigración y Aduanas (ICE), e instó al Legislativo a buscar soluciones alternativas a la crisis de los inmigrantes centroamericanos en la frontera sur.
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus has lambasted the round-up of 121 undocumented immigrants this past weekend.
A handful of families picked up in New Year's weekend immigration arrests and who were being readied for removal from the country now have their deportations on hold.