10,000 Migrants Seen Crossing the American Border

 

Helicopter footage from Friday showed thousands of migrants crossing into Texas from Mexico across the Rio Grande.

Ben Carson Talks Slaves Being Immigrants

Newly confirmed Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson referred to slaves as "immigrants" while speaking on Monday to department employees.

"That's what America is about, a land of dreams and opportunity," Carson said. "There were other immigrants who came here in the bottom of slave ships, worked even longer, even harder for less. But they too had a dream that one day their sons, daughters, grandsons, granddaughters, great-grandsons, great-granddaughters, might pursue prosperity and happiness in this land."

Kids Are Dying At Our Border

The Washington Post reports the girl died of dehydration and shock more than eight hours after she was arrested by agents near Lordsburg, New Mexico. The girl was from Guatemala and was traveling with a group of 163 people who approached agents to turn themselves in on Dec. 6.

A 7-year-old girl who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border with her father last week died after being taken into the custody of the U.S. Border Patrol.

It's unknown what happened to the girl during the eight hours before she started having seizures and was flown to an El Paso hospital.

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In a statement, Customs and Border Protection said the girl had not eaten or consumed water in several days.

Processing 163 immigrants in one night could have posed challenges for the agency, whose detention facilities are meant to be temporary and don't usually fit that many people.

When a Border Patrol agent arrests someone, that person gets processed at a facility but usually spends no more than 72 hours in custody before they are either transferred to Immigration and Customs Enforcement or, if they're Mexican, quickly deported home.

The girl's death raises questions about whether border agents knew she was ill and whether she was fed anything or given anything to drink during the eight-plus hours she was in custody.

Immigrants, attorneys and activists have long raised issues with the conditions of Border Patrol holding cells. In Tucson, an ongoing lawsuit claims holding cells are filthy, extremely cold and lacking basic necessities such as blankets. A judge overseeing that lawsuit has ordered the agency's Tucson Sector, which patrols much of the Arizona-Mexico border, to provide blankets and mats to sleep on and to continually turn over surveillance footage from inside the cells.

The Border Patrol has seen an increasing trend of large groups of immigrants, many with young children, walking up to agents and turning themselves in. Most are Central American and say they are fleeing violence. They turn themselves in instead of trying to circumvent authorities, many with plans to apply for asylum.

Agents in Arizona see groups of over 100 people on a regular basis, sometimes including infants and toddlers.

Arresting such groups poses logistical problems for agents who have to wait on transport vans that are equipped with baby seats to take them to processing facilities, some which are at least half hour north of the border.

Man Jumps Off Bridge

An undocumented immigrant who was deported back to his native Mexico for what was a third time on Tuesday, February 21, committed suicide within an hour of his release on the other side of the U.S./Mexico border.

Guadalupe Olivas Valencia, 45, was declared deceased at a local hospital, but is said to have died of a heart attack triggered by a concussion he suffered from his leap off of a bridge. According to a source close to Valencia, he had been experiencing bouts of anxiety from feeling depressed over his departure. Aside from being left at the El Chaparral border crossing between San Diego and Tijuana, which is an area he was unfamiliar with, he was said to dread the idea of returning to his hometown of Sinaloa, where for years El Chapo oversaw a reign of terror atop the narcotics trade.

Tensions have been on high in the Mexican migrant community, ever since President Trump took office with a vow to rid the nation of immigrants living in the States illegally. But their fears were all the more exasperated earlier this week, when the passing of stricter Department of Homeland Security guidelines are being instituted to allow for authorities to have more leeway in identifying and expelling immigrants.

We Were Strangers Once Too

President Obama did a good job on his immigration law to give immigrants a chance to come out of hiding and live their life. He lets America know then when we first came to America, we were strangers too. So he tells the immigrants to come out of hiding if you are legal, go back to where you are from if you are a criminal.

So much backlash has been launched at the president because of this action. He asked the Republicans to at least pass a bill before you talk critics. The Wrap-Up Magazine understands both sides of the field, but this is something that this President was put in office for. Latinos and Mexicans have the chance to eat at American tables and pay American tax to say that they are part of the community.

Happy Birthday Lucy Liu

+Lucy Liu is an American actress, model, artist, and occasional film producer and director. She was born December 2, 1968 which brings her to the age of 45. Born to immigrants in Queens, New York, Lucy Liu has always tried to balance an interest in her cultural heritage with a desire to move.

She was appointed a UNICEF Ambassador in 2004, Lucy has involved herself in almost all aspects of UNICEF's various campaigns and initiatives. The Wrap Up Magazine would like to wish you a Happy Birthday and may many more wishes come true for you.

Whats Wrong With Immigration Reform

After watching the new daily, i'm not understanding what is wrong with reforming the immigration law that is broken. The United States elected a Obama to do a job that they don't want him to complete. If the president warned republicans that he was going to use his power to make the change, why did'nt they act then to help do something to solve the ongoing problem?

I have ner heard of a president who has had some many problems with congress. President Bush crushed our economy and hurt our middle class and congress accepted that with no problems just because it seemed to be all about the war in Iraq. President Obama want to give some immigrants a chance to work and live in America while raising their families.

If I was a republican, I would be careful on how I would decide to stand, for they could loss all latino votes in the 2016 campain which may stop them from taking over the white house. Other states are getting lawyers to sue the president, while others want impeachment. As Congress debates the contours of immigration reform, many arguments have been made on economic grounds.

The 2007 Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act failed partly because it lacked a broad coalition. On the right, many Republicans were scared off by anti-immigration populists. President Obama will announce a major executive action on immigration reform in prime time.

Immigration reform is a term used in political discussion regarding changes to current immigration policy of a country. This is a step forward in the President's plan to work with Congress on passing what some say is common-sense reform.

The Racist State Of America Persists

Tracist state violence has been a consistent theme in the history of people of African descent in North America, it has become especially noteworthy during the administration of the first African-American president, whose very election was widely interpreted as heralding the advent of a new, postracial era.

Restrictions Applied To Transgenders Joining The Military

The conservative-majority granted the Trump administration's request to lift injunctions issued by federal judges against the policy while a legal challenge continues in lower courts.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday let President Donald Trump enforce his policy barring certain transgender people from joining or staying in the military as the justices put on hold lower court rulings blocking the plan on constitutional grounds.

The justices refused the administration's request for them to decide the merits of the legal fight even before a California-based federal appeals court already considering the matter is given a chance to rule.

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The justices Tuesday did not agree to give the Trump administration one last chance to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA, which protects those immigrants from deportation and grants them work permits.

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Is Melania Trump An Illegal Immigrant?

When GOP nominee Trump announced his candidacy for president in June 2015, one major aspect of his platform was his strict stance on immigration. "When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best," Trump infamously said in his announcement speech, ultimately calling immigrants "rapists." His plan to build a wall has been one of the most controversial.

Donald Trump's wife Melania has found herself in hot water again.  Parts of her speech were stolen from Michelle Obama, she reportedly lied about graduating from college, her nude photos made the front page of the NY Post, and now she's rumored to be an illegal immigrant.

According to a deep-dive from Politico featuring input from "immigration experts," the narrative presented by the Trumps has some noticeable gaps. Comments from Melania herself suggest that, despite repeated insistences claiming otherwise, she may have been in the country on a short-term visa when shooting those infamous photos:

The initial confusion appears to stem from a Harper's Bazaar article published in January, in which Melania Trump said staying in the U.S. "without papers" never crossed her mind. "You follow the rules," she said at the time. "You follow the law. Every few months you need to fly back to Europe and stamp your visa. After a few visas, I applied for a green card and got it in 2001." As noted in Politico's investigation, returning to Slovenia to "stamp" her visa would have only been required if using a temporary business or tourist visa.

"If Melania was traveling to the U.S. on a B-1 business visa, there is a potential problem," a representative from a "major national immigration law firm," told Politico. "She would not have been authorized to work in the U.S. while on a B-1 visa. In fact, if a customs agent encounters someone entering the U.S. on a B-1 visa and they know that the individual intends to work for a U.S. employer, the individual will usually be denied admission." In order to avoid being sent home, the representative said, Melania "may" have had to lie about the intentions of her trip.

Jennifer Lopez Named New York Times Best-Selling Author

"American Idol” judge and pop superstar Jennifer Lopez is already a New York Times Best-Selling author, however, the daughter of Puerto Rican immigrants has repeated this achievement.

Jessie Reyez And Billboard Got Together For ‘Growing Up Latino’ @Jessiereyez @billboard

Jessie Reyez

As Colombian immigrants it’s no surprise that Reyez has strong feelings about the current state of immigration in America. While discussing the horror of family separation she tears up and explains how it feels being on that side and wishes people would speak up more about it.

Reyez is currently prepping for the release of her anticipated new EP, ‘Being Human in Public.’

The buzzing songstress, who recently announced her upcoming “Being Human On Tour” shared many of her happiest memories growing up in her family and reflects on being Latino in Canada.