More immigrants in Connecticut are applying for citizenship, creating a backlog that has led the federal government to send some applicants to New York to process their cases. Advocates say the backlog is, in part, caused by a deliberate slowdown aimed at discouraging new citizens from joining the ranks of fellow Americans.
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Malloy joins demonstrators against planned deportation of Bangladeshi immigrant
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy rallied Tuesday with other public officials, advocates and demonstrators against the planned deportation of a Bangladeshi immigrant whose only child will soon be the first in her family to pursue a college education.
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GOP primary rivals for U.S. Senate, Corey, Rapini, blast Murphy, not each other
Connecticut’s U.S. Senate race is a sleeper compared to the high-profile contest for governor or some of the other hot races this year. But, in a polite rivalry, Republicans Matthew Corey and Dominic Rapini are competing to see who can criticize Sen. Chris Murphy the most — and challenge him in November.
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Glassman, Hayes, not too far apart on key issues in heated primary contest
Democrats Mary Glassman and Jahana Hayes, who are in a tough competition to win the Aug. 14 Democratic primary both try to woo activist, liberal leaning Democratic primary voters, their positions on key issues don’t deviate much. But there are nuances.
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Immigrant shelters drug traumatized teenagers without consent
The Trump administration’s practice of separating immigrant families at the Mexican border has exacerbated an ongoing problem: the failure of government-funded facilities to seek informed consent before medicating undocumented teenagers, about 1,200 of whom are in custody.
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CT sues DOJ over immigration conditions on policing grant money
WASHINGTON – Connecticut on Wednesday joined five other states in suing to block the Justice Department for its efforts to punish so-called “sanctuary” jurisdictions by putting immigration-related conditions on federal policing grants. Connecticut would lose more than $1.7 million in Byrnes crime-fighting grants if it does not comply with the conditions.
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Parents of immigrant children brought to CT granted parole
Two immigrants who were reunited with their children in Connecticut after being separated at the U.S.-Mexico border have been granted six months of parole.
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Attorneys hope Connecticut immigration case becomes national model
Attorneys representing two immigrant children who were reunited with their parents in Connecticut said on Tuesday they hope the cases serve as a model for potential lawsuits by other families that were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border under the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance immigration policy.
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Federal prosecutor: two immigrant children in Connecticut to be reunited with parents
Two immigrant children currently detained in Connecticut are being reunited with their parents after they were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border, a federal prosecutor said Monday.
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DeLauro bid to help immigrant children gets bipartisan support
WASHINGTON – With bipartisan support, a key House panel adopted two measures sponsored by Rep. Rosa DeLauro aimed at pressing the Trump administration to improve its reunification of immigrant families separated at the U.S. border and boost funding for a mental health program that would help the children recover from the separations.
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Federal judge delays decision on reuniting children with parents in immigration case
The hearing for the two children took place in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut in Bridgeport before a full courtroom including immigrant rights protesters and activists. The father and mother of the two plaintiffs watched the hearing in blue jumpsuits via teleconference from a cinderblock room in a detention facility in Texas.
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Two immigrant children in Connecticut sue over family separations
With the help of Connecticut attorneys, two children who were taken from their parents at the U.S.- Mexico border and sent to a Connecticut facility are suing the federal government for the “psychological and mental harm” caused by the separations.
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Abolish ICE protest sparks arrests, not all Democrats embrace movement
Hundreds of protesters converged in Hartford on Monday to rally against President Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy, resulting in the arrests of 35 people who blocked the entrance to a federal building.
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CT senators say Trump administration blocked visit with immigrant kids
Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy say they were prevented by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from touring a facility in Groton on Friday that houses immigrant children. “This denial of access to a facility in our own state is outrageous, and we will keep doing everything we can to support Noank and to reunite these kids with their families,” the senators said.
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DeLauro: Republicans are ‘cowards’ for postponing bill to address immigrant family separations
WASHINGTON — Rep. Rosa DeLauro on Tuesday accused Republican members of an appropriations committee of “cowardice” because they postponed consideration of a bill Democrats planned to amend with provisions targeting the separation of immigrant families at the border. A GOP spokeswoman said there just hasn’t been enough time to consider the bill.
