Today's must-read top immigration news from around the country.
English (noticias en español al final de la página): Associated Press: New Trump memos outline his plans to deport millions of immigrants By Alicia A. Caldwell CNN: Trump keeps DACA but chips away at barriers to deportatioBy Tal Kopan and Laura Jarrett Los Angeles Times: Sweeping new immigration guidelines emphasize... Continue »
David Leopold, former President of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, joined America’s Voice via Facebook Live to discuss the memorandums the Department of Homeland Security’s published today regarding the implementation of Trump’s executive actions on immigration. Please be sure to contact an immigrant rights service organization or an immigration attorney... Continue »
Today's must-read top immigration news from around the country.
English (noticias en español al final de la página): USA Today: Immigration detentions spark national debate By Marty Schladen The Guardian: Donald Trump considered using national guard to round up immigrants, memo suggests By Ed Pilkington and Lauren Gambino The Hill: White House denies National Guard plan for deportations... Continue »
David Leopold, former president of American Immigration Lawyers Association, joins us to discuss the two recently reported “implementation” memoranda regarding Trump’s immigration enforcement priorities. According to Leopold, the Executive Order was the Blueprint for mass deportation. These memos are the Trump Deportation Force’s owner’s manual. David Leopold, former president... Continue »
Restaurants, businesses, and schools in Chicago, Austin, San Francisco, Detroit, New York City, Washington D.C., Charlotte and several other US cities got “a taste of life without immigrants” during yesterday’s #DayWithoutImmigrants strike and protests. WATCH: Thousands take part in #DayWithoutImmigrants protests across the US on Thursday. https://t.co/2QmiVT473b pic.twitter.com/yjPhls937R —... Continue »
Today's must-read top immigration news from around the country.
English (en español al final de la página): Free Speech Radio News: DACA recipient detained by ICE in Seattle, immigrant mother seeks sanctuary in Denver church The Daily Citizen: Young immigrants fearful of detentions, bans on working By Kerry Murakami Associated Press: Immigration agents in New York detain 30... Continue »
Lawyers for Daniel Ramirez Medina issued another very strong statement taking issue with what ICE has been saying about their client. We wanted to share the entire release as this case has gotten so much attention – and because ICE continues it’s false narrative about Daniel: Today, the U.S.... Continue »
Today’s “Day Without Immigrants” strike appears to have started organically through social media and word of mouth in the local DC area, but the action has since spread like fire across the country. The strike — which encourages immigrants and their allies to take the day off from work,... Continue »
Today's must-read top immigration news from around the country.
English (en español al final de la página): PRI: How this undocumented immigrant brought to the US as a child is getting ready for Trump’s immigration agenda By Traci Tong and Angilee Shah Remezcla: This 23-Year-Old May Be the First DACA Recipient Detained by ICE Under Trump’s Presidency By... Continue »
Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center released its annual “Year in Hate and Extremism” report, which found 917 hate groups were operating in the United States in 2016. There are now 14 anti-immigrant groups listed, including, for the first time, the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS). The Immigration Reform... Continue »