Yesterday, a coalition of 14 states, led by Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson, filed an amicus curiae (“friend-of-the-court”) brief supporting the Department of Justice’s emergency appeal for a stay of Judge Hanen’s injunction on the implementation of immigration action. The states argue they stand to benefit from DAPA...
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Leaders Weigh in on Lynch Nomination; DOJ Lawsuit; Other Developments To listen to a recording of today’s call, click here. Washington, DC – Next week, after months of GOP slow walking and delay, the Senate will vote on Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch. Bitter over their failed effort to shutdown Department of...
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NBC News: Legal Experts: Ruling Blocking Immigration Action ‘Deeply Flawed’ By Suzanne Gamboa New York Times: Administration Asks Court to Lift Order Halting Immigration Programs By Julia Preston Wall Street Journal: Government Challenges Court Ruling Blocking Obama’s Immigration Actions By Nathan Koppel The Hill: Justice asks appeals court to lift hold on Obama...
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Yesterday, almost 200 Nevada families took over the office of state Attorney General Adam Laxalt to demand he withdraw the state from the anti-immigrant lawsuit challenging President Obama’s 2014 immigration actions. The sheer size of the protest, organized by members of Las Vegas Culinary Union and PLAN, was called...
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Today, the United States Department of Justice filed an emergency appeal for a stay of Judge Hanen’s preliminary injunction in the case of Texas v. United States. Hanen issued his preliminary injunction on the implementation of expanded DACA and DAPA on February 16, 2015. A link to the DOJ”s...
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The Hill: Senator seeks to end ‘birthright citizenship’ By Jordain Carney The Hill: Republicans cast a wary eye at new round in immigration fight By Bernie Becker National Journal: Conservatives Keep Losing to Leadership. Can They Change the Game? By Sarah Mimms Wall Street Journal: Politics Counts: How Safety of GOP Seats Fuels...
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American Children of Immigrants Parents Coming of Age, Ready to Vote for their Families Senator David Vitter continues to push for a vote on his unconstitutional amendment to gut the Constitution’s definition of who is a citizen. His amendment to a human trafficking bill would deny American citizenship to babies born...
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Yesterday, Iowa community members and local faith leaders delivered more than 25,000 signatures in support of Pastor Max Villatoro to regional ICE headquarters in Omaha. Pastor Villatoro was arrested by immigration officials in the early morning hours of March 3rd and is now dangerously close to deportation and separation...
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Senator Vitter Proposes Radical Unconstitutional Measure to Redefine Who is a U.S. Citizen Fresh off a bruising and unsuccessful battle over immigration that brought the nation to the brink of a DHS shutdown, you would think that Republicans would be loath to gin up more anti-immigrant legislation that would,...
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Huffington Post: Non-Republicans Welcome (But Not Really) At ‘Bipartisan’ Iowa Event For 2016 Hopefuls By Samantha Lachman AP: Judge orders hearing on allegations in immigration lawsuit New York Times: Judge Blocking Obama on Immigration Has Reputation for Fairness in Texas By Julia Preston Los Angeles Times: Judge’s new order makes it harder for...
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