Yesterday, hundreds of supporters marched through downtown Iowa City to demand the release of Max Villatoro, a beloved pastor and community leader facing imminent deportation. The rally, organized by the Center for Worker Justice of Eastern Iowa, was led by Pastor Villatoro’s wife Gloria and drew more than 200...
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Pastor Max’s Attorney Files Emergency Motion to Reopen Deportation Case, Hundreds Rally in Iowa City for His Release Yesterday, ahead of an Iowa City rally that drew hundreds of supporters, Pastor Max Villatoro’s new immigration lawyers, David Wolfe Leopold and Associates, filed an emergency motion to reopen his deportation case...
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Des Moines Register (Iowa): Did Iowa Ag Summit screen out critics? By Rehka Basu The Hill: Corker to oppose Lynch for AG By Jordain Carney The Hill: WH vents frustration on Loretta Lynch delay By Jordan Fabian Politico: Rudy Giuliani steps up lobbying for Loretta Lynch By Manu Raju Politico: Loretta Lynch nomination in the...
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With High Risk of Violence Lurking in Honduras, Pastor Max’s Attorney Makes Plea for Man’s Life Today, Pastor Max Villatoro’s new immigration lawyers, David Wolfe Leopold and Associates, filed an emergency motion to reopen his deportation case with the Board of Immigration Appeals. Pastor Max has been detained in...
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Will the Administration Apply the Balancing Test, or Separate Max from His Life and Family? The following is the latest update about Pastor Max Villatoro, who was detained last week by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Yesterday, ICE denied Pastor Max’s request for a stay of removal, despite the unprecedented public outcry and...
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There they go again. You’d think that with Republicans still licking their wounds after a humiliating defeat in their internal battle to tie immigration action to DHS funding, they’d send their anti-immigrant obsession off on a small vacation. You’d think that, but you’d be wrong. Instead, both chambers of...
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The Hill: WH: Lynch delay ‘unconscionable’ By Jordan Fabian Politico: Loretta Lynch fight gets heated By Burgess Everett and Seung Min Kim Washington Post: With a seemingly innocuous bill, Senate manages to tie itself in knots By Mike DeBonis The Hill: Reid: GOP holding Loretta Lynch ‘hostage’ By Jordain Carney USA Today: Hillary Clinton...
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With Ireland’s Taoiseach Enda Kenny visiting President Obama to discuss world issues — including his own support for immigration reform — the Migrant Rights Centre gathered in Dublin, Ireland yesterday to unveil a giant St. Patrick’s Day banner in solidarity with America’s undocumented population. The banner, reading “Happy St....
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In the Huffington Post, Juan Escalante Explains How the GOP’s Obsession with Immigrants is Blocking a Historical Nomination Over the weekend, after months of slow walking, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced plans to delay a vote on Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch even further. Bitter over their failed effort...
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Here’s what we know so far about Max Villatoro, a beloved pastor facing imminent deportation from his Iowa home of more than two decades: Late last Friday we learned that during the dead of night, Pastor Max was transferred to a detention facility in Louisiana. Louisiana is commonly the...
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