The American Immigration Council, American Civil Liberties Union National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, and National Immigration Law Center today sued the federal government over its current practice of denying a fair deportation process to Central American children and families who have fled violence. The groups filed the...
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New Orlando Sentinel Op-Ed from Frank Sharry Makes Case for Big Executive Action Today, in the Orlando Sentinel’s “The Front Burner,” America’s Voice’s Executive Director, Frank Sharry, makes the case for why big executive action from the President that protects millions is good policy, sound legally and highly important...
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Extremism Now the Rule in Republican Party Washington, DC –It’s no secret that Republicans have rejected their own post-2012 consensus to rebrand their image to Latino voters and reposition themselves on immigration policy. And as fresh anti-immigrant and extremist comments from 2016 GOP contenders and others continue to pile...
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Earlier this month, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) was pummeled by the internet when this video showing him running away from DREAMers went viral. And now we know why he ran. From today’s headlines: Ed Kilgore comments at Washington Monthly (in a piece called “Rand Paul Returns to Steve King’s Table): Any way you look at...
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Orlando Sentinel (Florida – Opinion): Yes: America shouldn’t be stuck with broken system: Front Burner Arizona Republic: Obama action on immigration could affect midterms The Nation: Immigrant Rights Groups Push Obama for Bolder Executive Action Politico: Billionaires silent after big splash Vox: Mitch McConnell unveils devious plan to elect...
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Opponents of immigration reform like to crow about how the law is on their side. They champion their opposition to undocumented immigrants as a matter of the “rule of law” and call attempts at compassion “amnesty.” To read their arguments is to constantly run into statements like “what part...
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Also view our blog content on executive action here. As we await an immigration announcement from the Obama Administration, we’ve compiled a list of the top legal, political, and policy arguments for President Obama using his executive authority to protect immigrants who would qualify for the Senate immigration bill...
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Multichannel Electoral Program Will Reach 45K Voters Face-to-Face With Message of Republican Obstruction on Immigration Reform With the November midterm election fewer than three months away, and races in Colorado shaping up to be among the most competitive in the country, several of the organizations most involved in last...
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