20 de enero de 2015
WASHINGTON, DC – El presidente Barack Obama pronuncia hoy martes su discurso sobre el Estado de la Unión, por primera vez ante un Congreso controlado por los republicanos y plagado de divisiones entre demócratas y republicanos y entre los propios republicanos. Estas brechas exponen los problemas de este partido...
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16 de enero de 2015
Sheriff Joe Arpaio has finally done it. He’s provoked a federal judge into initiating a contempt of court proceeding against him, which will begin in April. Recap: last year, federal judge Murray Snow found Arpaio and his department guilty of racially profiling Latinos, and ordered mandatory reforms to prevent similar...
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Leaders and Impacted Families Highlight Benefits of New Policy, Vow to Defend it from Legislative and Legal Attacks As Republicans voted this week to overturn President Obama’s executive action on immigration, end DACA for DREAMers, and maximize deportations of immigrant families, leaders and elected officials in Colorado held a...
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16 de enero de 2015
Legal Experts and Immigration Advocates Discuss the Latest String of GOP Attacks on Executive Action and What this Means from a Policy and Political Perspective Moving Forward Listen to a recording from today’s call here. From the halls of Capitol Hill to a courtroom in Brownsville, TX, Republicans attacked...
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La demanda, entablada en diciembre, busca bloquear las medidas migratorias anunciadas por el mandatario, entre ellas proteger de la deportación a entre 4.5 y 5 millones de indocumentados padres de ciudadanos y residentes permanentes. Los demandantes argumentan que el mandatario no tiene autoridad constitucional para llevar a cabo acciones...
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16 de enero de 2015
Texas Tribune (Texas): Judge Hears Arguments in Immigration Policy Case By Julian Aguilar Washington Times: Obama amnesty to qualify 2 million illegal immigrants for tax breaks, benefits By Stephen Dinan Bloomberg: Rand Paul on Immigration: ‘The 11 Million Are Never Going Home’ By David Weigel Bloomberg: Bush Allies Say...
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Yesterday, the case filed by 25 states suing President Obama over executive action received its first hearing with federal judge Andrew Hanen. The defendant (the federal government) has requested until the end of January to file another brief, which means that Hanen’s ruling won’t come until at least February. There are several...
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15 de enero de 2015
Today was the first hearing in the 25 states’ lawsuit against executive action, heard by federal judge Andrew Hanen in Brownsville, TX — and advocates were on hand to make it clear what they thought about the lawsuit. Obama’s executive action utilizes is an enforcement tool (prosecutorial discretion) that has...
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Urge Officials to Remove Ohio from the Lawsuit and Protect State’s Good Name Leaders and Ohio Residents Directly Impacted by Immigration Policy Available for Interviews Today, a judge in Texas is hearing opening arguments in the 25-state lawsuit against the President’s recent action on immigration. While Governor Greg Abbott of...
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15 de enero de 2015
Commentators: House Vote Yesterday an Incredibly Shortsighted Move for GOP Brand
Yesterday, the House GOP took their most anti-immigrant vote yet, amending a DHS funding bill to use as a weapon against executive action and DACA. It’s the GOP’s first immigration move this session — and they’ve made it unequivocally in favor of mass deportation. Here’s what commentators are saying...
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