Mar 16, 2015
The Hill: White House makes aggressive legal push on immigration By Jordan Fabian The Hill: GOP lawmaker says Obama will lose immigration appeal By Mark Hensch Los Angeles Times: Obama immigration program, blocked by Texas judge, wins 14 states’ support By Joseph Tanfani MSNBC: As immigration actions remain in ‘legal limbo,’ a community...
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El prejuicio no conoce fronteras. Se da en todos los países y en todas las sociedades, pero en una nación tan diversa como Estados Unidos sigue siendo evidente el largo camino por recorrer para garantizar la convivencia en una sociedad donde las personas no sean juzgadas, discriminadas o se...
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In addition to the 42,000 people that have signed petitions to stop Max’s deportation, supporters of Pastor Max are recording their own videos asking President Obama to keep Max’s family together. Here’s what started it all. Pastor Max’s wife Gloria and their four children, pleading to President Obama to...
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In an emotional video filmed last night, Pastor Max Villatoro’s wife and their four U.S. citizen children directly pleaded to President Barack Obama to halt Max’s deportation and let him return to his family and community in Iowa: “I need my husband back. My kids need their dad. I’m...
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After Series of Arbitrary Transfers to Multiple Detention Centers, ICE Seeks Apparent Retaliation Against Pastor Max Villatoro and His Loved Ones; Community Demands Answers After a week-long, nationwide mobilization against the arrest of local Mennonite Pastor Max Villatoro, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) appears to be unmoved by the intensifying pressure from...
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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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Tal como ha hecho en otras ocasiones, el Departamento de Justicia argumentó que, de acuerdo con la Constitución, las tareas para el cumplimiento de las leyes migratorias recaen únicamente en el gobierno federal, y no en los gobiernos estatales.
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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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