Today's must-read top immigration news from around the country.
English (en español al final de la página): TPM: Senators Launch Bipartisan Effort To Protect DREAMers From Trump By Lauren Fox Huffington Post: Senators Draft Bipartisan Bill To Give Undocumented Youths ‘A Fighting Chance’ In Trump’s America By Elise Foley The Hill: Senators crafting bill to limit deportations under... Continue »
Líderes locales de unos 30 estados se han comprometido o reafirmado su promesa de ayudar a proteger a sus vecinos inmigrantes indocumentados de las destructivas propuestas de deportación de Donald Trump. Alcaldes, jefes de policía, líderes religiosos y presidentes de grandes universidades y de instituciones privadas están prometiendo defender... Continue »
Yesterday’s viral #SaveDACA campaign has stretched into today, with DREAMers continuing to share more their inspirational stories with our nation’s leaders. Sen. Dick Durbin — who, along with Senate Democrats, kicked off the hashtag yesterday — briefly mentioned the campaign during a floor speech today, saying that the #SaveDACA was viewed... Continue »
Local leaders from nearly 30 states have now affirmed or are reaffirming commitments to help protect their undocumented immigrant neighbors from Donald Trump’s destructive deportation proposals. Mayors, police chiefs, faith leaders, and the heads of large universities and private institutions are pledging to defend immigrant residents of their communities... Continue »
hite Florida man has been charged with battery after he was accused of punching an Hispanic man in the back of the head “for Donald Trump.” The Gainesville Sun reported that the incident occurred on Nov. 10 while the victim was cleaning the parking lot at a Gate Food... Continue »
A University of Michigan student was approached by a stranger who threatened to set her on fire with a lighter if she didn’t remove her hijab, police said. The incident occurred between 5:30 and 7 p.m. on Friday just outside the campus in Ann Arbor. Police said the woman... Continue »
A Latina woman working as a nanny in SF’s Marina district was physically and verbally attacked Monday in a hate crime at Fort Mason’s Great Meadow. As CBS 5 reports, the incident happened while the woman was looking after two small children, and a man dressed all in black... Continue »
A 56-year-old Patterson man who told two employees of a local grocery store that he “wants to shoot all Spanish-speaking people” is in custody, the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office announced on Wednesday. Police say two employees of Putnam Lake Market on Fairfield Drive were talking to each other in... Continue »
UPDATED 2/1/2017. Local leaders from 30 states and Washington, DC have now affirmed or are reaffirming commitments to help protect immigrant residents of their communities from Donald Trump’s destructive deportation proposals. Among the leaders from the states are mayors, police chiefs, faith leaders, the heads of large universities and private... Continue »
Sen. Dick Durbin continued lifting up the stories of DACA recipients, this morning sharing the successes of Asael Reyes from Chicago, Illinois. When Asael was in high school when he found out he was undocumented. Devastated, he felt he “had no future” and he dropped out of school after... Continue »