As Donald Trump unrolls a series of extreme executive orders targeting immigrants and refugees, DACA recipients continue to wait in anxiety about the future of the program that has allowed them to legally work, pursue higher education, and temporarily live free from the fear of deportation. Despite offering recent... Continue »
El siguiente es un comunicado de Frank Sharry, Director Ejecutivo de America’s Voice Education Fund: “Las órdenes ejecutivas en inmigración del presidente Trump de esta semana crean un plan de acción para la deportación masiva, construyen su Fuerza de Deportación, impiden que sirios y otros refugiados lleguen a Estados Unidos... Continue »
With the signing of his executive action,  Trump issued an Executive Order, “Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States,” on January 25, 2017, President Donald Trump began building up his Deportation Force and declaring Open Season on immigrants and refugees. Trump is making sweeping, foundational changes... Continue »
As the media focuses on who will pay for President Trump’s border wall, former AILA President and immigration lawyer David Leopold breaks down the breadth of devastation Trump’s Executive Orders on immigration will cause in a new Medium piece.  As Leopold explains, “Trump’s plan is a blueprint to implement his campaign promises... Continue »
Florida House Democrats didn’t even give Mark Krikorian a chance to spew his xenophobic propaganda to a full house during a meeting on refugees yesterday — they simply walked out. Krikorian is the executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), an anti-immigrant group founded by noted white nationalist... Continue »
The following is a statement from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice Education Fund: “President Trump’s immigration executive orders of this week create a blueprint for the mass deportation, build up his Deportation Force, stop Syrian and other refugees from coming to America and ban tens of millions of... Continue »
UPDATED 2/1/2017. The mayors of American cities from coast to coast vowed to defy Donald Trump’s extremist immigration orders, pledging to protect undocumented residents despite the President’s legally-questionable threats to pull federal funding. In California — home to the nation’s largest population of undocumented residents — city and state... Continue »
Today's must-read top immigration news from around the country.
English (en español al final de la página): New York Times: Trump Blocks Syrian Refugees and Orders Mexican Border Wall to Be Built By Julie Hirschfeld Davis Washington Post: D.C. and national groups bracing for fight on deportation-relief program By Antonio Olivo Voice of America: Trump Announces Plan for... Continue »
El presidente Donald Trump llegó arrasando. A nadie sorprende que quiera hacer realidad aquello de que “lo prometido es deuda”. Aunque, claro, se trata de promesas que le parecen razonables al sector más nativista de los votantes que lo apoyaron y a pesar de que diversos sondeos sostengan que... Continue »
El siguiente es un comunicado de Lynn Tramonte, subdirectora de America’s Voice Education Fund, en reacción a la serie de radicales órdenes ejecutivas sobre inmigración, frontera y refugiados que serán anunciadas por el presidente Trump hoy y mañana. “Esta semana, Trump empieza su planeado ataque contra inmigrantes, refugiados y la libertad... Continue »