Key observers are weighing in on yesterday’s news that the U.S. Supreme Court declined to bypass the appeals courts in order to take up a DACA case. Coverage is highlighting that the news from the Supreme Court represents a sharp rebuke to the Trump administration, and their continued extremism... Continue »
Conscientes de que en el fondo y en la forma la sociedad estadounidense nunca nos aceptará como partes integrantes del país –sobre todo por color, origen y acento–, los inmigrantes hemos creado una especie de mundo paralelo con base en el cual nos autofortalecemos como grupo y, al mismo... Continue »
Today's must-read top immigration news from around the country.
America’s Voice ICYMI: Lynn Tramonte: “Study Shows Ohio is Worst State For Undocumented Immigrants – But We Can Change” ICYMI: Harvard Magazine: “Harvard TPS Workers at Risk” Key Observers Agree: SCOTUS Decision on DACA a Sharp Rebuke of Trump’s Rush to Kill Off the Program Había una vez una... Continue »
Those who oppose immigration have tried to blame immigrants for everything from climate change to epidemics to the Great Recession. This month, Congressional Republicans tried to scapegoat undocumented immigrants for the opioid epidemic, even though it’s the Trump Administration that has failed to appoint a permanent Drug Enforcement Administration... Continue »
The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) featured an ugly embrace of anti-immigrant politics from both President Trump and the attendees.  As Dave Weigel wrote in the Washington Post, “At this year’s conference, in place of discussions of how to reach out to nonwhite voters, speakers, including Trump, spoke about keeping immigrants... Continue »
The following is a statement from David Leopold, Partner/Chair, Immigration Practice Group, Ulmer & Berne LLP and former President, American Immigration Lawyers Association, following the Supreme Court’s decision not to expedite the administration’s challenge to DACA: Today, the Supreme Court blocked the Trump Department of Justice’s (DOJ) attempt to... Continue »
Fredericksburg, VA – Marcelo Fuentes was born in El Salvador, but fled the country to escape the civil war that left more than 75,000 people dead. Today, Marcelo lives in Fredericksburg, Virginia. He is one of nearly 200,000 Salvadorans living in this country under Temporary Protected Status (TPS). On Saturday, Marcelo and his... Continue »
DHS Must Decide by May 5, 2018 Whether to Extend TPS for Hondurans A must-read NBC piece highlights the widespread political unrest and instability in Honduras, underscoring just how inhumane and problematic it would be if the Trump Administration doesn’t extend TPS for Honduran TPS holders past July 5th. Last week in New York City, activists... Continue »
Writing in The Hill this weekend, Lynn Tramonte of America’s Voice and America’s Voice Ohio calls out Senator Rob Portman’s (R-OH) record of playing games on immigration instead of actually legislating. In the article “Sen. Portman, your Dreamer constituents need solutions, not stunts,” she offers specific examples from the recent Dream... Continue »
El pasado viernes Donald Trump acudió a su cita con el cónclave del CPAC, que más que conservador es extremista. Ahí, ante esa amistosa audiencia, dio rienda suelta a la retórica que se ha traducido en esfuerzos de política pública para frenar la inmigración, incluso la basada en lazos... Continue »