Boston, MA – A group of Haitian and Salvadoran TPS holders are suing the Trump Administration on the grounds that Trump’s decision to terminate TPS is illegally driven by racial discrimination. Two Massachusetts-based immigrant advocacy groups, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice and Centro Presente, are filing the lawsuit....
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Donald Trump’s deportation crackdown has, in the last year, spared few. Mothers and fathers have been deported, as have business leaders, entrepreneurs, Dreamers — and veterans. As we wrote in our Faces of Deportation in 2017 blog: Three percent – more than 500,000 – of the nearly 19 million U.S....
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In an op-ed for Washington Post’s Monkey Cage, political scientist Jesse Acevedo examines potential impacts on El Salvador of the Trump Administration’s decision to end Temporary Protected Status for approximately 200,000 Salvadorans currently protected under the program. The piece in its entirety can be accessed here, and follows below: Last month, the Trump administration...
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Tallahassee, FL – A Marketplace piece highlights the critical roles Haitian workers play in Florida’s $111.7 billion hospitality industry. Florida is home to more than half of the Haitians with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) who now are facing deportation. The piece in its entirety can be accessed here, and follows below: Every morning, hundreds...
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America’s Voice In Massachusetts, Haitian and Salvadoran TPS Holders Sue Trump Administration New Report: We Should Better Serve Immigrant Vets, Protect Them from Deportation Jesse Acevedo, WaPo: What will happen to El Salvador when the U.S. ends the protected status of Salvadoran immigrants? ICYMI: With deportation looming, Haitian workers...
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La encuesta más reciente de Qunnipiac ofrece un recordatorio más de que el pueblo estadounidense, independientemente del partido, apoya mayoritariamente que los Dreamers obtengan la ciudadanía. La nueva encuesta es lo más reciente de los sondeos que han encontrado que al menos 80% del pueblo quiere que el Congreso proteja a los Dreamers....
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Cuando Donald Trump asumió la presidencia de Estados Unidos, todos los inmigrantes estábamos conscientes de que los siguientes cuatro años iban a ser muy difíciles. Sin embargo, las cosas han resultado peores de lo que pudimos imaginar. Los pronósticos de que este gobierno se enfrascaría en una cacería de...
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The latest polling from Quinnipiac offers another reminder that the American public, across party lines, overwhelmingly supports Dreamers gaining citizenship. The new poll is the latest in a series of polls each finding that at least 80% of the public wants Congress to protect Dreamers. The polling also finds that the public is...
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In a new must-read piece, CNN’s Parija Kavilanz interviews a few of the many DACA-recipients, who – as doctors, nurses, and teachers – dedicate their lives to bettering our shared nation. Now, because of White House extremism and congressional inaction, they may lose their jobs and ability to fully contribute to...
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America’s Voice Encuesta de Quinnipiac: los estadounidenses quieren proteger a los Dreamers, pero piensan que Trump y el Partido Republicano desean deportarlos El Sueño Americano se volvió una pesadilla Quinnipiac Poll: Americans Want Dreamers Protected; Think Trump and GOP Want Dreamers Deported ICYMI: “These Dreamers are saving lives” English...
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