Today's must-read top immigration news from around the country.
America’s Voice Frank Sharry to the U.S. Senate: Reject the Nomination of Ronald Vitiello to Head ICE Workplace Raids: The New Frontier for Family Separation Facing Judge Hanen, Dreamers Stand Strong ICYMI: Texas Attorney General Paxton Again Tries to Justify His Continued Attacks Against Young Immigrants WaPo: “The Trump... Continue »
It’s Time for an Independent Immigration Court On Tuesday, Tal Kopan of CNN reported that an immigration judge assigned to a case for many years was replaced with another judge from Washington who quickly and with little process ordered the deportation of an immigrant.  Kopan explains: The unusual use... Continue »
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A recording of the call is available here. Cleveland, OH – The Trump Administration’s manufactured “family separation” crisis at our nation’s southern border has captured headlines and outraged Americans in Ohio and nationwide.   On the same day that the government released updated numbers showing that its policies have... Continue »
Democrats on the move; Trump desperate to stoke fear; GOP in trouble Here are our key takeaways and key results from last night’s elections: Democrats have momentum as we approach the midterm elections. Following the “too close to call” result in Ohio 12’s special election, and with Democrats needing 23... Continue »
The ongoing failure of the Trump Administration to meet the court-imposed deadline to reunite all 3,000 children they forcibly separated at the border is just most current development in the Administration’s zero-tolerance policy. Let’s remember: the Trump Administration has been discussing separating child migrants from their parents since almost... Continue »
Lind Explains DACA Legal Battles, Including Today’s Hanen Hearing Dara Lind at Vox breaks down the complex chain of events regarding DACA and its legal fate. Today, Judge Andrew Hanen of Texas, known as the Joe Arpaio of the federal judiciary, hears a case brought to him by Texas... Continue »
Today's must-read top immigration news from around the country.
America’s Voice Is Attorney General Sessions Turning What Should Be Impartial and Independent Immigration Judges into His Personal Deportation Force? Women’s Refugee Commission Joins Ohio Legal and Pediatric Experts to Discuss the Southern Border Refugee Situation About Last Night’s Elections A Ongoing Timeline of Trump’s Separation of Families Dara... Continue »
It’s big day for Kris Kobach, a long-time leader of the extreme anti-immigrant movement who is running for Governor of Kansas. This past weekend, ProPublica in an in-depth article titled “Kris Kobach’s Lucrative Trail of Courtroom Defeats,” reminded readers of Kobach’s long history of filing anti-immigrant ordinances, most of... Continue »
A recording of today’s call is available here The slides from the presentation are available here Today, the NAACP released results from a new poll, conducted for the NAACP by the African American Research Collaborative and Latino Decisions, pulling data from voters in 61 of the nation’s most competitive... Continue »
Enlace: http://bit.ly/2nplNn7 Luego de la separación de cerca de 3,000 niños de sus padres, un juez federal intervino y ordenó que el gobierno de Trump los reuniera. Cerca de dos semanas después del plazo ordenado por una corte, 572 menores permanecen traumados, en custodia federal y con poca evidencia de... Continue »