Last Friday, Youngstown businessman Amer Numan Barhoum Adi Othman (“Al Adi”), 57, was transferred to a federal prison after commencing a hunger strike following his unexpected arrest by the Cleveland ICE office. Hundreds of people also marched on Saturday and Sunday in support of his freedom. “We’re in fear...
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Since taking office, Donald Trump and his Administration have implemented a sweeping anti-immigrant agenda that has involved multiple Muslim bans, mass deportations, the termination of DACA, the cancellation of temporary protected status (TPS) for multiple groups — and a dramatic reduction of the number of refugees admitted into the...
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The family migration program has been around since the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 and allows U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to bring in their immediate relatives to the U.S. This law did away with the racially discriminatory national origins quota system from the 1920s. Through the U.S....
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In a last-minute reprieve, Ohio father Amer “Al Adi” Othman was granted a stay of deportation, keeping him with his family for now and saving him from a removal that was scheduled for this Sunday. The announcement is a victory for Adi; his family; Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH), who...
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Jan 4, 2018
The spirit of peace and goodwill of the recent Christmas season seems to have quickly dissipated as immigration advocates prepared for this week’s meetings at the Capitol with White House officials and leaders from both political parties to discuss the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program rescinded by...
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Dec 22, 2017
More than 41,000 people – our family, friends, neighbors, and colleagues – have been targets of increased immigration enforcement by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). In 2017, deportation arrests increased 37.6 percent over the same period in 2016. In his first year, Trump has overhauled immigration enforcement...
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Gross human rights violations at four U.S. immigration detention centers were identified by Acting Inspector General John V. Kelly* for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in a Dec. 11 report entitled Concerns about ICE Detainee Treatment and Care at Detention Facilities. The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for...
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