Somali Temporary Protected Status (TPS) Holders to Face Uncertainty After Non Re-Designation Decision In an article from Rewire, Tina Vazquez highlights the distress felt by Somali TPS holders as well as advocacy groups as a result of the Trump administration’s decision to not re-designate Somalia for the program. The...
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In a blistering review of Kirstjen Nielsen, America’s Voice Digital Director Van Le blasts the DHS Secretary in a must-read post. Check out excerpts from her blog below: Is she a careerist, cowed by Trump, willfully blind, evil — or all of the above? Kirstjen Nielsen, chief of the...
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In an deep dive piece for Vox, Alexia Fernández Campbell captures how Senator Elizabeth Warren’s (D-MA) tore into a top Trump administration official — Kathy Kraninger, Trump’s pick for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — for her role in the family separation scandal. According to Frank Sharry, Executive Director...
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House and Senate GOP Leadership Linked to New Immigration Attack Ads – Latest Reminder that Desperate Republicans Are Running on Division In Hopes of Distracting Voters The Republican embrace of immigrant-bashing not limited to President Trump and Rep. Steve King (R-IA). Speaker Paul Ryan and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell...
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Former UT Law School professor Barbara Hines breaks down why family separation is a continuation of inhumane immigration policies Read piece here In an opinion piece published yesterday in the Austin American-Statesman, Barbara Hines, a nationally-recognized leader on immigration and asylum and a retired clinical professor of law at...
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Frank Sharry: “The only bad actors that should be separated from these kids are the federal officials who cruelly and coldly caused this crisis” The following is a statement from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice, in response to reports that the federal government is deciding which children...
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On Monday, more than 200 sworn statements from detained immigrants – mothers, fathers, children – were filed in federal court describing horrific conditions in immigration detention. Many came seeking asylum only to be thrown into what most described as “dog cages” and “ice boxes” with highly unsanitary conditions where...
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18 Month Extension Without Re-designation Will Deport Families Who Arrived After the Deadline In yet another decision that threatens the livelihoods of immigrants, the Trump administration decided earlier today not to re-designate Somalia for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). The decision forces families who have arrived in the U.S. after...
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The Trump Administration’s cruel and incompetent family separation policy and related crackdown continues to exact a toll on children and families, as a series of first-person accounts and assessments highlight. Meanwhile, several medical experts are speaking out against the administration’s proposed “alternative,” stressing the long-term trauma that would result...
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Tal Kopan reports for CNN that the Trump administration was warned by intelligence analysts in a report that ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) would increase undocumented immigration but acted to terminate the program anyways. You can read Topan’s full article below: The Trump administration was warned by...
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