Frank Sharry reacts to new family separation policy Yesterday Attorney General Jeff Sessions and DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen announced a “zero tolerance” border policy that will result in adults being separated from their children and prosecuted criminally. This is a radical expansion of a strategy that this administration has...
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The Los Angeles Times editorial board weighs in on the disturbing announcement from Jeff Sessions and the Trump Administration yesterday that will result in the purposeful separation of parents from their children. Read excerpts of the LA Times editorial below, “What kind of country would tear apart and lock up families fleeing violence in...
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May 7, 2018
A Decade After Largest-Ever Immigration Raid Devastated Postville, IA, Morristown, TN is Reeling From Another Raid, Destruction of Families A recording of the call is available here Ahead of the 10-year anniversary of the mass workplace raid on Agriprocessors in Postville, IA, another immigration raid was conducted, this time at a meat...
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“Disastrous,” “Sending Me To My Death,” “Rocked To the Core,” “Can’t Imagine Life Without My Mom” Honduran communities were devastated last week by the Trump Administration’s decision to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 57,000 Hondurans. Reporters Conor Finnegan from ABC News and Jeremy White from The Independent profile TPS holders and immigration...
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For all the focus on Trump’s assault on undocumented immigrants and asylum-seekers, less attention is paid to the administration’s attacks on legal immigrants. The Washington Post editorial board takes to task an administration plan to deny legal admission and green cards to those who use a broadened definition of public benefits: “In...
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Elise Foley of HuffPost puts the latest disturbing news about the end of TPS for Hondurans into a larger context, explaining in a new must-read article “more than a million people in total who have been living and working legally in the U.S. who, thanks to Trump, now face an uncertain...
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Frank Sharry, Director Ejecutivo de America’s Voice Education Fund, analiza el impacto de la decisión De acuerdo con McClatchy y The Washington Post, cuyos informes serían cosistentes con el vergonzoso historial de este gobierno, Trump ha decidido terminar el Estatus de Protección Temporal (TPS) para otro país que se encuentra convulsionado y en...
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According to McClatchy and The Washington Post, whose reports would be consistent with this Administration’s shameful track record, the Trump Administration has terminated Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for yet another country in the throes of unrest and chaos. This time the country is Honduras, a country plagued by violence, social turmoil, and recurring natural...
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Honduran TPS Holders Discuss Impact of Decision On Their Lives According to McClatchy and The Washington Post, the Trump Administration has terminated Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for yet another country in the throes of unrest and chaos. This time the country is Honduras, a country plagued by violence, social turmoil, and recurring natural...
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Honduras TPS Decision Deadline: TODAY The decision to end Temporary Protected Status for Honduras is expected any moment. Awaiting the Administration’s decision, Pilar Marrero writes a soulful article regarding how a decision to terminate the program would undoubtedly destroy families relying on TPS. The entire piece is available here and excerpted below: “For...
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