An insightful piece by the Dallas Morning News business columnist Mitchell Schnurman asks: will the outrageous lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton end up hurting the bids of Austin and Dallas to recruit Amazon’s second corporate headquarters? According to Schnurman, “We have a lot on the line with Amazon, and Paxton... Continue »
Honduras TPS Decision Deadline: TOMORROW The Trump Administration has one more day to decide whether to extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 57,000 Hondurans legally living, working and raising children in the United States. Leading up to the deadline, members of Congress signed a petition urging Secretary of Homeland Security... Continue »
Honduras TPS Decision Deadline: TOMORROW The Trump Administration must decide by tomorrow if it will extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 57,000 hard-working Honduran immigrants living legally in the U.S. Nina Lakhani at The Guardian details advocates’ calls to extend TPS for Hondurans and the consequences that will ensue as the country continues to suffer from inadequate infrastructure,... Continue »
So much for that concern over the fate of 800,000 young Americans Observers are weighing in to condemn the outrageous lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton seeking to end DACA. Paxton has corralled the Attorneys General of six other Republican states – Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, South Carolina and... Continue »
The President of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), Dr. Colleen Kraft, published an op-ed in today’s Los Angeles Times stating, “The government’s practice of separating children from their parents at the border counteracts every science-based recommendation I have ever made to families who seek to build, and not harm, their... Continue »
La noticia de que el Fiscal General de Texas, Ken Paxton, así como los procuradores de justicia de otros seis estados republicanos, ha entablado una demanda con el fin de terminar DACA es un repugnante recordatorio de los ataques permanentes del Partido Republicano contra los Dreamers y los inmigrantes en Estados... Continue »
Next Temporary Protected Status Decision: Honduras, 5/4/2018, 2 Days As we await this week’s Honduras TPS renewal decision by Friday May 4, 2018, Flora Margolis, in an Op-Ed featured in the New York Daily News, recalls how Trump’s decision late last week to terminate TPS for Nepal affected her family. Read the entire... Continue »
Honduras TPS Decision Deadline: 5/4/2018, 2 Days As the Honduran Temporary Protected Status (TPS) deadline looms, both Politico PRO and Newsy highlight the fear of various Honduran TPS holders and immigration advocates who are speaking out to urge the Trump Administration to extend TPS for the 57,000 legal immigrants from Honduras. Read the Politico PRO and Newsy article.... Continue »
The news that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, along with the Attorneys General of six other Republican states, has filed a lawsuit seeking to end DACA is a disgusting reminder of the ongoing GOP assault against Dreamers and immigrants in America. According to Juan Escalante, a DACA recipient and the Communications... Continue »
Americans Looking for Politicians Who Can Bring Us Together, Not Deepen the Divide Cleveland, OH — The Columbus Dispatch reports that in the last days of the Republican gubernatorial primary, both candidates — Attorney General Mike DeWine and Lieutenant Governor Mary Taylor — are spending an outrageous amount of... Continue »