“Cuando México envía a su gente, no está enviando a los mejores… Traen drogas. Traen delincuencia. Son violadores. Y algunos, asumo, son buenas personas”: Donald Trump, durante el discurso en que anunció su campaña presidencial en junio de 2015 “¿Creen que el país nos está dando a su mejor gente?...
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Texas Members of Congress will be on notice in January Austin, TX – Last night, Congress approved a three-week continuing resolution that will keep the government open until January 19, 2018 without including legislation to protect Dreamers. Three Texan Republicans, Will Hurd (TX-23), Bill Flores (TX-17), and Joe Barton (TX-06), all...
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22 de diciembre de 2017
Juan Escalante: “The fight for our lives and futures in this country is far from over” Frank Sharry: “The fight moves to January and we are optimistic that victory is within reach” Yesterday, Congress enacted a stopgap measure to continue federal government funding through January 19 of next year. This continuing resolution failed...
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“When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best . . . They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.” – Donald Trump, during speech announcing presidential campaign in June 2015 “You think the country is giving us their best people? No ....
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22 de diciembre de 2017
ICYMI: “Rubashkin’s Sentence Commutation is ‘Win for Anti-Immigrant and Anti-Worker Forces’”
A new blog post from Van Le, Digital Director of America’s Voice Education Fund, runs through an important immigration-related development that many have missed: President Trump’s commutation of a sentence for serial immigrant-abuser Sholom Rubashkin, of Agriprocessors infamy. Le writes: Donald Trump commuted the prison sentence of Sholom Rubashkin, the...
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21 de diciembre de 2017
America’s Voice Recommends a No Vote on the Continuing Resolution
Members of Congress Should Stand with Dreamers The following is a statement from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice. Both Democrats and Republicans have talked about standing up for Dreamers. Now is the time do more than talk the talk; it’s time to walk the walk. We understand...
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21 de diciembre de 2017
New Policy Matters Ohio Analysis: “Crackdown on Dreamers could cost Ohio millions”
Passing the Dream Act makes economic and moral sense A recording of today’s call is available here. Cleveland, OH — As the fate of the nation’s “Dreamers” will soon be decided by Congress, Policy Matters Ohio releases a new analysis about the economic contributions they are making in Ohio. Speakers on a press call reflected on...
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21 de diciembre de 2017
Teen Vogue: TPS Holders and Dreamers Banding Together to Resist Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Agenda
TPS Decision Deadline for 200k Salvadorans 01/08/2018: 18 days In an op-ed for Teen Vogue, Jung Woo Kim, who manages membership development for the Korean Resource Center and volunteers for National Korean American Service & Education Consortium (NAKASEC), and Jonathan Jayes-Green, a queer undocumented Afro-Panamanian and a co-founder of the UndocuBlack Network,...
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Decision Deadline for 200k Salvadorans 01/08/2018: 18 days REPORT: Extending Temporary Protected Status for El Salvador: Country Conditions and U.S. Legal Requirements Country Conditions Preclude El Salvador’s Ability to Handle Return of its Nationals New Report Urges 18-Month Extension of Temporary Protected Status for El Salvador In March 2001, the U.S. government announced the...
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20 de diciembre de 2017
Bipartisan Group of Governors Call on Congress to Pass Urgent Dreamer Solution
CNN Poll: Americans Across Ideologies Agree A bipartisan group of governors sent a letter to congressional leaders in both parties today urging them to “come together quickly to shape a bipartisan solution that allows our Dreamers to remain in the United States and continue their constructive contributions to our society.” The...
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