Yesterday afternoon, over 50 New York DREAMers and their allies pledged a hunger strike after Governor Andrew Cuomo said he would be dropping the NY DREAM Act from the annual budget. Gov. Cuomo — who had campaigned on making the DREAM Act a reality, and up until last week was...
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In California, 3:1 Support for Path to Citizenship, Including 61% of GOP Respondents California’s passage of the notoriously anti-immigrant Proposition 187 in 1994 ushered in a trend of policies aimed at cracking down at immigrants. At the time, it appeared that this backlash would dominate the future politics of California and...
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New Jersey Governor and potential 2016 Republican contender Chris Christie has taken the next step in embracing anti-immigrant politics by signing onto a brief seeking to block immigration executive action programs. As Elise Foley of the Huffington Post reports: “After months of staying out of the legal battle over the president’s...
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Pastor Max’s Story Continues to Show Need for Reform at ICE and Accountability for Director Saldaña In the wake of his tragic deportation, Pastor Max Villatoro, now in Honduras, is speaking out for the first time since he was detained, sharing his personal experience with the U.S. deportation machine and...
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In Wake of High Profile Deportation Of Pastor Max Villatoro, Leopold Raises Key Questions about ICE Director Saldaña’s Failure to Follow President’s New Enforcement Guidelines In a new post published on Latino Rebels, David Leopold, Cleveland-based immigration attorney and past President of the American Immigration Lawyers Association discusses the recent,...
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The news that Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) is officially running for President should be cause for alarm for Republicans hoping to recast their image on immigration ahead of the 2016 elections. In a campaign kickoff video, Cruz proudly introduces himself as the “son of an immigrant father, who fled oppression...
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On Friday, we received tragic confirmation that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deported Pastor Max Villatoro to Honduras during the early morning hours. While we weren’t ultimately successful in convincing ICE that this father of four U.S. citizens shouldn’t have been a priority for deportation, the support for Pastor Max amounted to...
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After ICE Director Saldana Coddles House Republican Restrictionists at Hearing, Her Agents Move to Deport Pastor Max Based on a phone call from Pastor Max Villatoro to his lawyer late last night, we fear he was deported to his native Honduras either under cover of night or in the...
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Nearly 400 Leaders from the Mennonite Church USA and Christian Clergy of Various Traditions Send Letter to Administration in Support of Pastor Max and His Family Adding to the growing coalition of voices calling for Pastor Max Villatoro’s immediate release from Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody, nearly 400 clergy from the Mennonite...
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As First Act Presiding over Judiciary Subcomittee Hearing, Ted Cruz Puts Forward Mastermind of “Self-Deportation,” AL & AZ “Papers Please” Laws, and Legal Attack on President’s Executive Actions Today, Republicans are wrapping up this week’s cavalcade of anti-immigrant hearings, with no less than anti-immigrant hardliner Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) bringing...
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