With Ireland’s Taoiseach Enda Kenny visiting President Obama to discuss world issues — including his own support for immigration reform — the Migrant Rights Centre gathered in Dublin, Ireland yesterday to unveil a giant St. Patrick’s Day banner in solidarity with America’s undocumented population. The banner, reading “Happy St....
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Despite Renewed Dept. Priorities, ICE Insists on Wasting Resources Deporting Beloved Pastor and Separating American Family Today, in the wake of a relentless, nationwide mobilization against the arrest of Mennonite Pastor Max Villatoro, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has decided to deny a stay of removal for Pastor Max, making the horrific...
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Here’s what we know so far about Max Villatoro, a beloved pastor facing imminent deportation from his Iowa home of more than two decades: Late last Friday we learned that during the dead of night, Pastor Max was transferred to a detention facility in Louisiana. Louisiana is commonly the...
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The Hill: White House makes aggressive legal push on immigration By Jordan Fabian The Hill: GOP lawmaker says Obama will lose immigration appeal By Mark Hensch Los Angeles Times: Obama immigration program, blocked by Texas judge, wins 14 states’ support By Joseph Tanfani MSNBC: As immigration actions remain in ‘legal limbo,’ a community...
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In an emotional video filmed last night, Pastor Max Villatoro’s wife and their four U.S. citizen children directly pleaded to President Barack Obama to halt Max’s deportation and let him return to his family and community in Iowa: “I need my husband back. My kids need their dad. I’m...
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Yesterday, a coalition of 14 states, led by Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson, filed an amicus curiae (“friend-of-the-court”) brief supporting the Department of Justice’s emergency appeal for a stay of Judge Hanen’s injunction on the implementation of immigration action. The states argue they stand to benefit from DAPA...
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NBC News: Legal Experts: Ruling Blocking Immigration Action ‘Deeply Flawed’ By Suzanne Gamboa New York Times: Administration Asks Court to Lift Order Halting Immigration Programs By Julia Preston Wall Street Journal: Government Challenges Court Ruling Blocking Obama’s Immigration Actions By Nathan Koppel The Hill: Justice asks appeals court to lift hold on Obama...
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Yesterday, almost 200 Nevada families took over the office of state Attorney General Adam Laxalt to demand he withdraw the state from the anti-immigrant lawsuit challenging President Obama’s 2014 immigration actions. The sheer size of the protest, organized by members of Las Vegas Culinary Union and PLAN, was called...
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The Hill: Senator seeks to end ‘birthright citizenship’ By Jordain Carney The Hill: Republicans cast a wary eye at new round in immigration fight By Bernie Becker National Journal: Conservatives Keep Losing to Leadership. Can They Change the Game? By Sarah Mimms Wall Street Journal: Politics Counts: How Safety of GOP Seats Fuels...
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Yesterday, Iowa community members and local faith leaders delivered more than 25,000 signatures in support of Pastor Max Villatoro to regional ICE headquarters in Omaha. Pastor Villatoro was arrested by immigration officials in the early morning hours of March 3rd and is now dangerously close to deportation and separation...
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