Yesterday, hundreds of supporters marched through downtown Iowa City to demand the release of Max Villatoro, a beloved pastor and community leader facing imminent deportation. The rally, organized by the Center for Worker Justice of Eastern Iowa, was led by Pastor Villatoro’s wife Gloria and drew more than 200...
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Des Moines Register (Iowa): Did Iowa Ag Summit screen out critics? By Rehka Basu The Hill: Corker to oppose Lynch for AG By Jordain Carney The Hill: WH vents frustration on Loretta Lynch delay By Jordan Fabian Politico: Rudy Giuliani steps up lobbying for Loretta Lynch By Manu Raju Politico: Loretta Lynch nomination in the...
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Mar 17, 2015
The Hill: WH: Lynch delay ‘unconscionable’ By Jordan Fabian Politico: Loretta Lynch fight gets heated By Burgess Everett and Seung Min Kim Washington Post: With a seemingly innocuous bill, Senate manages to tie itself in knots By Mike DeBonis The Hill: Reid: GOP holding Loretta Lynch ‘hostage’ By Jordain Carney USA Today: Hillary Clinton...
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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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