A coalition of more than 60 Nebraska leaders, including leaders from the state’s civic, law enforcement, business, faith, and health communities, signed a public letter in support of the state’s DACA recipients and their families. “We strongly urge you to preserve DACA so that these important community members can...
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English (en español al final de la página): Los Angeles Times: Opponents of legal immigration hope their ties to Jeff Sessions will influence Trump By Joseph Tanfani Texas Observer: Lawmakers, Advocates Unveil Campaign to Stop Anti-Immigrant Legislation By Gus Bova Daily Astorian: Hundreds expected at rally against Trump’s immigration...
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Members from the Howard University NAACP and Democracy Spring were arrested on Tuesday while peacefully protesting the Attorney General nomination of Jeff Sessions. The protesters were arrested in Sessions’ DC office in what has been a series of peaceful sit-in actions kicked off by the national NAACP last week. According to...
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Denisse Rojas, a medical school student and DACA recipient from California, writes in a personal testimony how the program transformed her life and called on members of the Senate Judiciary Committee to reject anti-immigrant Jeff Sessions’ nomination for Attorney General. Denisse, who was present at yesterday’s Senate Judiciary hearing, writes that...
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Oscar Vazquez, a formerly undocumented immigrant and US Army veteran, opened Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions’ second confirmation hearing today with powerful testimony about his contributions to the United States. “My name is Oscar Vazquez,” he said, “and I am proud to be an American.” Oscar Vazquez, a former...
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English (en español al final de la página): USA Today: Building a wall not enough to secure border, DHS nominee John Kelly says By Donovan Slack ABC: DACA Beneficiary Shares Concerns During Confirmation Hearing for Gen. John Kelly Associated Press: DC mayor announces plans for immigrant defense fund Washington...
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Faith leaders, including Rev. William Barber, Rev. Jennifer Butler, and Rabbi Jason Kimelman-Block, led a “Moral March Against Trump’s Cabinet of Bigotry” yesterday in Washington, D.C. in the run up to Jeff Sessions’ hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee today. “Because of our love of neighbor and country, people...
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English (en español al final de la página): Los Angeles Times: Opponents of legal immigration hope their ties to Jeff Sessions will influence Trump By Joseph Tanfani USA Today: Senate panel to grill Trump’s Homeland Security pick By Donovan Slack Wall Street Journal: Jeff Sessions’s Confirmation Hearing to Likely...
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“Will America be a stronger country if we deport Luis,” Sen. Dick Durbin asked during a floor speech last week, “or if he stays here and becomes a high school teacher?” A quick watch of Sen. Durbin’s speech makes the answer crystal clear. Luis, a DACA recipient, volunteers as...
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In a press call last Friday, civil rights groups lambasted Jeff Sessions as unqualified for the position of US Attorney General, urging his colleagues in the Senate to subject him to a thorough vetting before his Senate Judiciary Committee hearing tomorrow. As the NYT noted in an editorial yesterday, Sessions...
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