March 31 Expiration Date of Program: 12 days Saint Paul, MN – A series of media reports, including an in-depth piece in the Star Tribune, are highlighting Minnesotans’ activism and urging of the Trump Administration to extend Deferred Enforcement Departure (DED), a little-known deportation reprieve program that currently offers protections to thousands of Minnesota immigrants. The Star...
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More disturbing examples of how Trump war on immigrants is separating American families and trampling on our values More observers are reporting disturbing examples of how the Trump Administration’s immigration enforcement agencies are unshackled and unaccountable, trampling on American values and separating American families. From the must-read recent TIME magazine...
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In new piece, Daily Kos’ Gabe Ortiz profiles Juan Escalante, DACA-recipient; America’s Voice Communications Manager; and “the Persistent Dreamer.” Throughout the exclusive interview, Escalante recounts his family’s immigration story, his debut in the fight for immigrants’ rights, and the current state-of-play: “Am I worried? A bit, but then again...
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La conducta vengativa de Donald Trump, de atacar sin piedad a quienes considere una piedra en su zapato, no conoce los límites de la decencia o el respeto por las instituciones, comenzando por la propia presidencia. Esto no es nuevo. Trump ha sido siempre igual, con la única diferencia...
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America’s Voice Minnesotans Rallying to Protect Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) for Liberians As Deadline Nears Trump’s Immigration Enforcement Remains Out of Control ICYMI: Daily Kos: “Juan Escalante, the Persistent Dreamer” Trump y los excesos del poder English Daily Kos Juan Escalante, the persistent Dreamer By Gabe Ortiz March 18,...
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On Thursday, three South Floridians, seven New Yorkers, the weekly Brooklyn-based Haitian newspaper, Haïti Liberté, and a Miami-based Haitian rights advocacy group, Family Action Network Movement (FANM), filed a federal lawsuit in the Eastern District of New York arguing against the Trump Administration’s termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS)....
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Next week, members of Congress will face a key decision: will they be complicit in Trump’s war on immigrants – and approve his $21.5 billion request to bolster his arsenal of deportation agents – or will they defend our history as a nation of immigrants? According to Pili Tobar,...
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Father of Medical Student and Outspoken Dreamer, Belsy Garcia After more than a year of work, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) under Donald Trump continues to inhumanely break families apart. This time in Georgia, ICE is currently targeting Felix Garcia, father of three, after detaining him during a routine...
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Most of Texas’ SB 4, the nation’s harshest anti-immigrant law, was cleared for implementation this week after a federal appeals court lifted an injunction preventing the law from being enacted while legal challenges proceed. SB 4 requires police chiefs and sheriffs to cooperate with federal immigration officials by honoring...
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America’s Voice ICYMI: Miami Herald: “Haitians in South Florida, New York latest to sue Trump over TPS” As ICE and CBP Run Rampant, Why Would Congress Increase Funding? ICYMI: Felix Garcia, Georgia Father of Three, Faces Imminent Deportation English California News Service IMMIGRANT RIGHTS GROUPS SPEAK OUT AS TRUMP...
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