This week on Fox News, acting ICE Director Thomas Homan took a page out of Donald Trump’s “lock them up” playbook by suggesting that we arrest and jail democratically elected officials of cities and states that are friendly to immigrants. “We’ve got to take them to court and we’ve...
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In a last-minute reprieve, Ohio father Amer “Al Adi” Othman was granted a stay of deportation, keeping him with his family for now and saving him from a removal that was scheduled for this Sunday. The announcement is a victory for Adi; his family; Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH), who...
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America’s Voice Frank Sharry Reacts to White House Demand for $33 Billion for Wasteful Border Wall and Unneeded Border Patrol Agents WaPo Editorial Calls Trump’s DACA Gamesmanship “Disgraceful,” While Western MI Dreamer Fears “Losing Everything” Washington Times: Ending Salvadoran TPS Will Not Make America Safer ICYMI: Roundup of Media Coverage...
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Deportation would be “immoral and un-American” Cleveland, OH – Another impending family tragedy in Ohio is just business-as-usual for the Trump Administration’s immigration agency today, as they prepare to deport yet another loving father and caregiver of a disabled American child. The six year-old boy, who became paraplegic last...
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DHS decision expected by Monday A recording of this afternoon’s call is available here. On a press call this afternoon, clergy, impacted immigrants, faith, and labor leaders urged the Department of Homeland Security to extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for the 200,000 Salvadoran immigrants who would be impacted by the revocation...
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But be wary of the Cornyn Con Austin, TX – Yesterday, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) included a DACA fix in his list of 2018 priorities during a Senate floor speech. While it’s imperative that the Dream Act be passed immediately, one must take Sen. Cornyn’s comments with a grain...
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Frank Sharry: “Is the GOP strategy to pair Dream Act and a reasonable border security package so that it gets done, or to scuttle Dreamer relief by loading up a focused legislative fix with poison pills so that it fails?” Negotiations over the future of Dreamers continue, including a...
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All across the country Dreamers continue to watch as Congress and the White House debate proposed legislation that would allow us to retain the ability to work, drive, and be protected from deportation. However, Dreamers in Lancaster, Pennsylvania are not waiting on Congress or Donald Trump to show their...
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DHS Decision Deadline For 200k Salvadoran TPS Holders In 4 Days Please find the letter in its entirety HERE; as well as a digital ad HERE. This morning, the Washington Times ran a letter signed by the Evangelical Immigration Table which urges Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen to extend TPS for El Salvador to provide Congress...
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The spirit of peace and goodwill of the recent Christmas season seems to have quickly dissipated as immigration advocates prepared for this week’s meetings at the Capitol with White House officials and leaders from both political parties to discuss the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program rescinded by...
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