David Leopold, an immigration attorney and former president of The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), provided this assessment of the news that the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case on Immigration Executive Action. Crossposted from Leopold’s blog: There are two big takeaways from yesterday’s announcement by the Supreme...
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On Tuesday, Iowa State University students protested Donald Trump’s campaign event on campus chanting “A vote for Trump is a vote for hate!” and “Love trumps hate.” U.S. Secret Service and Trump campaign officials escorted the group of students out. The ISU Daily captured photos and video of the protest. After...
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English (en español al final de la página): USA Today: Supreme Court will rule on President Obama’s immigration plan By Richard Wolf AP: Supreme Court sets election-year clash on immigration AP: Supreme Court will review Obama’s immigration executive actions MSNBC: Supreme Court sets the stage for historic immigration showdown...
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Democratic leaders from Congress, as well as Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, applauded the Supreme Court’s decision today to take up U.S. v. Texas, the legal case that has blocked President Obama’s decision to confer protection against deportation and work permits to millions of immigrant families with deep roots and ties...
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Earlier today, the Supreme Court announced that it will hear arguments on the DAPA and expanded DACA lawsuit. What does this mean exactly? Finally, immigrant families will have their day in court. If the Supreme Court does the right thing and unfreezes DAPA and the DACA expansion, it will...
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English (en español al final de la página): Washington Times: Trump pulls GOP further right on immigration as Democrats veer left By Stephen Dinan Florida State News: We are Florida: Immigration activists fight harmful bills By Joseph Zeballos Washington Post: Marco Rubio, facing mounting attacks on immigration, hits the...
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Republicans kicked off their first Presidential debate of 2016 just like they finished off 2015: Trying to out-Trump each other in order to suck up to the anti-immigrant crowd that now makes up their base. One of the most heated moments of the night came from Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz,...
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English (en español al final de la página): Wall Street Journal: Republican Debate Defined by Trump-Cruz Clash By Patrick O’Connor, Janet Hook, Beth Reinhard Washington Post: The six big issues in Republicans’ sixth presidential debate By Amber Phillips The Hill: Santorum calls mass deportation a ‘gift’ By Jonathan Swan...
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For us, it’s always been first and foremost about the families torn apart or at risk of being torn apart by our nation’s broken immigration system. Many of these immigrants are oftentimes lumped together in cold statistics, just one of the millions deported in record numbers by the Obama Administration...
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English (en español al final de la página): McClatchy: U.S. decries rising violence in Central America but will continue deportations By Franco Ordonez The Hill: Trump: Our country needs my anger By Lisa Hagen AP: Gov. Haley, Speaker Ryan offer new GOP answer to Trump By Erica Werner NBC...
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