The independent and highly-reputable TRAC (Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse) just released a new report — based on the government’s own data — that finds 99% of asylum-seekers who were released into America to pursue their cases attended all of their immigration court hearings. The finding eviscerates the GOP’s Big...
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The conservative three-judge panel issued a divided 5th Circuit Court of Appeals decision that green-lights the Trump Administration decision to raid $3.6 billion in funds appropriated by Congress to help military families and boost military construction for the Trump border wall boondoggle. Trump, unsurprisingly, is already crowing about the...
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As outrage over the detention of Iranian-American U.S. citizens at the border continues to mount, policymakers such as Rep. Pramila Jayapal and Senator Elizabeth Warren and leading observers and experts are speaking out against the Trump Administration’s unlawful questioning, screening and detention of Iranian-American U.S. citizens. Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal...
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Like Most Americans, Agent Farris Can’t Support Trump Policy A disturbing new Frontline documentary, “Targeting El Paso,” which aired last night nationally on PBS, explores how El Paso has become “front and center in America’s ongoing immigration battle,” including how the family separation pilot program in the El Paso...
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The Trump Administration’s plan to send Mexican asylum-seekers to Guatemala is being widely condemned as the latest cruel and chaotic effort to deny due process and a fair chance at asylum for vulnerable people. The plan for Mexican asylum-seekers mirrors the situation for Central American asylum seekers, who through...
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After news broke of Iranian-American citizens facing extended questioning and detention while reentering their country, leading immigration attorney David Leopold, Chair of Immigration at Ulmer & Berne and former President of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, responded with a thoughtful article for Medium. Leopold underscores the deceptive and wrongful...
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On January 3rd, the Trump administration decided to extend but not redesignate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Yemen for another 18 months for nearly 1,500 TPS holders. While the extension is a welcome reprieve for Yemeni TPS holders already here in the U.S., the status only extends to current...
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Big Brother Government Increasingly Limits Our Freedom The Trump Administration’s relentless efforts to scapegoat, scare, and both keep out and kick out immigrants includes a mounting series of big brother and big government tactics – supposedly anathema to conservatives and Republicans – that are ensnaring U.S. citizens. Witness: DHS...
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What You May Have Missed Over the Holidays Regarding the Trump Administration’s Assault on U.S. Asylum Policy There was no break over the holidays for the growing humanitarian crisis and violence against asylum seekers at the southern border due to the Trump administration’s asylum policies, according to multiple media...
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Maribel Hastings and David Torres Someone who evaded military service in Vietnam, saying that he suffers from bone spurs —Donald Trump— is now beating the drums of war against Iran. Not even a conscientious objector, but simply bone spurs were used as his excuse to hide the notorious cowardice...
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