As the White House rolls out its proposal on immigration, the following is the reaction of Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice: President Trump and Stephen Miller are exploiting a crisis that they created, so they can take a wrecking ball to the Statue of Liberty. They think that by...
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Yesterday, President Trump said he would be open to putting some Dreamers on a path to citizenship, only to have it walked back by unnamed senior staff. The following is a reaction and a reflection on the state of play by Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice: We...
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“Our democracy rests on the bedrock principle that every person is equal before the law” The NAACP is suing the Department of Homeland Security after its decision to cancel Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for approximately 60,000 Haitians currently protected under the program, on the grounds that this decision marks ‘an egregious departure...
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“Immigration and the U.S. construction industry have been doing an odd, mutually beneficial dance for decades” Trump’s decision to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 200k Salvadoran immigrants delivers a devastating blow to the construction industry, a field that continually confronts workforce challenges, given its already-stretched labor force. Two pieces –...
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The contributions of America’s Dreamers – and the uncertainty they face after Trump killed the DACA program – continue to be highlighted in media across the United States. See below excerpts from Massachusetts, Ohio, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, and Texas, and Forbes magazine. WBUR, Boston’s NPR affiliate, published...
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Washington Post’s Greg Sargent and MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell Highlight Promise Speaker Ryan Made, But Has Not Kept, to Angelica Villalobos In a new piece in the Washington Post’s The Plum Line blog, Greg Sargent focuses on a promise that Speaker of the House Paul Ryan made last year to Dreamer Angelica Villalobos....
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Salvadoran immigrants who have long filled D.C.’s service jobs will soon lose their Temporary Protected Status (TPS) A piece in Huffington Post exposes the painful irony for TPS holders and workers who have been left in limbo by the very people for whom they work: the federal government. Specifically, the piece focuses...
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A recording of today’s call is available here Austin, TX – Dreamers and their advocates spoke on a call on the latest in the fight for the Dream Act and protections for vulnerable immigrants. Julieta Garibay, Co-Founder and Texas Director of United We Dream, said: We are utterly disappointed that the...
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As we move into the next phase of the Dreamer legislative debate, here are three key fundamentals that, if respected, will help get us across the finish line. 1. The core question: do Republicans want to keep Dreamers here in America or deport them? As Greg Sargent of the Washington...
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As negotiations continue and uncertainty surrounds the future of immigration policy in our country, activists have not wavered in their steadfast commitments to ensuring TPS holders are included in any final decision and permanent pathway to citizenship. Relevant excerpted coverage follows: Spectrum News 13: Salvadorian immigrants under TPS face uncertain...
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