Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2213, a bill that would allow President Trump to lower the hiring standards for Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents by eliminating a polygraph test for certain applicants. Investigative reporter Andrew Becker and others have foundnumerous examples where the polygraph helped weed out...
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“We won’t forget.” Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed HR 2213, a bill that will allow President Trump to lower the hiring standards for Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents, an agency already notorious for its corruption. According to Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice Education Fund, We are not...
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Yesterday, the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) announced that it was moving its 2018 annual immigration conference from Texas due to the passage of the SB4. As the Texas Tribune reported: AILA ‘said the bill’s ‘dangerous, destructive and counterproductive proposals’ go against the group’s mission … ‘One of the...
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A recording of today’s event is available here. Ahead of next week’s 5-year anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, Jessica Colotl, a leader in the fight for DACA who is vulnerable to deportation, joined Representative Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL), legal experts, and immigration advocates to...
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Trump Has Already Lowered the Standards of Decency and Accountability in Government; House Democrats Should Not Lower Their Own Standards This afternoon, Members of Congress will vote on HR 2213 – a CBP bill to enable and expand the Trump Administration’s deportation force by weakening hiring standards for the...
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On Monday night, the Columbus City Council unanimously voted to formalize Mayor Andrew Ginther’s executive order making Columbus, Ohio a refuge for immigrants. The new ordinance passed by the council prohibits city workers from using city money, equipment or personnel solely to find and apprehend people based on their...
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CBP Needs More, Not Less, Accountability; Members Should Not Enable and Expand Trump Deportation Agenda and Force This week Members of Congress will vote on HR 2213 – a bill to enable and expand the Trump Administration’s mass deportation agenda. America’s Voice Education Fund strongly recommends a no vote...
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Today, the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) and the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas sued the state of Texas, in an SB4 lawsuit designed to block the law from taking effect this year. The Dallas Morning News’ James Barragan detailed the plaintiffs’ argument: “In their motion, attorneys...
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Today, 276 immigrant rights, civil and human rights, faith-based, environmental, labor and women’s organizations called upon Congress to defund Trump’s mass deportation agenda, instead of giving him more agents and tools to carry out mass deportation of long-settled immigrants. Given the lack of prioritization and extreme consequences of Trump’s...
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One week ago, more than one thousand people descended on the Texas Capitol to stand against the state’s anti-immigrant “show me your papers” law, SB4, which will allow for racial discrimination against people of color across the state. In a new piece for The New Yorker, Jonathan Blitzer reviews...
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