Gallup poll: record-high 75% think immigration is a good thing, up from last year Pew poll: Democrats have 14% advantage over Republicans on issue, up from 6% last fall As President Trump speaks of immigrants as “infesting” our country, killing Americans and hailing from “shithole countries,” everyday Americans have...
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The Cato Institute’s new analysis of Speaker Paul Ryan’s “Border Security and Immigration Reform Act” finds that 82% of Dreamers will not benefit from the restrictive citizenship path. David Bier and Stuart Anderson write: Only a third of the Dreamer population would likely receive status under the House plan...
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Jun 19, 2018
Condemnations rain down from across the country and across the spectrum As a humanitarian crisis at the border builds, outrage over Trump’s family separation policies escalates. Burgess Everett, John Bresnahan, and Rachel Bade of Politico report: … The administration’s decision to separate children from parents has elevated the issue...
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La repulsiva política de cero tolerancia que arranca a niños de sus madres y padres al ser detenidos sin documentos en la frontera, incluso algunos casos de personas que piden asilo, se hace más inmoral cuando el Secretario de Justicia, Jeff Sessions, intenta justificarla bíblicamente. Según su argumento, en...
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Yesterday, USA Today published an op-ed from DHS Watch Director Ur Jaddou. The piece criticizes the controversial policies adopted by the Trump administration at the border that are resulting in families being separated and refugees being turned away. As Jaddou notes, “The Trump administration, notably Attorney General Jeff Sessions,...
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Ahead of Father’s Day, Senator Blumenthal (D-CT) joined Representatives Gutiérrez (D-IL), Gallego (D-AZ), and Polis (D-CO) and immigrant advocates to call on the Trump administration to end its inhumane policy of ripping apart families at the border. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), said, “I am the son of an immigrant....
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A recording of today’s call is available here Following Speaker Paul Ryan’s announcement that the House of Representatives will vote on two immigration-related bills next week, policy experts gathered on a press call today to respond to these developments. A recording of today’s call is available here. Sanaa Abrar,...
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Young People Leading the Community Response Continued to Express Fears and Call for Action Yesterday, we outlined a stirring piece from Univision, “From teenagers to heads of household,” that features some of the young people left to pick up the pieces of their families after the military-style immigration raid...
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Jun 8, 2018
Updated: June 21, 2018 Ohioans are outraged at the military-style immigration raid carried out by federal immigration agents at Corso’s Flower and Garden Center and Fresh Mark meat processing plants. Following are quotes from leaders denouncing the raids and expressing concern for the futures of affected workers, children, families,...
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Updated: June 11, 2018 Donate $ to Support Raid Response Legal Services Donate $ to Support Community and Humanitarian Response Supply Donation Drives, By Location CLEVELAND LORAIN TOLEDO TAKE ACTION Donate $ to Support Raid Response Legal Services Advocates for Basic Legal Equality (ABLE) Support ABLE’s Immigration Advocacy Project...
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