Pedro Hernandez

Detroit ICE Director Rebecca Adducci is Once Again Targeting a Long-Term Ohio Parent of U.S. Citizens for Deportation Englewood, OH – In a new Medium post, Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia, Samuel Weiss Faculty Scholar and the Director of the Center for Immigrants’ Rights at Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law.... Continue »

Wife Seleste: “I feel like my country turned its back on my family” Elyria, OH – Last night, the national Noticias Telemundo program aired an update on the Pedro Hernandez family, divided by a border after Pedro’s cruel deportation in September. It is a searing piece, highlighting how American citizens are being affected by Trump’s... Continue »

Akron, OH – In September, we highlighted the story of Leonor Garcia, a mother of four who has lived in the United States for twenty years and faced deportation due to the change in priorities under Trump.  Leonor was given sanctuary in a Cleveland Heights church. In Columbus, Edith Espinal is living in... Continue »

The inhumanity of Trump’s deportation machine has been on display this week in three cases where the federal government has shown a callous indifference to immigrants’ lives, whether they are 17-year-old minors or parents who have lived in the US for decades and have deep ties. 17-year-old asylum seeker... Continue »

English Daily Kos Even more polling confirms American voters want undocumented immigrant youth to stay By Gabe Ortiz September 29, 2017 Daily Kos ICE arrests hundreds, including many with no criminal record, in raids targeting sanctuary cities By Gabe Ortiz September 29, 2017 Latin Times ‘Dreamer’ Debate Will Have... Continue »

Washington, DC – Reports that focus on the fact that the overall numbers of deportations under President Trump have declined compared to fiscal year 2016 lose sight of the forest through the trees. Said Lynn Tramonte, Deputy Director of America’s Voice Education Fund: A key factor in this is the decrease... Continue »

English Chronicle Telegram Deportation at hand for Elyria resident (VIDEO) September 28, 2017 GMA News DACA recipients have only one week to request for renewal —USCIS September 28, 2017 American Prospect (Op-Ed) Protect the Dreamers By Jared Bernstein & Ben Spielberg September 28, 2017 WOSU He Stayed To Care... Continue »

US government insists on deporting Pedro Hernandez – loving father of US citizens, caregiver to a disabled man, despite damage to family and society Cleveland, OH – In a cruel and callous decision, the US government has refused to grant Pedro Hernandez Ramirez another “stay” of deportation, which would have... Continue »

US Government insists on deporting loving father of US citizens, caregiver to a disabled man, despite damage to family and society Cleveland, OH – In a shameful and outrageous decision, the US Government has refused to grant Pedro Hernandez Ramirez another “stay” of deportation that would allow him to remain in... Continue »

Pedro is “Backbone of Our Family,” Says Wife Seleste Elyria, OH – Today, the Cleveland Plain Dealer published the heartbreaking story of Pedro Hernandez-Ramirez, a man who has lived in the United States for fifteen years, is a devoted husband to wife Seleste Wisniewski, a U.S. citizen, and a... Continue »