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The fight against the Republican lawsuit that is blocking DAPA and DACA+ is about to reach a new level. On April 18, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments on the lawsuit blocking DAPA and DACA+, giving immigration advocates an opportunity to demonstrate that DAPA and DACA+...
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Today, to mark the three year anniversary of the infamous RNC autopsy report, House Republicans are holding yet another anti-immigrant vote. This is the eighth by our count. But, this vote sends a message to the Supreme Court: United States v. Texas, the lawsuit brought by 26 GOP Governors and Attorneys...
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16 Attorneys General, mayors and leaders from nearly 120 cities and counties, over 60 business leaders and entrepreneurs, and two dozen faith-based organizations are among those urging the Supreme Court to uphold President Obama’s executive actions on immigration. This was an impressive showing of support for DAPA and DACA+....
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Today, 225 members of the House and Senate, including Democratic leaders Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi, will file an Amicus Brief to the Supreme Court in support of President Obama’s executive actions on immigration. From Leaders Reid and Pelosi: “President Obama’s Immigration Executive Actions fall well within the legal and...
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David Leopold analyzed the brief submitted by the United Sates in the immigration case. Cross-posted from David’s blog. This week, the Obama Administration filed its opening brief before the U.S. Supreme Court in U.S. v. Texas, the lawsuit challenging DAPA and DACA expansion, the President’s November 20, 2014 executive...
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A new report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) offers yet another reminder why the U.S. Supreme Court unfreezing immigration executive action policies would be a good thing for America — it would be a massive boon to our tax coffers. The ITEP report offers national and state-by-state...
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“SCOTUS 101” Will Provide Key Resources on the Lawsuit & Answer the Immigrant Community’s Burning Questions about What’s at Stake for Them and their Families In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to grant cert to the Texas-led lawsuit blocking the President’s DAPA and expanded DACA programs, there’s...
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Earlier today, immigration law experts and community leaders joined an America’s Voice Google Hangout to discuss two major developments that have unfolded this month: the upcoming Supreme Court decision on DAPA and expanded DACA, and the recent Obama Administration raids targeting Central American refugees. CHIRLA’s Jorge-Mario Cabrera, the National...
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As the Republican Governors and Attorneys General of 26 states play politically-motivated games, their lawsuit blocking the implementation of DAPA and expanded DACA is having real-life consequences for millions of immigrants across the nation. In a must-read piece, Esther Lee of ThinkProgress talks to immigrants whose families would be eligible...
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With the announcement today that the Supreme Court will take up the Republican-led and politically-motivated lawsuit against DAPA and the expansion of DACA, Iowa immigrant families and children will finally have their day in court. The implementation of DAPA is in sight, but the fight is far from over....
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