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Ohio Resources: Immigrants, Lawyers, Advocates Available for Reaction and Analysis Cleveland, Ohio – Tonight, President Trump will address a joint session of Congress.  We expect a dark speech that is short on facts and long on fear-mongering against immigrants, Muslims, and refugees. Lynn Tramonte, Director of Ohio’s Voice, said:... Continue »

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer recently praised the DHS immigration enforcement memos — which provide a detailed blueprint for mass deportation — for taking “the shackles off” ICE and CBP agents. Below are just a few examples of what has happened since the “unshackling” began: ICE and Its Disturbing... Continue »

English (noticias en español al final de la página): Phoenix New Times: 5 Reasons Why Homeland Security’s New Deportation Policy is a Big Deal By Antonia Noori Farzan The Pioneer: US MAY DEPORT 3L INDIANS By S Rajagopalan Associated Press: Fearful immigrants take steps to protect families from Trump... Continue »

English (noticias en español al final de la página): Associated Press: New Trump memos outline his plans to deport millions of immigrants By Alicia A. Caldwell CNN: Trump keeps DACA but chips away at barriers to deportatioBy Tal Kopan and Laura Jarrett Los Angeles Times: Sweeping new immigration guidelines emphasize... Continue »

English (noticias en español al final de la página): USA Today: Immigration detentions spark national debate By Marty Schladen The Guardian: Donald Trump considered using national guard to round up immigrants, memo suggests By Ed Pilkington and Lauren Gambino The Hill: White House denies National Guard plan for deportations... Continue »

A recording of today’s call is available here This morning, Associated Press reported that DHS Secretary John Kelly was considering the deployment of 100,000 National Guard troops to arrest undocumented immigrants in multiple states. While that issue has received enormous attention, as it should, the memo also proposes far-reaching immigration policy and... Continue »

English (en español al final de la página): Los Angeles Times: Federal immigration agents arrest a DACA-eligible ‘Dreamer’ in Seattle, lawsuit says By Matt Pearce and Kurtis Lee YubaNet: Cutting Through Confusion Around the Immigration Raids The Monitor (Editorial): EDITORIAL: US immigration raids stoke unnecessary fears Associated Press: US... Continue »

Thousands of Latinos, immigrants, refugees and their allies marched the streets of Milwaukee, Wisconsin yesterday in a “Day Without Latinos” action. Hundreds of businessowners closed their doors and many others skipped work to march in protest of the anti-immigrant policies of Donald Trump and Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke, a... Continue »

English (en español al final de la página): VICE: 5 things new Attorney General Jeff Sessions could do immediately By Tess Owen Voice of America: Republican Senators Propose Steep Cuts in Legal Immigration to US By Aline Barros Associated Press: US Officials Stop Vetting Nauru Refugees for Resettlement Washington... Continue »

Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) has been named the Chair of the Immigration Subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee for this Congress. We know him all too well. Over the years, Cornyn has talked a lot about immigration – and talked and talked — but rarely does he translate his... Continue »