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ENGLISH Daily Kos Exactly zero members of Congress from the southwest border support Trump’s wall request By Gabe Ortiz April 24, 2017 Daily Kos WSJ/NBC News polling: Americans’ support for immigration at record level By Gabe Ortiz April 25, 2017 Medium (Op-Ed) At First 100 Days, Why Dreamers Aren’t... Continue »

A recording of today’s call is available here. On a press call today, litigators and advocates reflected on Trump’s first 100 days in office, offering their perspectives on the key topics of the day: the radicalism of the Trump/Sessions/Kelly deportation strategy; the case of Juan Manuel Montes; litigation related... Continue »

ENGLISH Daily Kos Maribel Trujillo deported by ICE, despite having four U.S. citizen kids and no criminal record By Gabe Ortiz April 19, 2017 Washington Post Trump the candidate vs Trump the president on DACA By Claritza Jiminez April 19, 2017 USA Today Trump increases deportations of former DREAMers... Continue »

ENGLISH Daily Kos Trump’s deportation force has swept up thousands of undocumented immigrants with no criminal record By Gabe Ortiz April 17, 2017 Vox (Op-Ed) I’m an undocumented immigrant. I pay my taxes every year. By Juan Escalante April 14, 2017 CNN Immigration arrests rise in first months of... Continue »

WHY CAN’T UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS JUST “GET LEGAL?” AND OTHER IMMIGRATION REFORM FAQ / FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Table of Contents I. Immigration 101 Who are the undocumented? Why do some immigrants come without papers? Why can’t immigrants just “get legal”? How do immigrants get deported? Why don’t we use the term... Continue »

Attorney General Jeff Sessions visited the US-Mexico border yesterday, where he spoke of Trump’s efforts to crack down on immigration violations and talked about border crossers in biblically apocalyptic terms. “It is here that criminal aliens and the coyotes and the document-forgers seek to overthrow our system of lawful... Continue »

ENGLISH New York Times Once Routine, Immigration Check-Ins Are Now High Stakes By Liz Robbins April 11, 2017 New York Times Trump Administration Halts Reports on Immigration Cooperation By Ron Nixon April 10, 2017 Politico Report: ‘Favoritism’ and ‘cronyism’ in ICE office By Marianne Levine April 10, 2017 Fusion... Continue »

“Trump may have stalled out in Congress, but he can still move smoothly on his other agenda of nativist aggression and harassment” In his latest piece for Slate entitled “Where Donald Trump Is Winning,” Jamelle Bouie writes an insightful and sobering reaction to Donald Trump’s healthcare loss. Bouie notes that for all... Continue »

English (noticias en español al final de la página): AMERICA’S VOICE New York Times White House to States: Shield the Undocumented and Lose Police Funding By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS and CHARLIE SAVAGE March 27, 2017 Huffington Post (Op-Ed) Bill Clinton Laid Groundwork for Trump’s Ugly Immigration Policies By Bill... Continue »

English (noticias en español al final de la página): TRUMP’S DEPORTATION PLAN: DETAILS, REACTIONS, EFFECTS Associated Press ‘Dreamer’ immigrant in Oregon detained by US authorities March 27, 2017 Associated Press Sheriff: ICE arrests 26 parolees during community service March 27, 2017 Associated Press Immigrants find sanctuary in growing Austin... Continue »