Sep 1, 2017
State AG Sees the Light, Quits Team Paxton; Calls On Tennessee Senators to Enact the DREAM Act After a day of fevered speculation about the future of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, the White House today delayed any decision about the future of this popular and...
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Ohio AG Mike DeWine Should Follow Suit Cleveland, OH – The Attorney General of Tennessee, Herbert Slatery III, just announced that he will not join Texas in attacking the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in the courts. Ohio, like Tennessee, is a plaintiff in a lawsuit attacking a now-defunct...
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Texas was the center of a lot of news this week, due to Hurricane Harvey and (for the immigration crowd) the injunction of the SB 4 anti-immigrant law. Here’s a summary of everything that’s happened in immigration-related Texas news this week: Texas SB 4 Injunction US District Judge Orlando...
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Thousands of American leaders from faith and advocacy groups, all levels of elected government, judges, police chiefs, and sheriffs earlier this week signed a letter in support of DACA and Dreamers. Last night, they were joined by hundreds of major business leaders who asked Donald Trump to preserve DACA...
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A recording of today’s call is available here On a press call today, immigration advocates, legal experts, and DACA recipients assessed a busy week of developments. From the preliminary injunction on Texas’s SB4 to ongoing attention to the future of DACA and DACA recipients, the speakers provided key analysis and...
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Boston Globe editorial and Fabiola Santiago Miami Herald column look at Texas as reminder of why President Trump should keep DACA in place Two must-read pieces today connect the dots between the devastation in Houston, the essential role of DACA recipients and other immigrants in helping with the Texas and Louisiana response...
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America’s Voice The DACA Decision is Down to One Man and One Man Only: President Donald Trump Today’s Biggest DACA News is from Nashville TN Attorney General Breaks with TX on Immigration Lawsuit DACA-Recipients, Legal Experts & Advocates Call On Paxton and Trump to Focus on Building Our Country,...
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If Administration claims they are “acting with heart” and “humanely winding it down,” don’t buy it; Ending DACA and disrupting the lives of 800,000 young people and their families would be an act of cruelty The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is a popular and successful program that...
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On Twitter today, Dreamers, supporters, and advocates from across the country made it clear that they support DACA and will not allow Donald Trump to rescind the program without a fight. Dear @realDonaldTrump, If you end DACA, we will make your life impossible. Signed, The 5 million who marched on...
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At the Huffington Post this week from Jessica Schulberg and Elise Foley is a article on how some of Houston’s newest residents — refugees from Syria and other countries — are coping with Hurricane Harvey and how they’ve been trying to help out and give back to the city...
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