11/6/17 Decision deadline for 59,550 Hondurans and Nicaraguans: 4 DAYS 11/23/17 Decision deadline for 50,000 Haitians: 21 DAYS 01/08/18 Decision deadline for 195,000 Salvadorans: 67 DAYS MIAMI, Florida – In a Politico piece, Sergio Bustos highlights Miami Archbishop Wenski’s historic and committed advocacy for the rights of immigrants, in this case, for immigrants protected under Temporary Protected Status...
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“Partisan meetings, bluster about poison pills and delay tactics will not get it done” The following is a statement from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice Education Fund, regarding today’s scheduled meeting between President Trump and Senate Republicans about immigration, with a particular focus on resolving the crisis created by...
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America’s Voice Frank Sharry Reacts to Trump and Senate GOP’s Announcement on Dreamer Legislation ICYMI: “Miami Archbishop Wenski Urges Trump Administration to Extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) DACA Recipients, Legal Experts, Advocates React to White House-GOP DACA Betrayal Frank Sharry on White House Immigration Meeting: When are Republicans Going...
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320,000 Face Imminent Revocation and Deportation By Trump Administration A recording of today’s call is available here. 11/6/17 Decision deadline for 59,550 Hondurans and Nicaraguans: 5 DAYS 11/23/17 Decision deadline for 50,000 Haitians: 22 DAYS 01/08/18 Decision deadline for 195,000 Salvadorans: 68 DAYS On a press call today, religious leaders convened to discuss the importance and...
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El Paso, TX – In an op-ed for the El Paso Times, Clint-resident Dreamer Melissa Martinez called on Congressman Will Hurd (R-TX) to support the Dream Act. As someone who represents a heavily Latino district, Rep. Hurd has an opportunity to lead on an issue vitally important to the community. Congressman Hurd’s...
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English The Hill Latino group pulls anti-Gillespie attack ad By Josh Delk October 31, 2017 The Hill Trump, Republicans to discuss DACA plan on Thursday: report By John Bowden October 31, 2017 Corpus Christi Caller Times ACLU files suit against feds for detainment of 10-year-old girl with cerebral palsy...
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A full recording of the Senator’s speech is available here. 11/6/17 Decision deadline for 59,550 Hondurans and Nicaraguans: 6 DAYS 11/23/17 Decision deadline for 50,000 Haitians: 23 DAYS 01/08/18 Decision deadline for 195,000 Salvadorans: 69 DAYS Senator Van Hollen (D-MD) on the floor today called directly on President Trump and Acting Secretary Duke to “make the...
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11/6/17 Decision deadline for 59,550 Hondurans and Nicaraguans: 6 DAYS 11/23/17 Decision deadline for 50,000 Haitians: 23 DAYS 01/08/18 Decision deadline for 195,000 Salvadorans: 69 DAYS In a piece for La Opinion, Pilar Marrero provides a comprehensive situational breakdown and much-needed look at the 300,000 Salvadoran, Honduran, Nicaraguan, and Haitian adults now incredibly vulnerable to deportation...
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English RollCall Flake Poised to Give Other GOP Senators a Voice on Immigration By Dean DeChiaro October 30, 2017 Splinter (Opinion) John Kelly Continues to Suck By Eleanor Sheehan October 30, 2017 New York Times (California) In the Heart of ‘The Resistance,’ California Conservatives Are Invigorated By Jeremy Peters...
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Over the weekend, white nationalist groups rallied in Shelbyville, Tennessee, in an event called “White Lives Matter” that was organized by an extremist group called The League of the South. Other extreme-right and neo-Nazi groups joined them, wearing black and bearing helmets and shields. The white supremacists were drowned...
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