Today's must-read top immigration news from around the country.
America’s Voice New Massive-Sample PRRI Polling: By 4:1 Margin, Americans Back Legalization over Deportation DHS Secretary John Kelly Set to Deport Pillar of Irish-American Community from Kelly’s Own Hometown Court Overturns In-State Tuition for DACA-mented Dreamers in Arizona More than 100 Iraqi Christians Face “Death Sentence” if Deported Top... Continue »
SB 4 will allow racial profiling and discrimination of Texas’ communities of color Austin, TX – According to the Austin American-Statesman, the Trump and Sessions led Department of Justice yesterday indicated its intent to file a statement of interest and “asked to be involved in the court hearings next week on SB 4,” Texas’ anti-immigrant and... Continue »
California, long a national leader in pro-immigrant policymaking, is poised to once again provide a powerful example of how states can stand up for immigrants and protect public safety for all. At a press conference yesterday, Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck joined with former U.S. Attorney General Eric... Continue »
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Today is World Refugee Day — and as CNN reports, more than 65 million people around the world are counted as forcibly displaced by the United Nations. CNN goes on to point out that: Children are disproportionately affected — more than half of refugees are under 18 People are... Continue »
It Is Important to Take a Moment to Remember the Sacrifice of People Who Make Our Nation Special As our country mourns the death of seven U.S. Navy sailors, a new piece from Dave Phillips of the New York Times serves as a reminder of the strength our country gathers from its diversity –... Continue »
Today's must-read top immigration news from around the country.
America’s Voice ICYMI: New York Times: “7 Sailors Emerged From Diverse Backgrounds to Pursue a Common Cause” LAPD Chief Charlie Beck and Ex-AG Eric Holder Support California’s Pro-Immigrant and Pro-Public Safety SB54 Bill Trump and Sessions’ Justice Department Considers Supporting Texas SB4,  “Show Me Your Papers” Bill It’s World... Continue »
Como colofón del Día del Padre, el New York Times publicó una aguda historia firmada por Miriam Jordan, en relación con el debate migratorio que se intensifica actualmente en toda la nación, incluyendo una pequeña población de Ohio, en la que se destaca el caso de un padre –Jesús Lara López–, cuya... Continue »
ICE Acting Director Thomas Homan’s testimony before the House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee last week laid bare the Trump Administration’s radical deportation policy. In contrast with the usual spin that we hear from President Trump and DHS Secretary John Kelly that they are targeting public safety threats, Homan made it clear that... Continue »
John Kelly Thinks Immigration Judges’ Orders Should Be Final, Thomas Homan Thinks Immigrants Get Due Process; Here’s Why Neither is True Donald Trump is enacting his mass deportation agenda, and many of the people being deported fit a specific profile: they are mothers and fathers who have committed no... Continue »
En medio del ‘reality show’ de Donald Trump y su ‘Rusiagate’, los acontecimientos migratorios han sido varios, aunque un tanto eclipsados por el culebrón presidencial. Dos de estos acontecimientos captaron mi atención. El primero es que Trump, por el momento, no tiene intenciones de revocar la Acción Diferida para... Continue »