America’s Voice ICE Roaming at Courthouses: Silences Victims, Rewards Criminals, Hurts Public Safety ICYMI: San Antonio Judge: Bexar County Violated Constitutional Rights of Immigrant Detained for Two Months This Week in Texas: Judge in San Antonio Suit Ruled Against ICE Detainers; Dallas Joins Lawsuits Cada acto de odio racial...
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From the Associated Press this week comes an article from Amy Taxin, who writes that ICE is tracking nearly 970,000 immigrants with prior deportation orders. Eighty-two percent have no criminal record, and ICE wouldn’t say what proportion are being deported. The 970,000 number is a subset of the 2.3...
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“No lo olvidaremos” Ayer, la Cámara de Representantesaprobó el H.R. 2213, un proyecto de ley que permitirá al presidente Trump aligerar el estándar de contrataciones para agentes de la oficina de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza (CBP), una agencia ya tristemente célebre por su corrupción. De acuerdo con Frank Sharry,...
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“We won’t forget.” Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed HR 2213, a bill that will allow President Trump to lower the hiring standards for Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents, an agency already notorious for its corruption. According to Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice Education Fund, We are not...
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Yesterday, the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) announced that it was moving its 2018 annual immigration conference from Texas due to the passage of the SB4. As the Texas Tribune reported: AILA ‘said the bill’s ‘dangerous, destructive and counterproductive proposals’ go against the group’s mission … ‘One of the...
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America’s Voice AILA Praised for Standing Up for its Values and Moving Annual Immigration Conference from Texas Due to SB4 America’s Voice Education Fund Responds to House Passage of HR 2213 Ohio Republican Members of Congress, 2 Democrats Voted for More Corruption – Not More Accountability – At Customs...
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Secretary John Kelly, in his short tenure as chief of the Department of Homeland Security, has said a lot of misinformed things about immigration and deportation. He’s repeatedly claimed that his agents only focus on deporting immigrants who have committed crimes, a statement which unfortunately is proven untrue every...
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A recording of today’s event is available here. Ahead of next week’s 5-year anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, Jessica Colotl, a leader in the fight for DACA who is vulnerable to deportation, joined Representative Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL), legal experts, and immigration advocates to...
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Trump Has Already Lowered the Standards of Decency and Accountability in Government; House Democrats Should Not Lower Their Own Standards This afternoon, Members of Congress will vote on HR 2213 – a CBP bill to enable and expand the Trump Administration’s deportation force by weakening hiring standards for the...
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America’s Voice In House Vote Today, Will Democrats Be Complicit in Advancing Trump’s Extreme Immigration Agenda? Columbus City Council’s Ordinance Protecting Immigrants Is A Strong Step In The Right Direction Ahead of Hearing Thursday, DREAMer Arbitrarily Targeted by Trump Administration, Rep. Gutiérrez, Legal and Immigration Experts Discuss the Fight...
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