A Recap of Democratic and Republican Responses to the Immigration Resistance April’s Congressional Recess is over, and this week Congress returns to DC having heard from (and in some cases, doing battle with) their constituents over a number of issues. One of these issues was immigration reform, which was...
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ENGLISH Associated Press Young immigrants won’t ‘rest easy’ despite Trump’s comments April 21, 2017 Huffington Post Trump Says Dreamers Shouldn’t Worry. Statistics Say Otherwise. By Roque Planas April 21, 2017 Daily Kos A deported immigrant’s teen son worries about the fate of other undocumented moms By Gabe Ortiz April...
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Sin contemplaciones y sin tener historial delictivo, Maribel Trujillo Díaz fue deportada a su natal México el pasado miércoles, dejando atrás un esposo, cuatro hijos ciudadanos estadounidenses, un trabajo y una vida establecida en Ohio. Al gobierno de Donald J. Trump que la deportó poco le importó que los...
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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...
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Today, America’s Voice Education Fund releases a new report assessing immigration enforcement in the first 100 days on immigration of the Trump Administration (available in Spanish here). While President Trump has already flip-flopped on an array of campaign promises, deportations are proceeding in rigid accordance with Trump’s nativist campaign pledge....
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It’s as if Trump is looking for ways to remove as many brown people from the country as possible. Yesterday, we wrote about how Trump is seeking the deportation of 4,000 Somali asylum seekers and refugees even though their home country is still too dangerous to return to. Today, we’re...
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Introducción: Aunque el presidente Donald Trump ha dado un giro en una serie de promesas de campaña, sus propuestas migratorias han procedido, siguiendo rigurosamente las promesas nativistas que formuló como candidato presidencial. Al cumplirse los tradicionales 100 días del gobierno de Trump, queda claro que su administración ha establecido...
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McCauley Column, NYT Editorial Provoke Compelling Questions about Ohio Mom’s Deportation The headline of Byron McCauley’s column in the Cincinnati Enquirer about Oswaldo, Maribel Trujillo’s eldest son, is heartbreaking: “His mom deported, 15 year-old boy left with questions,” and so is the entire piece. Just read the first lines:...
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Introduction While President Trump has already flip-flopped on an array of campaign promises, immigration enforcement is proceeding in rigid accordance with Trump’s nativist campaign pledge. As we reach the first 100 days on immigration benchmark, it is clear that the Trump Administration has laid the groundwork to implement a...
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This morning, two of the nation’s leading editorial boards blasted DHS Secretary Kelly as well as the Trump Administration’s approach to immigration enforcement. See below for excerpts from new editorials from the New York Times: “Fearmongering at Homeland Security” and “ Torn From Their Families for No Good Reason,” and the...
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