A recording of today’s press call is available here. On a press call today, Gold Star father Khizr Khan, Dreamer and Army veteran, Sergeant Oscar Vasquez, and Marine Corps veteran Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) shared their personal stories and reflections on why Trump’s radical policy vision is contrary to core...
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We’ve been highlighting that despite outsized attention to the border wall, the most disturbing component of President Trump’s immigration executive order is that it creates a blueprint for mass deportation and follows through with the Deportation Force Trump championed in his campaign. Despite rhetorical flourishes and assurances that Trump is simply...
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Protests in DC, New York, and other cities across the US have continued into today in response to Donald Trump’s extreme orders targeting immigrant families and Muslim refugees. As immigration attorney David Leopold wrote earlier today, Trump’s plan is effectively “a blueprint to implement his campaign promises of mass deportation,...
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Families, Refugees, Religious Freedom, American Values All On the Line Donald Trump has begun to make sweeping changes to immigration and refugee policy that would build both a literal and figurative wall around America. According to Lynn Tramonte, Director of Ohio’s Voice: “Trump’s physical wall has gotten much of the...
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TODAY, January 27 at 11:00 AM EST, Gold Star father Khizr Khan, Dreamer and Army veteran Sergeant Oscar Vasquez, and Marine Corps veteran Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) will gather on a press call to condemn President Trump’s immigration and refugee executive orders. The speakers on the call will share their...
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As Donald Trump unrolls a series of extreme executive orders targeting immigrants and refugees, DACA recipients continue to wait in anxiety about the future of the program that has allowed them to legally work, pursue higher education, and temporarily live free from the fear of deportation. Despite offering recent...
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As the media focuses on who will pay for President Trump’s border wall, former AILA President and immigration lawyer David Leopold breaks down the breadth of devastation Trump’s Executive Orders on immigration will cause in a new Medium piece. As Leopold explains, “Trump’s plan is a blueprint to implement his campaign promises...
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The following is a statement from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice Education Fund: “President Trump’s immigration executive orders of this week create a blueprint for the mass deportation, build up his Deportation Force, stop Syrian and other refugees from coming to America and ban tens of millions of...
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UPDATED 2/1/2017. The mayors of American cities from coast to coast vowed to defy Donald Trump’s extremist immigration orders, pledging to protect undocumented residents despite the President’s legally-questionable threats to pull federal funding. In California — home to the nation’s largest population of undocumented residents — city and state...
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A recording of today’s call is available here. As the nation prepares for President Trump’s forthcoming Executive Orders on immigration and refugee policies, leaders from America’s Voice Education Fund, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Women’s Refugee Commission, National Immigration Law Center (NILC), South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT), Southern Border Communities Coalition...
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