The following is a statement from David Leopold, Partner/Chair, Immigration Practice Group, Ulmer & Berne LLP and former President, American Immigration Lawyers Association, following the Supreme Court’s decision not to expedite the administration’s challenge to DACA: Today, the Supreme Court blocked the Trump Department of Justice’s (DOJ) attempt to...
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Fredericksburg, VA – Marcelo Fuentes was born in El Salvador, but fled the country to escape the civil war that left more than 75,000 people dead. Today, Marcelo lives in Fredericksburg, Virginia. He is one of nearly 200,000 Salvadorans living in this country under Temporary Protected Status (TPS). On Saturday, Marcelo and his...
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DHS Must Decide by May 5, 2018 Whether to Extend TPS for Hondurans A must-read NBC piece highlights the widespread political unrest and instability in Honduras, underscoring just how inhumane and problematic it would be if the Trump Administration doesn’t extend TPS for Honduran TPS holders past July 5th. Last week in New York City, activists...
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President Trump and Republican allies are already seeking to set up a blame game and point the finger at Democrats, should Congress not deliver on an urgent solution to the Dreamer crisis Trump created. That’s patently ridiculous, of course, as sharp analyses from Ezra Klein, James Hohmann, Greg Sargent,...
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On January 8th, 200k Salvadorans Learned They Would Lose Their Status Salvadoran TPS holders across the country find themselves in the face of deportation as they confront their new reality, as a direct result of the Trump Administration’s January 8th decision to revoke Temporary Protected Status for 200,000 Salvadoran TPS...
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A recording of today’s call is available here. Policy experts gathered on a press call to analyze President Trump’s immigration proposal, which would dramatically and radically alter the entire U.S. immigration system. Greg Chen, Director of Government Relations, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), said, “The White House proposal on immigration...
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President Trump spent most of yesterday pressuring Congress to embrace his immigration plan and trash-talking Democratic leaders for rejecting it. On Twitter, he wrote, “We have a great chance to make a deal or, blame the Dems!” The following is a statement from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice,...
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The Washington Post ed board makes a powerful case of how Trump made an immigration deal more difficult with his “ethno-nationalist venom.” Eugene Robinson weighs in with a column that argues the only arguments for Trump’s immigration plan are racial and cultural, and that his proposal is aimed at halting the...
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The following is a statement from Frank Sharry, executive director of America’s Voice, in reaction to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union: Tonight’s State of the Union address by President Trump showed that he is more interested in sowing division than in forging unity. This is a President who...
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Again. Trump is giving his first State of the Union speech tonight, and some articles are already reporting that Trump is “softening” his rhetoric in anticipation of an immigration deal. Oh boy. We’ve heard that one before – too many times. During Trump’s campaign, which was launched in June...
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