Ending the day on a positive note, our neighboring state of Maryland passed an in-state tuition bill for undocumented youth, Tuesday evening. The bill now goes to the desk of Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley, who is expected to sign the legislation into law, thereby bringing Maryland communities together.
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Federal immigration authorities have decided not to take action against seven demonstrators who disclosed they were in the country illegally before they were arrested on charges of blocking downtown Atlanta traffic during a protest last week.
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Yesterday, both chambers of the Maryland General Assembly passed the Maryland DREAM Act and invested in their state's future. The bill now goes to the desk of Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley, who is expected to sign the legislation into law, making good on his longstanding commitment to bring...
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The Democratic-led Maryland General Assembly strong-armed through a tax increase on alcohol in the final hours of its 90-day session Monday while voting to grant undocumented immigrants a break on college tuition. The action on the two-high profile issues came on a chaotic day during which lawmakers scrambled...
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UPDATE on the Georgia 7: Great news! After a night in prison, all seven protestors from the DREAM demonstration in Atlanta Tuesday have been released. They are asking for your continued support as they resume campaigning against the Georgia ban on higher education for undocumented students. ...
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In the two years since her father was deported, 13-year-old Elisabeth and her three younger siblings have settled into an after-school routine while their mother, Maria Lourdes, works long hours at a beauty salon. The family shares a cramped bedroom in a Waukegan apartment.
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Detroit ICE agents are known as some of the most aggressive immigration agents in the country. They have engaged in abusive -- and often illegal -- enforcement tactics before. But last week the Michigan Field Office run by Rebecca Adducci reached a new low.
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President Obama spoke at Bell Multicultural High School last week at a Town Hall meeting and during, stated that it was inappropriate to use his executive powers to grant "temporary protected status" to undocumented workers. He also said that it's "just not the case" that he can suspend deportations...
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This week we received some good news from our friends in Tennessee. The thousands of faxes we all sent to ICE, on Manolo's behalf, made a huge difference. Just hours before he would have deported, officials decided to reopen his case. Manolo recorded this video to say...
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Thanks to the shameful failure of Congress to pass the DREAM Act last year, an estimated 60,000 students in U.S. high schools and colleges lost their chance to come out of the shadows and regularize their immigration status.
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