Immigrant youth and families push President Obama to “Let their People Go,” as he prepares for historic announcement on immigration Today, seven brave Dreamers and allies are risking arrest by obstructing the entrance to the Broward Transitional Center in Pompano Beach, FL. The decision to risk arrest happened after more than 100...
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In an unprecedented move today, eleven undocumented immigrants — including Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas — will submit applications for deferred action while putting a spotlight on the complexities of immigration in America. These eleven individuals represent the stories of the 11.5 million undocumented Americans that reside in the United...
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It’s sounding more and more like President Obama will announce a plan to protect millions of immigrant families across the country within the next couple of weeks. Convincing the President that he must act in the face of Congress’ inaction is a fight we’ve been able to win. Now...
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The two-year anniversary of DACA/deferred action was last Friday, providing a reminder of just how important DACA has been to more than half a million DREAMers and why it’s so important that such relief be extended to other immigrants who qualify for the Senate immigration bill. At La Opinión today is an editorial...
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The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program celebrated its two-year anniversary last Friday. To celebrate DACA’s anniversary, a range of voices are highlighting the program’s success – for the nearly 600,000 DACA recipients and for the country as a whole. As many of these voices make clear, DACA’s...
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From David Leopold today at the Huffington Post: 1. Expand “Deferred Action” to More Qualified Immigrants. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals or DACA–the deportation reprieve offered to qualified undocumented youth in 2012–is the best example of how executive authority can make an unworkable immigration system more workable. DACA has...
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Watch this segment from All In With Chris Hayes yesterday, with New Republic Senior Editor Brian Beutler, United We Dream’s Lorella Praeli, and Case Western School of Law’s Jonathan Adler, in which the guests underscored the fact that it is well within President Obama’s power to take executive action on immigration...
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The legal defense for President Obama taking executive action on immigration continues to grow. Yesterday, the American Bridge PAC released a memo of executive orders that previous presidents — Republicans included — have announced on immigration. Today, two key pieces further illustrate that Obama has the power to use existing powers...
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The following is a press release from the National Immigration Law Center: NILC and legal scholars discuss President Obama’s options during press briefing President Obama has the legal authority and historical precedent to issue broad administrative relief in the area of immigration, legal scholars and practitioners agreed Wednesday during...
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Legal Case is Airtight, Use by Republican Presidents Extensive and Leader Pelosi Weighs In As the debate unfolds about the expected executive action on immigration by President Obama, expected to be announced sometime in September, the case for doing so gains supporters and supportive arguments every day. Among the...
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