In a new must-read Medium piece, Marshall Fitz lays out the case on case on why “facts, not fear” should prevail as the Supreme Court is poised to take up the lawsuit blocking implementation of DAPA and expanded DACA, which would provide work permits and protection from deportation for...
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Cross-posted from David Leopold’s piece on Medium: Yesterday the Obama Administration filed its opening brief before U.S. Supreme Court in U.S. v. Texas, the lawsuit challenging DAPA and DACA expansion, President Obama’s November 20, 2014 executive actions on deportations. In the weeks to come the state of Texas will make...
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Speaker Paul Ryan (R-OH) proved again today that the effort to block President Obama’s executive action through the courts is, in fact, based in partisan politics. Republicans at all levels are relying on the courts to do what they could not accomplish through the legislative process, via Elise Foley:...
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US officials and leaders welcomed Pope Francis’s historic visit to the US/Mexico border yesterday, where he laid a bouquet of flowers for the thousands who have perished attempting to make a better life for themselves in the north. The messages from officials and leaders welcoming the Pope’s historic return...
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Lynn Tramonte: “Ohioans—indeed, all Americans—deserve better leadership than this” Following Supreme Court Justice Scalia’s death, Senator Rob Portman and Governor John Kasich stated that the current President should not fill his vacancy. The Toledo Blade issued an important editorial calling the two Republicans to task. “Creating a crisis in one...
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Please note the following column was translated from Spanish to English and is available for reprint as long as the author is given proper credit. This column is available online in English here and Spanish here. With the death of the conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, and the reality of a...
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“If the justices approach their task as judges and not as politicians, the administration will easily prevail” Prominent legal analyst Linda Greenhouse assesses the stakes of the Supreme Court’s upcoming immigration executive action case, United States v. Texas, in a new must-read opinion piece published in today’s New York Times. United States v. Texas will decide...
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Last week, the Lorain Ohio Immigrants’ Rights Association (LOIRA), Ohio’s Voice, and Cleveland Jobs with Justice invited the three candidates for U.S. Senate: former Governor Ted Strickland (D), Cincinnati City Council Member PG Sittenfeld(D), and Senator Rob Portman (R) to sit down with DAPA-eligible families as part of the ongoing “DAPA Dinners” campaign. “DAPA Dinners” is an initiative that invites all...
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“SCOTUS 101” Will Provide Key Resources on the Lawsuit & Answer the Immigrant Community’s Burning Questions about What’s at Stake for Them and their Families In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to grant cert to the Texas-led lawsuit blocking the President’s DAPA and expanded DACA programs, there’s...
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A number of leading editorial boards are calling on the Supreme Court to uphold US v Texas, the case to decide the fate of DAPA/DACA expansion executive action immigration programs. As the below editorials make clear, the immigration executive action programs are legal and built on historical precedent, including the...
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