Kelly claims he can’t use discretion in cases like that of Jesus Lara Lopez in Ohio, but the exercise of discretion in such cases has been a longstanding DHS practice DHS Secretary John Kelly is either confused or lying about his authority to use prosecutorial discretion in individual deportation...
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In less than two weeks, on July 18, Jesus Lara of Willard, Ohio, a loving father and provider for four U.S. citizen children, is set to be deported – despite having no criminal record and contributing to his community in multiple ways. His story was first featured in the New York Times last month....
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A new ProPublica article reveals a previously unreported February 2017 memo from ICE that fully articulates the Trump Administration’s strategy to go after any and all undocumented immigrants: In a February memo, Matthew Albence, a career official who heads the Enforcement and Removal Operations division of ICE, informed his 5,700 deportation officers...
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We recently introduced you to Eric, Elsiy, and Anuar Lara from Willard, Ohio. Their father, Jesus, is battling a July 18th deportation. Now meet Edwin, known as the quirkiest of the four siblings. Jesus just laughs and shakes his head when he catches Edwin daydreaming, or when Edwin asks...
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Yesterday, we highlighted the pending deportation of Jorge Ramirez, a San Diego-area Evangelical Baptist minister who strongly identifies with the Republican Party, actively supported President Trump, and has encouraged his U.S. citizen daughter to volunteer for local Republican congressman Rep. Darrell Issa. Today, underscoring the indiscriminate nature of immigration enforcement in Trump’s...
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By now you know Eric and Elsiy Lara, two children from Willard, Ohio whose father is scheduled for deportation July 18th. Jesus Lara is the father of four US citizen children, and he spends most of the day with them, working at night. His story was recently highlighted in...
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Rep. Darrell Issa: You failed to step up in 2013-14; will you step up now for a constituent? The indiscriminate nature of the Trump Administration’s deportation push knows no limits. Witness the following story from the San Diego area. An evangelical minister who strongly identifies with the Republican Party, actively supported...
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Recently we introduced you to Eric Lara, the 14 year-old Ohio teen who launched a petition to try to save his father Jesus from deportation. Over 33,000 people have taken action to keep this family together, and if you haven’t already, you should too. The Lara family has been...
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Lynn Tramonte: Now “mind-numbingly common” to learn about deportations targeting the “very types of people our country should celebrate, not deport” U.S. military recruits hailing from countries throughout the world. A prominent Syrian pro-democratic activist. A Ground Zero clean-up worker who sacrificed his health to help America rebuild after...
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Today, 19 Senators released a letter to the chairs and ranking members on the Senate Appropriations Committee calling for decreased funding for President Trump’s deportation force and detention beds, and insisting that no money be used to fund a “costly and unnecessary border wall.” Said Lynn Tramonte, Deputy Director of America’s...
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