February 22, 2017
Editorial Boards Condemn Trump Administration Mass Deportation Blueprint
Administration Officials Say ‘Criminals,’ While Their Memos Say No One is Exempt Washington, DC – Leading editorial boards are condemning the Trump Administration’s detailed blueprint for mass deportation laid out in the new DHS implementation memos on immigration enforcement. Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice Education Fund, said “The White House and DHS continue… Continue »
February 22, 2017
Trump and GOP Blueprint for Deportation As Unpopular As It is Radical
Washington, DC – The DHS implementation memos on immigration enforcement are just the latest in a string of reminders that the Trump Administration intends to pander to the small minority of nativists who make up Trump’s base instead of responding to the wishes of the broad majority of the American public. In poll after poll,… Continue »
Washington, DC – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) implementation memos on immigration enforcement lay out the Trump Administration’s detailed blueprint for mass deportation. While White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer today attempted to deny and obfuscate this fact, leading media observers are seeing through Spicer’s attempt to throw sand in their faces. Below are just… Continue »
February 21, 2017
Legal and Policy Experts Analyze New DHS Memos On Immigration
A recording of today’s call is available here. Washington, DC – This morning, the Department of Homeland Security released their latest implementation guidance on Trump’s executive orders on immigration. Today, policy and legal experts gathered to analyze the far-reaching changes on border security, detention, asylum, and deportation policies of these policies. A recording of today’s… Continue »
February 21, 2017
David Leopold: Breaks down DHS memorandum on Trump’s immigration orders
David Leopold, former President of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, joined America’s Voice via Facebook Live to discuss the memorandums the Department of Homeland Security’s published today regarding the implementation of Trump’s executive actions on immigration. Please be sure to contact an immigrant rights service organization or an immigration attorney in your state should you need… Continue »
Washington, DC – The following is a statement from Lynn Tramonte, Deputy Director of America’s Voice Education Fund, reacting to today’s release of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) implementation memos on immigration enforcement. “These memos lay out a detailed blueprint for the mass deportation of 11 million undocumented immigrants in America. They fulfill the… Continue »
David Leopold, former president of American Immigration Lawyers Association, joins us to discuss the two recently reported “implementation” memoranda regarding Trump’s immigration enforcement priorities. According to Leopold, the Executive Order was the Blueprint for mass deportation. These memos are the Trump Deportation Force’s owner’s manual. David Leopold, former president of American Immigration Lawyers Association, joins… Continue »
February 17, 2017
Needs to Answer for National Guard Memo, Misconduct by Agents, Raids that Swept Up Low Priority Individuals This morning, Associated Press reports that a draft memo, written by DHS Secretary John Kelly, makes the case for deploying 100,000 National Troops to arrest undocumented immigrants in multiple states. This news comes after a week of chaos that erupted as a… Continue »
February 17, 2017
Keep the National Guard Out of Donald Trump’s Deportation Force
According to the Associated Press, the Trump administration is considering a plan to mobilize as many as 100,000 National Guard troops to round up millions of undocumented immigrants in states along the southern border. This includes states like California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas; as well as states adjacent to border states, like Oregon, Nevada, Utah,… Continue »
Lawyers for Daniel Ramirez Medina issued another very strong statement taking issue with what ICE has been saying about their client. We wanted to share the entire release as this case has gotten so much attention – and because ICE continues it’s false narrative about Daniel: Today, the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division Office… Continue »
