The Association of Legal Aid Attorneys along with dozens of unions, immigrant rights organizations, and community groups held a rally on December 7, 2017 at Brooklyn Borough Hall to call on the Office of Court Administration and Chief Judge Janet DiFiore to prohibit Immigration & …
Read MoreHRC Fights Proposal to Block Vulnerable People from Immigration – Human Rights Campaign
In the face of unrelenting attacks from the Trump-Pence administration, HRC continues to call for support and protection of immigrants, asylum seekers and other vulnerable communities. This week, HRC submitted comments to oppose a shameful proposed “public charge” rule from the Department of Homeland Security …
Read MoreNYCLU sues ICE over changes to immigrant risk assessment algorithm – The Verge
The New York Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement over changes to the agency’s Risk Classification Assessment (RCA) software, which is used when ICE detains someone for deportation proceedings. The tool provides an algorithm-based recommendation on whether an …
Read MoreNationally known immigration activist deportation ordered – KGUN
TUCSON, ARIZ. — A federal immigration court ordered the deportation of Alejandra Pablos, a nationally known reproductive and immigrant rights activist. Following the order, Pablos says it would be unsafe for her to go back to Mexico because of her status as an activist. Pablos …
Read MoreWhy Do Libertarians and the Left Have Such Similar Views on Immigration? – New York Magazine
Photo: Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images In a July 2015 interview with Vox, Bernie Sanders — America’s most prominent democratic socialist — famously dismissed the idea of open borders as a “Koch brothers proposal.” Pressed by host Ezra Klein, who suggested that sharply increasing immigration …
Read MoreOver 30 cities oppose Trump proposal on immigration benefits | TheHill – The Hill
A coalition of 32 cities led by New York and Chicago have come out in opposition to a Trump administration proposal that would link welfare and immigration benefits. In the multi-city comment, representatives argued that the proposed rule from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) violates …
Read MoreImmigration, China Trade, Arctic Warming: Your Tuesday Evening Briefing – The New York Times
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. ImageCreditDoug Mills/The New York Times 1. President Trump vowed to block full funding for the government if Democrats refused to finance his border wall, in an unusual televised public sparring …
Read MoreJudge throws out most of lawsuit against Trump immigration move – Fox News
SAN FRANCISCO – The Trump administration provided adequate justification for its decision to end a program that reunited hundreds of immigrants from Central America with family members in the U.S., a federal judge ruled Monday. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler threw out the bulk of a …
Read MoreFeds targeting more worksites crack down on undocumented workers – but not their employers – USA TODAY
CLOSE Despite promises to go after employers, work site raids authorized by the Trump administration affect workers in far greater numbers.Hannah Gaber Saletan, USA TODAY Government agents take a suspect into custody during an immigration sting at Corso’s Flower and Garden Center, June 5, 2018, …
Read MoreTrump border wall: the hypocrisy of Trump’s immigration agenda – Vox
President Donald Trump has some pretty strong opinions about black and brown immigrants. He’s described Mexicans as “criminals, drug dealers, rapists.” He’s said Haitians in the United States “all have AIDS.” He’s banned visitors from seven Muslim countries to keep out “bad and dangerous people.” …
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