Shame on Alabama
In the six days since Alabama's extreme anti-immigrant law has been in effect, the impact on communities across the state has been chilling. Parents are pulling their children out of school for fear of being forced to reveal their immigration statu...
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Separating Immigration Policy and National Security, Not American Families
As we remember the victims and heroes of 9/11, we're reminded that people of all colors and creeds died on that horrific day, including more than 100 undocumented immigrants. We also remember the courage of survivors, emergency responders, family ...
Categories: 287(g), 9-11 blog series, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, immigration discrimination, immigration enforcement, muslim, NSEERS, racial profiling, Secure Communities Tags:
ACLU Lens: Leaked Secure Communities Task Force Report Shows Program’s Many Flaws
A task force report released today on the Department of Homeland Security's Secure Communities reveals the program's many problems — namely that it has led to the deportation of thousands of immigrants with no criminal records and undermines c...
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DHS Told Loud and Clear: Stop Tearing Immigrant Families Apart
Last night in Arlington, Virginia, a community spoke to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) by bearing witness to fear and hardship sown by the immigration enforcement program misleadingly called Secure Communities. Hundreds of people were tu...
Categories: Chuck Jenkins, DHS, immigrants' rights, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, immigration discrimination, immigration enforcement, Mark Shmueli, Secure Communities Tags:
DHS Told Loud and Clear: Stop Tearing Immigrant Families Apart
Last night in Arlington, Virginia, a community spoke to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) by bearing witness to fear and hardship sown by the immigration enforcement program misleadingly called Secure Communities. Hundreds of people were tu...
Categories: Chuck Jenkins, DHS, immigrants' rights, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, immigration discrimination, immigration enforcement, Marc Rapp, Mark Shmueli, Secure Communities, Walter Tejada Tags:
DHS Told Loud and Clear: Stop Tearing Immigrant Families Apart
Last night in Arlington, Virginia, a community spoke to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) by bearing witness to fear and hardship sown by the immigration enforcement program misleadingly called Secure Communities. Hundreds of people were tu...
Categories: Chuck Jenkins, DHS, immigrants' rights, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, immigration discrimination, immigration enforcement, Marc Rapp, Mark Shmueli, Secure Communities Tags:
DHS Told Loud and Clear: Stop Tearing Immigrant Families Apart
Last night in Arlington, Virginia, a community spoke to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) by bearing witness to fear and hardship sown by the immigration enforcement program misleadingly called Secure Communities. Hundreds of people were tu...
Categories: Chuck Jenkins, DHS, immigrants' rights, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, immigration discrimination, immigration enforcement, Marc Rapp, Secure Communities, Walter Tejada Tags:
DHS Told Loud and Clear: Stop Tearing Immigrant Families Apart
Last night in Arlington, Virginia, a community spoke to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) by bearing witness to fear and hardship sown by the immigration enforcement program misleadingly called Secure Communities. Hundreds of people were tu...
Categories: Chuck Jenkins, DHS, immigrants' rights, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, immigration discrimination, immigration enforcement, Marc Rapp, Mark Shmueli, Secure Communities, Walter Tejada Tags:
ACLU Lens: DHS Shift on Deportation Policy a First Step toward Reform, but Leaves Many Questions Unanswered
The Obama administration says it will review pending deportation cases against 300,000 individuals to determine whether those cases meet the administration’s enforcement priorities. A government working group will review each case and use p...
Categories: ACLU Lens, DREAM Act, immigrants' rights, immigration enforcement Tags:
Potential Relief for Same-Sex Couples Facing the Threat of Deportation
Over the past several months, there has been a steady drum beat of devastating news stories involving same-sex, binational couples facing the threat of deportation, including the recent example of a gay California couple in which one partner, the pr...
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