From Mijente (https://mijente.net/): Today we’re sharing two things with you. We launched a nation-wide investigation into ICE and we’re sharing new tools to prepare to protect and defend each other against raids. Last week reporters confirmed and then cancelled rumors … Continued
September 8, 2017 Refugee Council USA (RCUSA) is a coalition of 25 nongovernmental organizations dedicated to refugee protection, welcome and excellence in the U.S. refugee resettlement program. Since 1980 the United States has provided a safe haven for almost 3 … Continued
From the Latin America Working Group (http://www.lawg.org/home): We did it. In July, we set a goal–100 signatories on a bipartisan letter calling for an extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Hondurans and Salvadorans. We’re excited to let you know … Continued
From the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (http://www.interfaithimmigration.org): Right now, the administration is considering how many refugees we welcome to the United States in the next fiscal year. As we face the worst refugee crisis in global history with more than 22 … Continued
Posted at http://www.epi.org/blog/ending-daca-lowers-wages-and-tax-revenue-and-degrades-labor-standards/ Posted September 5, 2017 at 2:06 pm by Daniel Costa This morning Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Trump administration will “wind down,” and in six months, end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a Department of Homeland … Continued
Posted at http://www.pogo.org/our-work/articles/2017/slave-labor-widespread-at-immigration-detention-centers-lawyers-say.html September 7, 2017 | Mia Steinle Voluntary Work Program 101 Not all detention centers offer the voluntary work program, but those that do are supposed to follow certain guidelines. Several lawsuits recently filed by detainees allege that detention centers do … Continued
From OneAmerica Votes (http://www.oavotes.org/): On September 5, the President ended the DACA program putting into jeopardy the future of nearly 800,000 undocumented immigrant youth who grew up in the United States and know no other home. OneAmerica helped spark a … Continued
We are calling on Governor Wolf to work with Secretary Miller of PA Department of Human Services to immediately issue an Emergency Removal Order (ERO) which would ensure that the families detained at the Berks County Residential Center (BCRC; detention … Continued
From the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (http://www.interfaithimmigration.org): The #NoMuslimBanEver campaign is a grassroots awareness and mobilization effort happening in the weeks leading up to and on October 10, 2017, when the Supreme Court will hear legal challenges to the Muslim and … Continued
From the National Immigration Law Center (http://www.nilc.org): Attorney General Jeff Sessions has announced that DACA has been terminated. The administration has turned its back on the DACA recipients who had earlier been assured they had “nothing to worry about” and … Continued