The group tried to take their fight directly to the US president, link calling for immediate action after he declined a similar request to halt deportations earlier this year, saying he is focused on "getting reform passed, and not easing up on enforcement". However more than 400,000 people were deported from the US last year – a…
The National Day Laborer Organizing Network (“NDLON”) applauds Congressman Polis and Congresswoman Chu’s appropriations amendment, which would defund the failed 287(g) immigration program, ending the infamous deportation program once and for all.
“The fact that the White House is still requesting money for 287g is frankly an unreported scandal,” explains NDLON’s executive director, Pablo Alvarado. “Even Joe Arpaio himself now acknowledges that the program leads to profiling. At this point, the only ones defending the 287g program are the Heritage Foundation and the Minutemen. Congress can show its commitment to immigration reform by saving the taxpayers the expense of program which imperils public safety and violates civil rights.”
Portland’s two-day portion of a national fast, medical “Not one more deportation, look ” was held Thursday and today at St. Andrew Church. Fasters will break their hunger strike today at 5 p.m. The fast demands that President Obama immediately suspend all deportations, and that Democrats and Republicans pass immigration reform that is inclusive of the 11 m…
The Connecticut State Senate voted unanimously on Friday to substantially limit cooperation between local police departments and federal deportation officials. The House already approved the bill. It will now move to the governor, see who has vowed to sign it. The state will be the first in the country to pass a version of the so-called Trust Act,…