The new rules outlined in the nine-page document apply on a case-by-case basis, and those relatives accused or convicted of criminal charges are not guaranteed relief. President Obama has already provided a temporary stay for certain undocumented youth under a program called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. The new memo makes it so that a…
In the 36 years I have been a lawyer, I have seen many people take brave moral actions. I have represented hundreds of people here in Louisiana and across our country who were arrested for protesting for peace, civil rights, economic justice and human rights. It is amazing to see people put their freedom on the line when they risk jail for…
A crowd of several hundred pro-immigrant activists blocked the intersection of Loyola Avenue and Poydras Street for several hours Thursday afternoon to protest what they describe as “harsh” and “devastating” tactics by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. The protest, organized by the New Orleans Workers’ Center for Racial Justice, resulted…
A crowd of several hundred pro-immigrant activists blocked the intersection of Loyola Avenue and Poydras Street for several hours Thursday afternoon to protest what they describe as “harsh” and “devastating” tactics by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. The protest, organized by the New Orleans Workers’ Center for Racial Justice, resulted…
It’s now looking extremely unlikely that Congress will enact immigration reform this year. And that raises a question: Could President Obama use his executive powers to effectively legalize some of the 11 million undocumented immigrants already in the United States? Toni L. Sandys / The Washington Post This possibility has actually been raised…
“If you see , if you see harm, I think it is the responsibility of the executive branch of government—given the inaction of the legislative branch—to expand DACA to the parents of the DREAMers, to expand DACA to American-citizen children whose parents are in fear of being [deported],” Gutiérrez said. Obama has said multiple times that he wou…
The DC City Council approved a bill on Tuesday granting access to driver’s licenses and ID’s for city residents regardless of their immigration status. The licenses will be marked to show they belong to undocumented residents. The DC Drivers Safety Amendment Act of 2013 will go into effect in May 2014. Recently, California, Vermont, and…
Cuatro trabajadores de servicio de limpieza que fueron despedidos por la compañía Benjamin H. Realty, alegan que esta compañía localizada en East Orange, los contrató hace alrededor de diez años a sabiendas que eran inmigrantes y una vez ellos comenzaron a organizarse para exigir mejor pago y trato, fueron despedidos porque supuestamente así se lo…
“Why Prisons Are Shrinking” (editorial, Oct. 28) laid out why data-driven policies are causing state prison populations to shrink. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of the federal prison system, which continues to contract with private prison corporations to facilitate its expansion. The federal prison system added nearly 1,500 prisoners last…
Three times, try Fani Gonzalez packed a suitcase, click clutched her daughters in a tearful goodbye and begged the Virgin of Guadalupe for a miracle — anything, just anything, that could keep her from being deported back to her violent home city in Mexico. And three times, she traveled back from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Nashville to…