50+ States, Cities, Counties Urge Trump to Reinstate TPS Humanitarian Safeguards
States and local jurisdictions filed friend-of-the-court briefs in Ramos v. Nielsen, which challenges the termination of TPS for over 300,000 people
Documents Reveal How Trump’s Racist “America First” Agenda Pressured DHS to End Humanitarian Program
Plaintiffs disclosed for the first time DHS docs, which show that Trump admin surrogates at DHS manipulated the decisionmaking process to terminate TPS
Plaintiffs in Major TPS Lawsuit Join the Journey for Justice
Outside of the AZ State Capitol, TPS Holders and immigrant rights organizations spoke out about the importance of the current fight to protect TPS families
TPS Journey for Justice: Trumps Racism on TPS will impact hundreds of thousands of US Citizen Children
Over 270k US Citizen children have at least one parent who is a TPS holder & are faced with the impossible circumstance of choosing to remain with their parents or leave the U.S.
Ninth Circuit Court Hands Down Another Victory for Sanctuary Cities
“The Ninth Circuit decision is the latest in a string of legal victories for sanctuary cities” said Jessica Bansal, Litigation Director of NDLON.
FLORIDA: Detained Immigrants and Advocates Sue Miami-Dade County for Complying with ICE Detainer Requests
This week several immigrant rights orgs & advocates filed a class action lawsuit against Miami-Dade County for unlawfully holding immigrants in local jails
Houston Chronicle: Fearmongoring on MS-13 Resembles Embarrassing “Summer of the Shark”
The baseless Pre- 9/11 coverage highlighting the “dangers” of sharks demonstrate how current sensationalist coverage on MS-13 gangs is counterproductive
Nevada: 287(g) program continues to devastate immigrant communities, deputizing local police to act as immigration agents
Since it’s inception, the 287(g) program has worked to criminalize undocumented people and terrorize immigrant communities.
OC Groups to “Unmask Hate” of Local Officials siding with Separating Families
This Thursday, a diverse coalition of Orange County groups pledged to “unmask the hate” of OC city and county officials that have sided with the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant policies.
Court: L.A. Sheriff Violated Constitution by Holding Thousands of People on ICE Detainers
On Wednesday, a federal court in California reaffirmed its class action ruling that the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department unlawfully detained thousands of suspected immigrants on the basis of unconstitutional requests from ICE known as immigration detainers.