If Gov. Jerry Brown signs legislation known as the Trust Act, try federal immigration authorities will have a somewhat harder time taking custody of people in local jails who are suspected of being in the country illegally. The measure, link which would prohibit local jailers from holding most arrestees for an additional 48 hours before federal authorities…
DetailsLocal governments in California, New Orleans, ask and Connecticut are implementing laws known as “TRUST acts,” limiting the scope of cooperation between local law enforcement and the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. We’ll hear pieces from Adrian Florido in California, Kate Richardson in New Orleans, and Lucy Napanthachil in Conne…
DetailsLocal governments in California, New Orleans, and Connecticut are implementing laws known as “TRUST acts,” limiting the scope of cooperation between local law enforcement and the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. We’ll hear pieces from Adrian Florido in California, Kate Richardson in New Orleans, and Lucy Napanthachil in Conne…
DetailsWith immigration legislation stalled in Congress, try advocates are intensifying pressure on the Obama administration to act unilaterally to stop deportations or grant legal status to some of the 11 million people now living in the U.S. illegally. Activists are stepping up acts of civil disobedience like one last month in Phoenix, where they blocked a…
DetailsMore than a hundred women including about two dozen undocumented women, s were arrested at the nation’s capital yesterday, calling for passage of a comprehensive immigration bill. The bold act was designed to jump start a stalled bill in Congress, that has been pushed to the back burner because of the debate on Syria, and the upcoming battle over a g…
DetailsMore than a hundred women including about two dozen undocumented women, case were arrested at the nation’s capital yesterday, calling for passage of a comprehensive immigration bill. The bold act was designed to jump start a stalled bill in Congress, that has been pushed to the back burner because of the debate on Syria, and the upcoming battle over a g…
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