CNN’s choice to do a ride-along with ICE is lamentable.The media should be independent of the politically and economically powerful so that the media can provide us, the people, with the information necessary to prevent or stop abuses of the powerful against the powerless. Unfortunately, CNN’s ride-along can betray its own role as an independent…
DetailsPLAINTIFFS FILE PETITION FOR REHEARING IN NINTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS IN PUENTE V. ARPAIO Arizona Migrant Group Seeks to Preserve Injunction Against Provisions of Two Arizona Statutes Used to Criminalize Immigrant Workers For Immediate ReleaseMay 17, 2016 Contacts: Carlos Garcia, Puente, carlos@puenteaz.org, (520) 248-1697 Annie Lai, UC Irvine School of Law, alai@law.uci.org, (914) 329-8412…
DetailsFor Immediate Release May 5th, 2016 Contact: Armando Carmona, armando@ndlon.org, (323) 250-3018 Memorial Celebration Honors Fernando Pedraza, Day Laborer Tragically Killed During Minutemen Protest Rancho Cucamonga, CA – Today, on May 5th 2016, workers, local leaders, community members and the family of Jose Fernando Pedraza gathered to celebrate, remember his life. He is honored by those who…
DetailsFor Immediate Release May 2, 2016 Contact: Francisca Porchas, Puente, francisca@puenteaz.org, (606) 616-4311; Jessica Vosburgh, NDLON, jvosburgh@ndlon.org, (203) 415-8368; Steve Kilar, ACLU of Arizona, skilar@acluaz.org, (602) 773-6007 Puente v. Arpaio Press Statement from Plaintiffs Puente Vows to Keep Fighting Following Ninth Circuit Decision on Preliminary Injunction Appeal; Decision Leaves Open Possibility for Further Challenges Phoenix, Arizona…
DetailsFor Immediate Release April 29, 2016 Contact: Armando Carmona, armando@ndlon.org, (323) 250-3018 NDLON: The Most Anti-Immigrant Bill Signed into Law in Our Lifetime Los Angeles, CA—In response to the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) Co-Chairs and Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) Chairwoman introducing a resolution calling for a repeal of the 1996 laws criminalizing immigrants, Pablo Alvarado,…
DetailsRESOURCES for reporters covering SCOTUS review of U.S. v. TexasContact: Armando Carmona, armando@ndlon.org NDLON STATEMENTS In the Midst of the Battle for DAPAhttps://ndlon.org/en/pressroom/press-releases/item/1198-ndlon-in-the-midst-of-the-battle-for-dapa The Deporter-In-Chief v. 26 Nativist Governors & Attorneys-General (aka US v. Texas)https://ndlon.org/en/pressroom/press-releases/item/1197-ndlon-the-deporter-in-chief-v-26-nativist-governors-attorneys-general-aka-us-v-texas Reaction to House Vote to Submit Brief in US v. Texashttps://ndlon.org/en/pressroom/press-releases/item/1191-ndlon-reaction-to-house-vote-on-us-v-texas Reaction to Supreme Court Decisionhttps://ndlon.org/en/pressroom/press-releases/item/1178-ndlon-reaction-to-supreme-court-decision LEGAL RESOURCES NDLON’s…
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