Pressroom – NDLON

Immigrant Groups Announce “Migrant Justice Platform” to Change Nation’s Course on Immigration

By Administrator November 19, 2019

On Tuesday morning, immigrant rights groups unveiled the Migrant Justice Platform, a unity blueprint for executive and legislative actions on immigration from grassroots voices nationwide. The Migrant Justice Platform presents a vision and principles to depart from the failed “comprehensive immigration reform” strategy of previous administrations and calls for concrete actions in three thematic areas: at home, on the southern border, and abroad.

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Labor Rights Must Be At the Center of Immigration Reform: NDLON Reaction to Sanders Proposal

By Administrator November 7, 2019

Any platform that fails to de-conflict US labor and immigration policy is insufficient; and by this measure, Sanders’ proposal clears the bar. However, it remains to be seen whether he will foreground this excellent aspect of his immigrant rights plan on the campaign trail.

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ICE Press Conference Reveals Trump is on the Losing Side Of History

By Administrator October 10, 2019

The irony of today’s disgraceful press conference is that it reveals that Trump is on the losing side of history, both in court and in the court of public opinion. The more Trump calls immigrants criminals, the more he will propel a growing, bottom-up national consensus that ICE and white supremacy must be expelled from police stations and sheriffs departments in order to truly secure our communities.

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Immigrant and Civil Rights Groups Respond to Federal Court Ruling Opening Door to White Nationalist-Inspired SB168

By Administrator October 4, 2019

In response to a federal court ruling not to block a controversial anti-immigrant law (SB168) from going into effect on October 1, various immigrant and civil rights groups made the following statements.

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NDLON: The Only Way To Truly Secure Communities is to Kick ICE Out

By Administrator September 30, 2019

On Friday, a federal court judge enjoined a major part of ICE’s infamous Secure Communities dragnet, a culmination of years of immigrant communities challenging the mass deportation program.

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Federal Court Rules ICE’s Primary Deportation Program Unconstitutional

By Administrator September 30, 2019

In a landmark ruling addressing the legality of ICE’s signature deportation program, Secure Communities, a federal judge issued a permanent injunction blocking the agency from issuing arrest requests based solely on error-ridden electronic databases.

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NDLON Press Releases

Immigrant Groups Announce “Migrant Justice Platform” to Change Nation’s Course on Immigration

Labor Rights Must Be At the Center of Immigration Reform: NDLON Reaction to Sanders Proposal

ICE Press Conference Reveals Trump is on the Losing Side Of History

Immigrant and Civil Rights Groups Respond to Federal Court Ruling Opening Door to White Nationalist-Inspired SB168

NDLON: The Only Way To Truly Secure Communities is to Kick ICE Out

Federal Court Rules ICE’s Primary Deportation Program Unconstitutional