By Frank Sharry When it comes to immigration, President Trump and fellow hardliners are on the wrong side of American public opinion, as new analysis and new Iowa polling each make clear. At Vox, DylanContinue reading…
Category: Immigration
Culture, Education, Hola Iowa, Immigration, Immigration, Latest News & Features, Politics, Politics, Uncategorized
/ Al Éxito, American Friends Service Committee, Des Moines, HF265, Immigrant Allies, Iowa Capitol, Latinos, Latinx
Iowans Say NO to HF265
A bill for an act prohibiting the state, counties, cities, and certain postsecondary educational institutions from limiting or restricting enforcement of federal immigration laws (Formerly HSB 67.) has been introduced to the legislature and isContinue reading…
USCIS to Begin Home Visits to Retrieve Work Permits for Some DACA Recipients
Heartland Alliance’s National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) encourages immigrant communities to be alert but not fearful as U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) begins home visits in Chicago and other cities to exchange three-year workContinue reading…
Iowa probation puts dream on hold for first undocumented lawyer in New York
DREAMers are finding their voices and they make sure the whole country hears them. DREAMer Cesar Adrian Vargas is not just staying vocal, he is making history. Cesar Vargas is an immigrant rights activist andContinue reading…
3 Years In, It’s Increasingly Clear That DACA Benefits All of Us
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), President Obama’s deportation deferral program for DREAMers–undocumented young people brought to the United States as children–is celebrating its third birthday today. Three years in, we know that DACA isContinue reading…
The Deported
Recently I attended the Bilingual National Conference on Sexual Assault called Our Voices (Nuestras Voces). I was invited along with other students. We presented immigrant stories that of the people that suffered abuse at workContinue reading…
LULAC National VP-Midwest Region Darryl Morin Remarks on the Immigration Executive Action
I am honored to be standing here today with so many individuals and organizations for which I hold in such high esteem. True servants of the Lord, led by faith, in the service of others.Continue reading…
Effort to Quickly Deport Child Migrants Fails to Address the Problem
The White House informed Congress Monday that it would seek additional funding for an aggressive border enforcement strategy designed to thwart the dramatic increase in unaccompanied minors and families crossing the southwestern border, to expendContinue reading…
