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“Sanctuary” Policies Protect Communities, Not Criminals
State by state “sanctuary” policies have received significant attention lately. Hundreds of communities across the nation have passed some version of a sanctuary policy and in doing so have made decisions about how they want to use their local resources. Yet the new administration, as well as others, are attempting to impede their ability to […]
Read MoreKCAL 9 CBS Los Angeles: Sen. Harris Calls Trump’s Immigration Policies ‘Outrageous’
California State Senator Kamala Harris says President Trump’s immigration policies are extreme and outrageous. Harris held a discussion on immigration in Chinatown Wednesday. “As a prosecutor, I can tell you, it is a serious mistake for us to conflate criminal justice policy with immigration policy as though they are the same,” Harris said. A mother […]
Read MoreKPCC: As Trump’s immigration policies roll out, California economic concerns grow more urgent
The Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants living in the country illegally is increasing worries about possible economic impacts on California. Speaking at a forum on immigration in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday, state Sen. Kamala Harris said removing unauthorized immigrants from the work force will be clearly felt. “This is absolutely an issue of our […]
Read MoreTrump’s Immigration Remarks at Joint Address, Debunked
This week, President Trump gave an address to a joint session of Congress where he continued his divisive, inaccurate rhetoric on immigration. Some analysts have said Trump moderated his tone in this speech, but in reality Trump isn’t shifting from his hard-line immigration policies. In his speech, he continued to falsely blaming immigrants for the […]
Read MoreSilicon Valley Business Journal: More than a third of Silicon Valley’s population is foreign-born
More than one out of three people in Silicon Valley are foreign-born, a group that collectively pays around $11.4 billion in state and federal taxes each year, according to a new compilation of immigration data from the Partnership for a New American Economy. The group, which is spearheaded by former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg […]
Read MoreTaxpayers Foot the Bill for Trump’s Immigration Detention Expansion
The executive orders on immigration enforcement, both along the border and in the interior of the U.S., call for a significant increase in immigration detention. This means more noncitizens in detention, more taxpayer money being spent on detention, and more profits for private prison companies–but less due process for those detained. The administration has called […]
Read MoreSummary of Executive Order “Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements”
The provisions in the order pose serious concerns for the protection and due process rights of those currently residing in the United States, communities along the U.S-Mexico border, and vulnerable populations seeking protection in the country.
Read MoreImmigration Enforcement in Schools, Churches, and Courts: What the Government Can (and Can’t) Do
Following the release of President Trump’s immigration enforcement executive orders and implementation memos, and the recent arrest of a transgender domestic violence victim at a courthouse in El Paso, Texas, there has been widespread confusion about where immigration enforcement can and cannot take place. Questions and concerns stem from the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) […]
Read MoreAbandoning Priorities Just Made Immigration Enforcement Work Much Harder
The Trump administration ensured this week that its immigration enforcement policies will be a chaotic affair marked by mistakes, civil rights violations and overzealous enforcement. They did this by outlining measures that they claim simply return power to immigration agents to do their jobs—measures such as authorizing the hiring of thousands more border and interior […]
Read MorePost-Crescent: “Curbing immigration is not the answer”
When I listen to the current calls to greatly curb or even cease some types of immigration, the first thought that comes to mind is that our nation has a very short memory. It hasn’t taken us long to forget the immigrant roots from which most of us come. And the stories of hope for a […]
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