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Obama’s Immigration Announcement Creates New Generation of “Undocumented and Unafraid”
President Obama’s directive to affirmatively issue deferred action to DREAM Act eligible youth is fostering a new generation of “undocumented and unafraid” students who will be spared from deportation. But it isn’t just young people who are coming out in Read More …
“The Right Thing To Do”
Crossposted at Huffington Post President Obama took a stand last Friday to stop deporting certain young people from the United States and allow them the right to live and work here. Behind his pronouncement was a simple idea – that deferred action for a Read More …
Obama Announces Relief for Some Undocumented Youth
After years of organizing from undocumented youth, the Obama Administration has relented and granted immunity from deportation to certain young people in the United States without legal status. The news comes on the heels of undocumented youth occupying Obama for Read More …
Obama Issues A Gag Order On “Stop the Deportation” Campaigns
The Obama Administration is reportedly calling on Congressional members to stop making calls on behalf of stopping the deportations of certain immigrants from the country. It’s a gag order as a response to increasing pressure from several immigrant advocacy groups Read More …