Posts tagged deportation

5 Actions You Can Take To Halt the Deportation of Bita Ghaedi

Really quick – An asylum seeker in the United Kingdom, Bita Ghaedi conducted a hunger strike for up to a month because she was terrified of being tortured and killed if she is forced to return to Iran. Guess what? She is being forced to... [+]

Why Are We Deporting Electrical Engineers from America?

…And instead, importing engineers from India to sign-up for the often-exploitative H-1B worker programs? Watch this video of Herta Llusho, who is being deported next week. She was educated in the United States and is currently studying Electrical Engineering in college. But instead of cultivating Herta’s... [+]

Stop the Deportation of Herta Llusho!

Herta Llusho, a 19 year old college freshman and a National Honors Society high school graduate, will be deported on August 19th, unless Dept. of Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano intervenes. Please do the following to help us stop her deportation: 1. Join the facebook group for immediate... [+]

We win some. We lose many more.

As part of the weekly DREAM Act series on Change.org, I just read quite a moving story about a couple that now has to leave their home, simply because one spouse had been brought here at the age of 13, accrued illegal presence and had... [+]

Musings

Musings

The last few weeks were thoroughly exhausting. Between the long week in D.C., the non-gay drama (highly boring) of my father and some promigrant bloggers, a horrible court decision against us, the exhausting but exhilarating National DREAM graduation and efforts to save Walter Lara, I... [+]

Stop the Deportation of Walter Lara

“…doesn’t matter what they tell you. YOU belong here.” Advice DO NOT SIGN A VOLUNTARY DEPARTURE. EVER. Walter Lara, age 23, came to the United States from Argentina 20 years ago. Unless Congress or the Department of Homeland Security intervenes in his case, he will be required... [+]

USCIS Priority: Deport 11-Year Olds

I have this urge to put USCIS on the Morons of the Week every single week but alas, we have to pass on the title every now and then. What have they done this time? Try to deport a 11 year old to a country she... [+]

Warning: If You Were Born on a Military Base, You Might Be Deportable!

The US Constitution states that a US citizen can’t be deported unless he has committed treason or terrorism. Not one part of the US Government is looking into my case of a US citizen being deported. I was sent back to England where I have... [+]