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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 …
“How to Stop Your Deportation”
This “How to Stop Deportation” guide released by Asian Law Caucus, Educators for Fair Consideration, DreamActivist.org and The New Immigrant Youth Alliance spread like wildfire yesterday to the point that I was accused of “vetting it” everywhere. I ended up Read More …
A Deportation Hearing Follows the Gag Order: President Obama Wants To Deport Me
Following on the heels of the “gag order” that Obama issued on the “stop the deportations campaign” is a notice telling me that I’m officially in removal proceedings. No, this is not an April Fools’ joke. The Notice to Appear Read More …
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? Read More …