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Leiberman joined public defenders, immigrant advocates and Councilmembers at City Hall on May 11 to call on Mayor Bill de Blasio to drop a proposal in his Executive Budget that would restrict access to legal counsel for immigrants facing deportation who have been convicted of certain crimes.

In one such case, Noonan held for a Salvadoran immigrant facing deportation who testified that she had been repeatedly beaten, raped, and threatened by a Salvadoran Army sergeant because he believed she was a political subversive.

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Democrats will face their toughest odds on codifying DACA, the Obama - era immigration program that shields from deportation more than 700,000 unauthorized immigrants who entered the US as minors.

But it represented a bitter defeat for many liberal Democrats who sought to use the party's leverage on the budget to resolve the plight of immigrant «Dreamers» who face deportation after being brought to the U.S. illegally as children.

At 9 a.m., immigrant communities, elected officials, and community supporters and allies will gather to stand in support of Riaz Talukder, a Bangladeshi immigrant who was brought to this country as a minor and has lived and worked here for 36 years, and now faces deportation, 26 Federal Plaza, Federal Building steps, Lafayette Street side, Manhattan.

Some of Tenney's opponents said they came away surprised at the color they sometimes flashed — particularly when she spoke in support of the so - called dreamers — young immigrants who face deportation if DACA is rolled back, as the president has proposed — and her work with refugees.

Immigrants expressed fear that more than 800,000 young people who were brought to the United States as children would face deportation if DACA is cancelled.

Before the program, NMCIR received «countless» calls from immigrants in detention centers who were facing deportation, Fernández said.

The de Blasio administration has maintained New York as a «sanctuary city,» ignoring federal detainer requests to hand over illegal immigrants who committed crimes and are facing deportation, saying the NYPD will not operate as a deportation force.

Mayor Bill de Blasio is facing stiff resistance from City Council members and immigrant advocates who are opposed to how the mayor would like to set up a fund intended to protect the city's immigrants in deportation proceedings, with the deadline for a budget deal inching closer.

Gov. David Paterson has pardoned a Chinese immigrant who faced deportation for robberies he committed as a teenager.

We represent tenants who are wrongly evicted, victims of domestic violence and child abuse and immigrant children facing deportation.

The Department of Justice is also reviewing a related «help desk» program that offers legal help to immigrants who are not detained but facing deportation in certain cities.

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) announced Monday she plans to award grants to defense lawyers and nonprofit organizations to represent any of the District's estimated 25,000 illegal immigrants who are faced with deportation.