A federal judge in Detroit has temporarily halted the deportation of more than 100 Iraqi nationals - predominantly Chaldean Christians - detained in what appeared to be a bid by US officials to clear a back - log
of immigrants facing deportations.
Not exact matches
Congress» failure to protect the data
of vulnerable users has created real world fears for
immigrant rights activists working tirelessly to protect undocumented families
facing a wave
of deportation under President Trump.
The continuing persecution
of Christians in Indonesia provided the US judges grounds for staying
deportation orders, as it is considered unconstitutional to deport
immigrants to countries where they are likely to
face persecution or torture.
De Blasio said the city won't fund lawyers for
immigrants facing deportation if they've been convicted
of certain crimes — the same 170 on which the city cooperates with ICE detainers that start the process
of deportation.
«This is why it is so important, especially now, to ensure funding for programs like the Vera Institute
of Justice's New York
Immigrant Family Unity Project so that
immigrants facing deportation have a fair day in court.
«Senator Alcantara has delivered progressive results for her constituents, including raising the age
of criminal responsibility and securing $ 10m in funding for legal defense for
immigrants facing deportation,» she said.
The NYC Council moved to force de Blasio to offer city - funded lawyers to
immigrants facing deportation even if they're convicted
of serious crimes, as it voted to pass a new $ 85.2 billion budget yesterday.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's protest was designed to draw attention to the plight
of the young
immigrants facing deportation known as Dreamers.
The ad is funded by the group New Yorkers United Together, a nonprofit that says in the ad that it will provide legal aid to
immigrants facing threats
of deportation from the federal government.
A program offering free lawyers to
immigrants facing deportation has stopped taking clients due to a clash between de Blasio and the NYC Council over whether city cash can aid people convicted
of serious crimes.
After months
of squabbling over how to pay for immigration - related legal services for undocumented
immigrants convicted
of crimes and
facing deportation, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's office and the City Council came to a compromise.
Mayor Bill de Blasio repeated his promises to preserve New York City's status as a haven for undocumented
immigrants in the
face of an imminent executive order from President Donald Trump aimed at punishing so - called «sanctuary cities» that refuse to cooperate with federal
deportation efforts.
A central message
of the May Day marchers was to end the use
of private prisons by immigration agents to house undocumented
immigrants awaiting a hearing or
facing deportation.
The speaker and the mayor have also sparred over the budget, with the speaker appearing to blindside the mayor with a last - minute maneuver this week meant to insure that
immigrants facing deportation, even those convicted
of serious crimes, get access to city - funded lawyers.
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.
Congress is careening toward the first shutdown in more than four years, with Republicans and Democrats at a seemingly intractable impasse over government funding and the fates
of young
immigrants facing deportation.
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.
Long Island
immigrants facing the threat
of deportation soon will have a new resource to aid their defense, as Hofstra University's law school is opening a clinic to help some make their cases before immigration authorities and to craft proposals that could influence the policy debate.
During his weekly «Ask the Mayor» segment, WNYC's Brian Lehrer highlighted several
of de Blasio's left - wing headaches, including the language City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito inserted into the city budget requiring the $ 26 million program to provide legal services to undocumented
immigrants facing deportation not exclude those found guilty
of violent crimes — in defiance
of de Blasio's declaration that foreign nationals convicted
of rape, murder or terrorism should not benefit from city funds.
City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito inserted language into the city budget today requiring that the $ 26 million plan to provide legal services to undocumented
immigrants facing deportation not exclude those convicted
of serious crimes — after she and Mayor Bill de Blasio failed to reach an agreement on the matter before the «budget handshake» last Friday at City Hall.
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.
New York state will now offer legal counsel to
immigrants facing deportation as part
of a $ 11.5 million expansion to the Liberty Defense Project.
New York state is offering legal counsel to
immigrants facing deportation as part
of a $ 11.5 million expansion to the Liberty Defense Project.
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.
The IDC also announced $ 250,000 in funding for the Vera Institute
of Justice's New York
Immigrant Family Unity Project to provide public defenders to those
facing deportation and called for $ 4 million funding to meet the remaining statewide need.
I'm proud that as a member
of the IDC, I worked to secure funds to ensure that
immigrants in this state
facing deportation have legal representation.
After months
of squabbling over how to pay for immigration - related legal services for undocumented
immigrants convicted
of crimes and
facing deportation, Mayor Bill de Blasio's office and the City Council came to a compromise on Monday.
Even qualifying for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals — which gives young
immigrants relief from
deportation and the opportunity to work legally — they still
face an uphill battle, said Roberto Gonzales, assistant professor
of education at the Harvard Graduate School
of Education.
«Dreamer» Shares Her Drive with Other
Immigrant Students Arizona Daily Star, 8/29/15 «Even qualifying for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals — which gives young
immigrants relief from
deportation and the opportunity to work legally — they still
face an uphill battle, said Roberto Gonzales, assistant professor
of education at the Harvard Graduate School
of Education.»
A small group
of members has been meeting to discuss the School to
Deportation Pipeline, how immigrant and undocumented youth in schools can face immigration consequences such as detention and deportation when law enforcement are allowed in and around schools or involved in school discipline relat
Deportation Pipeline, how
immigrant and undocumented youth in schools can
face immigration consequences such as detention and
deportation when law enforcement are allowed in and around schools or involved in school discipline relat
deportation when law enforcement are allowed in and around schools or involved in school discipline related matters.
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.
In the last several months, we heard a lot
of rhetoric from Trump that has created a frighteningly more dangerous America for people
of color — one where unlawful stop - and - frisk policies (which have been found unconstitutional) are enforced, where
immigrants are at risk
of facing immediate
deportation, where Muslims may be banned from entering the country, and where discrimination against LGBTQ communities and disabled people is deemed acceptable.