17 June 2013
After four long years, John Morton is resigning from the top of Immigration and Customs enforcement. Morton ought to be remembered as the chief architect of the most heinous deportation regime in American history. As President Obama’s top immigration enforcement official, he is responsible for splitting apart thousands of families. His name will live on [...]
Posted in Uncategorized
05 June 2013
June 4, 2013 media@theniya.org NIYA Applauds Deutch Amendment to House Appropriations Bill Representative Deutch demonstrates his commitment to meaningful reform NATIONAL—The National Immigrant Youth Alliance applauds the continued work of Representative Ted Deutch of Florida to fight against unjust enforcement. Today, we are calling on the House of Representatives to adopt his amendment to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized
29 May 2013
More proof today that if you are willing to take ICE on, you can get released. We have worked to teach communities all around the country how to fight deportations, and today, we are proud to announce another success story. Today, a stay of removal was granted for Jagmojan Singh (A# 745-88-672). Jagmojan was working at a [...]
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23 May 2013
Friends, you have responded and our pressure has been successful. Wednesday afternoon at 4 pm, just before our vigil, ICE officials released Reylla from custody – with a one year stay (to fight her case) outside of detention and with her family. The 50+ people who came to attend the emergency vigil, got to witness the joy of [...]
Posted in Deportation, Detention, Uncategorized
23 May 2013
A few years ago Alejandro and his son Bruno were driving around Detroit and took the wrong turn into the U.S-Canada bridge and were stopped by Border Patrol and Immediately put into deportation proceedings. Since then Bruno has completed his DACA Biometrics, both father and son are still waiting for a pending family visa . At [...]
Posted in Deferred Action, Deportation
22 May 2013
GEO Group, a major private prison corporation that makes hundreds of millions of dollars a year on the detention and supervision of immigrants, has adopted a “human rights” policy. Read it here. Go ahead, it’s short. GEO Group is in the middle of a public relations crisis. After being infiltrated by the National Immigrant Youth [...]
Posted in Uncategorized
09 May 2013
Felipe Vargas has been a longtime ally of the immigrant rights movement, especially to undocumented youth. Now, as he runs for school board in San Antonio, it’s time for our movement to make sure he gets our support. Most importantly, Vargas wants to make sure all parents whose children are in Southwest ISD school system [...]
Posted in Uncategorized
07 May 2013
May 7, 2013 media@theniya.org SAVE THE DATE: NIYA Presents DREAM Graduation in DC on June 25 Will celebrate victories, push on to stop deportations NATIONAL—Every year, the National Immigrant Youth Alliance presents DREAM Graduation in Washington DC, where we reflect on our accomplishments over the past year and welcome yet another class of [...]
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25 April 2013
The Deferred Action Waiver Fund (otherwise known as “DACAF”) is a fund set up to award undocumented activists with a scholarship to cover the fee associated with applying for Deferred Action. We recognize that many of the activists we work with on a daily basis do not have the financial means to apply for Deferred Action and [...]
Posted in DACA Fund, Deferred Action
25 April 2013
One of the good parts of the Senate immigration bill, dissected here, is that it should put an end to the litigation concerning aging out of children under immigration laws. If you are new to this, Congress passed the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) in 2001 to remedy the problem of children, who upon turning 21, were [...]
Posted in Immigration Reform
Added on 09 January 2013
Will Sen. Rand Paul Support Kentucky Mothers Facing Deportation?
Reylla Released: Thanks for the Calls & Signatures!
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