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Will Sen. Rand Paul Support Kentucky Mothers Facing Deportation? Will Senators Hold Michigan ICE Accountable? NIYA Infiltrates Michigan ICE: Calhoun County Jail
 

Will Sen. Rand Paul Support Kentucky Mothers Facing Deportation?

Today, May 24th, we’ll be attending a town-hall with Sen. Rand Paul, here in Kentucky. At the event we’ll have with us two mothers currently facing deportation, Yosaira and Maricruz. Right now we need your help in making some calls to Sen. Paul’s office, alerting him to both mothers cases and asking if he’ll take action. Yosaira is the [...]

Will Senators Hold Michigan ICE Accountable? “Grant Discretion!”

Meet Arlen; she’s currently fighting an asylum case to Honduras where four of her family members have already been murdered. Arlen’s biggest fear is not even living in Honduras, but rather having to go there by herself without her children by her side. There is no reason why Arlen’s family should be separated; she is [...]

NIYA Infiltrates Michigan ICE: Calhoun County Jail

In a video message that she shot before her arrest and detention, Claudio states she allowed herself to be caught by Customs and Border Protection in an effort to expose the abuses that happen inside immigrant detention centers.  Since Claudia has been detained inside the Calhoun County Jail for the past 10 days, she has witnesses numerous [...]

BREAKING: John Morton resigns from ICE

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 [...]

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NIYA Applauds Deutch Amendment to House Appropriations Bill

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 [...]

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BREAKING: Jagmojan Singh in California RELEASED!

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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Reylla Released: Thanks for the Calls & Signatures!

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 [...]

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ICE wants to Deport Michigan DACA Student + Father!

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 [...]

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Posted in Deferred Action, Deportation Comments

LOL of the Week: GEO Group adopts a “human rights” policy

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 [...]

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Felipe Vargas wants non-citizen parents to have a say in the San Antonio school board – Support him!

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 [...]

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SAVE THE DATE: NIYA Presents DREAM Graduation in DC on July 9th

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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April DACA Scholarship Winner – Marybeth Onyeukwu – Undocumented and Undaunted

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 [...]

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How the Senate Immigration Bill Remedies the Aging Out of Children

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 [...]

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