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Here is the full text of the Senate immigration bill, all 844 pages, called the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013. Here is a nice summary of the highly-anticipated Senate bill.

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A shorter version of this article was posted at The Huffington Post. How did we build an immigrant rights movement? As undocumented queer immigrants, we learned from our own experiences. Frank Sharry’s latest opinion piece in the Washington Post extols the gay rights movement for teaching the immigrant rights movement how to fight, and in [...]

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Press: we have several former detainees who were released earlier this week that are available to speak to press. Please email media@theniya.org to get in contact with them.  According to the Associated Press, Gary Mead, the Executive Associate Director of Enforcement and Removal Operations at Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has resigned, citing the release of [...]

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After a round of Tweets sounded off and alerted Stephen Colbert regarding the GEO/FAU situation, it seems that the Comedy Central decided to pick up and run the story on the Colbert Report last night. While Stephen injects a bit of humor, snark, and satire into the story – we must not forget that there [...]

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Rogue Activist Network of ‘Dreamers’ Rattle Members Over Immigration This article appeared in print as Rogue ‘Dream’ Immigration Activists Rattle Members Share on email By Fawn Johnson Updated: December 6, 2012 | 10:50 a.m. December 5, 2012 | 9:30 p.m. Dream Activist demonstrator Ernesto Zumaya, 24, of Los Angeles, leads protestors in a march outside the Capitol [...]

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Two Republican senators introduced legislation (S. 3639) Nov. 26 that would create a three-tiered visa system for undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children, including a permanent nonimmigrant work authorization. At a news conference, Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) and John Kyl (R-Ariz.), both of whom are retiring and will not return to the [...]

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On the heels of President Obama’s reelection, and Speaker Boehner’s surprising announcement about a possible deal on immigration reform, immigrant rights advocates are already placing their bets on what we can expect with regards to a comprehensive immigration reform package. Yes, the undocumented population is also joining in the discussion – but the sentiments are not the [...]

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We received this letter from detainees at the Broward Detention Center. The letter was signed by 428 detainees currently held at the facility. The facility houses just over 700 individuals; 600 men and 100 women. We did not ask for this letter, rather detainees took initiative to draft it and send it to us on [...]

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We just found out that Wasington, a HIV+ Brazilian DREAMer, is set to be deported this Thursday at 9:00pm. Wasington has been detained for 4-months inside the KROME detention center in Florida. He was detained while on probation for entering what he thought was an abandoned building. Wasington’s partner has been in touch with Senator [...]

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Sign Petition and Help Free the Sri Lankan 6: Detained at Broward Detention Center in Florida During a protracted civil war that dragged on for nearly thirty years in Sri Lanka, the UN estimates that some 80,000 to 100,000 people were killed. Many victims had no ties to any of the armed groups, but got [...]

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