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April 24, 2013 media@theniya.org   Infiltration Leads to DHS Opening Civil Rights Investigation into ICE First step in cleaning up problem agency NATIONAL—After being infiltrated and exposed by the National Immigrant Youth Alliance, Immigration and Customs Enforcement will now have to comply with a civil rights investigation by the Department of Homeland Security into five [...]

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February 25, 2013 Media@theniya.org 704.281.9911 734.262.9705 Caving to Pressure, ICE Begins Releasing Low-Priority Detainees Nationwide Wave of releases will not cover up disingenuous record on deportations NATIONAL—The National Immigrant Youth Alliance is hearing from contacts at multiple detention centers across the country that low-priority detainees are being released in large groups without bond. The office [...]

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February 21, 2013 Media@theniya.org 704.281.9911 734.262.9705 NIYA Demands that Florida Atlantic Reject “OwlCatraz” Deal with Geo Group Naming rights at stadium insults Florida immigrant families  BOCA RATON, Fla.—The National Immigrant Youth Alliance is appalled that Florida Atlantic University (FAU) would sell naming rights to its football stadium to GEO Group, Inc. amid the controversy it [...]

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February 20, 2013 media@theniya.org 734.262.9705 704.281.9911 Fire ICE Director John Morton: Documents Reveal Deception on Immigration Policy No chance of reform without confidence in administration  NATIONAL—After the release of documents detailing the abandonment of prosecutorial discretion, the National Immigrant Youth Alliance is calling on John Morton, the director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), to resign. Last week, the [...]

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February 13, 2013 media@theniya.org 734.262.9705 704.281.9911  NIYA Response to Secy. Napolitano’s Testimony: Applauds Broad Definition of Discretion New definition could save Florida immigrant being deported tomorrow  During her testimony before the Senate Judiciary hearing today, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano defined low-priority detainees in a way we have hoped she would for years: as someone who [...]

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UFW applauds three of President Obama’s immigration reform commitments: ‘Now is the time to move swiftly forward’ United Farm Workers President Arturo S. Rodriguez, who was invited to be with President Obama when he delivered his address on immigration reform at Del Sol High School today (Jan. 29, 2013) in Las Vegas, Nev., issued the [...]

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COALITION FOR HUMANE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS OF LOS ANGELES PRESS STATEMENT For immediate release: January 29, 2013 Contact: Jorge-Mario Cabrera, 562-243-5559 jmcabrera@chirla.org An American Century without an ‘us” vs. “them” President Obama advances immigration reform principles to begin much needed work on humane, fair path to citizenship. Anyone can make America great, said the President. Los [...]

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday January 29, 2013 Contact: Natali Fani-González, 202.787.1813, Natali@MateaGroup.com Moms Call for Inclusive Immigration Reform that Strengthens Families, Aligns with Our Nation’s Values Las Vegas, NV – MomsRising today applauded President Obama for making immigration reform one of his top legislative priorities, and congratulated the bipartisan group of senators that drafted a [...]

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***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE***                                                                                                                                 November 5, 2012 media@theniya.org 704.281.9911 919.704.0599 NIYA Demands that ICE Stop the Unjust Deportation of Celebrity Kat Stacks ICE may deport Andrea Herrera, “Kat Stacks”, her for online persona LOUISIANA—Andrea Herrera, better [...]

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Great news out of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, which has ruled that a Board of Immigration Appeals interpretation of the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA), improperly excluded a large class of young immigrants, including a lot of Dreamers, from being eligible for immediate  lawful residence. Rosalina Cuellar de Osorio challenged the BIA’s interpretation [...]

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