02 April 2013
From the New York Times: Ms. Preston disagrees with the ruling on the term “undocumented.” It should not be so strictly avoided. But, she said, neither should “illegal immigrant” be banned. “It’s accurate and it considers the broad terms of the debate. We shouldn’t be banning an accurate term.” Today, the Associated Press has decided [...]
Posted in Uncategorized
02 April 2013
After public pressure from DreamActivist, the Stop Owlcatraz Coalition, and others, GEO Group, Inc. has decided not to purchase naming rights to Florida Atlantic University’s football stadium. From the Sun-Sentinel: “What was originally intended as a gesture of GEO’s goodwill…has surprisingly evolved into an ongoing distraction to both of our organizations,” said George Zoley, chairman [...]
Posted in Uncategorized
29 March 2013
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 [...]
Posted in News Article
26 March 2013
As the Supreme Court considers Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act today and tomorrow, the Uniting American Families Act is dying a slow and quiet death, thanks to Washington-based immigration reform advocates. UAFA would allow the same-sex partners to be treated equally as heterosexual couples under immigration law. We, of course, support UAFA. The Senate ‘Gang of [...]
Posted in Legislation News, Opinion Piece
Posted in Alabama, Deferred Action
05 March 2013
Victoria needs your help. She is scheduled to be deported on Wednesday. Last year, just like many in deportation proceedings Victoria was given deferred action. Now, despite once previously granting her case, ICE is basically telling Victoria to pack her belongings and show up at ICE tomorrow, Wednesday, March 6th, for deportation. Victoria is not [...]
Posted in Deferred Action, Deportation
28 February 2013
A quick report back. Julio is still here. He wasn’t deported yesterday as he was told he would be. This means we have a few extra days to push ICE to grant discretion and allow for him to stay. Julio’s family has filed all the appropriate paperwork, now we just need ICE to make the [...]
Posted in Deferred Action, Detention
27 February 2013
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 [...]
Posted in DHS, News Article
27 February 2013
After a (long) bit of a delay, we have finally found the time to begin writing thank you notes to the wonderful people who have donated to DreamActivist over the past year. Of course, we are only able to send notes to those who included their names with their donations. We thought a public shout-out [...]
Posted in Just for fun
25 February 2013
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 [...]
Posted in Press Release
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