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January 11, 2013 media@theniya.org   ICE Raids Prominent DREAM Leader’s Home and Detains Mother and Brother NIYA demands immediate release of Andiola family  NATIONAL—Immigration and Customs Enforcement raided the home of Erika Andiola, one of the most well-known leaders of the undocumented youth movement near midnight last night. We are calling for the immediate release [...]

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Hundreds of mothers in the states of New York and Massachusetts celebrated their last Mother’s Day in the US this week–despite opposition from us, police departments, civil rights groups, and just about everybody else, the Obama Administration activated the program in those states today. Both states expressed their strong opposition to the program. The Obama [...]

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6 Undocumented Youth are arrested in an act of civil disobedience in Phoenix, Arizona. They denounce Arpaio’s terrorizing of the

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6 Undocumented Youth are arrested in an act of civil disobedience in Phoenix, Arizona. They denounce Arpaio’s terrorizing of the

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6 Undocumented Youth are arrested in an act of civil disobedience in Phoenix, Arizona. They denounce Arpaio’s terrorizing of the

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By now we all know what a horrible human being Sheriff Joe Arpaio is. He has been accused of human rights violations and his abuse of immigrants and inmates has been well-documented. But if you needed another reason to call for his immediate resignation, here’s one: Sheriff Arpaio failed to investigate over 400 sex crimes [...]

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Dear Katt Williams, I recently watched a video of you in Arizona; it was stand up comedy gone wrong- way wrong. Now, I’m the kind of person that can take ethnic jokes; I’ve hear them all the time being Colombian and all (drug jokes etc) but there is a boundary and you crossed it or [...]

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72 hours after she came into the world, Sandra Lopez was brought to the United States. Now 20 years old, Sandra is facing deportation in 4 days for committing a felony. Her crime? Attempting to return to the only country she has called home since she was 3 days old. Sandra’s parents brought her and [...]

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Arizona is making history once again (and this time in a nice, non-racist way!) For the first time in the history of the United States, a State Senate President has been officially recalled. But this is not just any Senate President, it is our favorite one: Russell Pearce. You know, the main sponsor of SB1070, [...]

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As I sat there and watched the Dream Act hearing on Tuesday June 28, 2011, I didn’t feel much of anything. No tears were shed and no hope was revived because all I heard were the same talking points, the same promises. It’s so sad having to sit around and watch these privileged men speak [...]

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