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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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Here’s the text of the president’s speech at the Del Sol High School in Las Vegas, Nevada. What do you think of what he had to say? More of the same or does he actually have some muscle behind his words?

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As of December, President Obama has deported more than 1.5 million people. Is it possible that he will deport 2 million before Congress can pass immigration reform? By now most people know that the president deported nearly 410,000 people in the year he was running for reelection alone. It would be something to say that [...]

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It’s easy not to like John Morton, the Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. We’d like to make it easier. After raiding the home of Erika Andiola, a well-known immigrant rights activist, more than just the usual critics of the agency started seriously questioning the competency of this man and his agency. According to his [...]

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There is a lot of talk for bringing back the dead “comprehensive immigration reform” now that President Obama has won re-election and slain the immigrant-hating tea-party dragon. Of course, the enthusiasm is amusing given the President’s own dismal immigration rights record — record-high deportations, presiding over the war on immigrants through massive expansion of Secure [...]

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Miguel, an undocumented youth from Allentown, Pennsylvania, is in need of our help. He is currently detained at York County Jail in York, Pennsylvania where he is awaiting deportation back to El Salvador. Immigration officials are telling his family he could be deported as early as this week. Miguel doesn’t have much time and, unless [...]

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This entry is part of a weekly post on DREAM-eligible youth who are facing deportation, despite President Obama and his administration saying they are not a priority. Tell President Obama to stop deporting undocumented youth. This past Friday, the New York Times published their Editorial titled “How a Democracy Works;” a must-read commentary on what [...]

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Congressman Luis Gutierrez is committed to failing. But it’s okay, because we’ll be together.

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For those of you who were there in spirit, these are TOP TEN moments from the fabulous, multicultural, humongous, super-delicious DREAM act contingent at the March for America.

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Graham flip-flops on his commitment to immigration reform.

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