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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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Over the course of the last month, as the National Immigrant Youth Alliance, several undocumented youth have been working hard to infiltrate into select detention centers around the country to see what is really happening inside these detention centers. On June 17th, 2011, President Obama, through ICE director John Morton, issued a memorandum outlining his [...]

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We have 10 deportation cases we are hoping you can help us out with, if you think you can help just click the link for each case and take a minute to sign the petition and to make a phone call. Each of these detainees are being held at the Broward Detention Center and all of them are low-priority cases, the same cases [...]

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Applications will be available on August 15; DHS will issue guidance on August 1. 1. John Lennon – This great music icon has contributed more than just the song “Imagine” to Dreamers. We have John Lennon to thank for deferred action. Deferred action existed as “non-priority program” under legacy Immigration and Naturalization Services but it was not known [...]

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On April 24, 2012 , ICE conducted an raid at a Waste Management work site in Houston, TX. Waste Management is a national company that provides garbage, recycling and yard waste services. That morning, a total of 16 workers were detained and taken into immigration custody, none of them had a criminal record. Four of [...]

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The National Immigrant Youth Alliance‘s new program for the month of May, Secure Your Own Community, is well underway. Join us as we continue to push back on record-high deportations of our families and community members. Are you ready to take a stand and be active in stopping the deportation machine? Here are THREE different cases [...]

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Snot, drool, vomit, diarrhea, messy diapers and sleepless nights don’t scare me. I helped raise all of my siblings, growing up with a single mom required me to step up not just as an older sister but as a second mother. My fears of motherhood are deeper than the average fears and it’s mostly influenced [...]

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This email was sent to me by Fredd Reyes, who we helped to get out of detention in Thanksgiving of 2010. Ever since then, Fredd and his mom have been under constant supervision by ICE and his mom recently received a “bag and baggage” letter.  This was written by Fredi Reyes, his younger brother. My [...]

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Fredd Reyes messaged me on Facebook yesterday with an urgent cry for help. You may remember him as a UNC student that we helped get out of detention in Thanksgiving of 2010. Ever since then, Fredd  and his mother have been on an order of supervision and check in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement every two [...]

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Jordana and her mother came to the U.S. on a visa waiver, escaping Argentina’s economic crisis at the time. The visa waiver program allows people from certain countries to come to the U.S. for 90 days without requiring a visa. The catch? You are required to waive your right to review or contest any action [...]

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