Press Releases
about Immigrants' Rights
Feb 28, 2017
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Protests Trump Threat to Publicly Release Private Data of Immigrants and Foreign Visitors
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Letter to All Federal Agencies Warns That Policy Change Implementation Would Be Illegal
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Feb 21, 2017
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Comment on Trump's Mass Deportation Instructions
NEW YORK — The Trump administration today released instructions implementing its mass deportation executive orders. ...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Feb 18, 2017
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Statement on Leaked Trump Immigration Enforcement Plans
NEW YORK — Joanne Lin, ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û senior legislative counsel, issued the following statement on President Trump’s leaked immigration enforcement plans:
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Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Feb 15, 2017
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û to Trump Administration: Don’t Target ‘Dreamers’
NEW YORK — Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers arrested Daniel Ramirez Medina, an individual living in Seattle, Washington, who was granted Deferred Action for Chi...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Feb 09, 2017
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Comment on Trump Muslim Ban Appeals Court Ruling
NEW YORK — A federal appeals court today declined to reinstate President Trump’s Muslim ban.
Omar Jadwat, director of the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û’s Immigrants’ Rights Project, had this reacti...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Feb 07, 2017
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û, Groups File New Challenge to Trump Muslim Ban
BALTIMORE — The ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û and other partner organizations today filed a new federal lawsuit challenging President Trump’s Muslim ban executive order, charg...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
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