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Press Releases
Homeland Security Announces Strong Guidance on Administrative Relief for DREAMers
August 03, 2012
Washington, D.C. — On Friday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released information about the process to request deferred action. A grant of deferred action would freeze deportation proceedings of DREAM Act–eligible youth and give them an opportunity to work legally in the U.S. — at least temporarily. Information released today clarifies details about fees, forms, processing of requests, how collected information will be used for enforcement, and disqualifying factors. The...
Indiana Attorney General Calls Parts of State’s Immigration Law Unconstitutional
July 31, 2012
Washington, D.C. — On Tuesday, Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller announced that following review of the Supreme Court decision on Arizona’s immigration law, he will no longer defend portions of Indiana’s immigration law, SEA 590, in court. Attorney General Zoeller recognized that parts of Indiana’s legislation that are comparable to Arizona’s S.B. 1070 law, including provisions giving local police unprecedented power to make warrantless arrests based on assumed immigration status,...
Sec. Napolitano Defends Deportation Prioritization Measures
July 19, 2012
Washington, D.C. — On Thursday, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano testified at a House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing. Napolitano defended the administration’s immigration initiatives to focus enforcement resources, including suspending deportation for certain immigrant youth. Present in the audience were DREAMers who will benefit from this policy. The following is a statement by Ali Noorani, Executive Director of the National Immigration Forum. “As the...
Improvements to the Visa System Move Forward in Senate
July 12, 2012
Washington, D.C. — Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa on Wednesday removed his “hold” on legislation that would adjust the distribution of employment and family-based immigrant visas. The “Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act,” H.R. 3012, passed the House of Representatives with overwhelming bipartisan support last November, but Sen. Grassley’s hold kept the bill from moving forward in the Senate. The legislation addresses the badly clogged system of employment-based and...
California State Senate OKs S.B. 1070 Antidote
July 06, 2012
Washington, D.C. — On Thursday, the California State Senate approved the “Transparency and Responsibility Using State Tools” Act, or TRUST Act (AB1081), by a vote of 21-13. This legislation sets clear standards for local governments to comply with requests from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to detain people for deportation. It also includes protections against racial profiling to guarantee that only those with serious or violent felony convictions will be turned over for...
Former Arizona Attorneys General React to Arizona Supreme Court Ruling
June 26, 2012
A recording from the press conference is available at http://tinyurl.com/AZAttorneyGenerals Washington, D.C. — On Tuesday, Republican and Democratic former Arizona attorneys general offered their law enforcement perspective on the impact of the Supreme Court ruling on Arizona’s overreaching immigration law. On Monday, the Supreme Court agreed with the Ninth Circuit that three provisions of S.B. 1070 improperly stomped on the federal government’s role of enforcing immigration law. Yet the...
Evangelical Leaders: Supreme Court Immigration Decision Highlights Need for Federal Reform
June 25, 2012
Prominent Evangelicals Praise Arizona v. U.S. Supreme Court Decision, Maintain Racial Profiling Concerns Ruling reinforces need for federal immigration reform that upholds faith values Washington, D.C. — The Supreme Court, in a 5-3 decision, struck down three key parts of Arizona’s immigration enforcement law. The Court upheld the provision of the law requiring law enforcement officials to check the legal status of anyone of whom they have “reasonable suspicion” of unlawful presence,...
Supreme Court Upholds Pointy End of the Sword of Arizona’s Immigration Law
June 25, 2012
Washington, D.C. — The Supreme Court today agreed with lower courts that three provisions of Arizona’s S.B. 1070 immigration law are prohibited as violating the federal government’s exercise of immigration powers. One provision, Section 2(B), was not blocked by the Court. The Court ruled it is too early to know if Section 2(B) can be implemented in a way that will not violate the Constitution. Section 2(B), known as the “papers, please” provision, requires law enforcement officers to...
With Ad Campaign, Colorado Evangelical Leaders Seek Bipartisan Immigration Solutions
June 20, 2012
From our friends at the Evangelical Immigration Table: **To listen to the radio ad, please visit http://www.evangelicalimmigrationtable.com.** Colorado Springs, Colo. — Today, Colorado pastors and evangelical leaders launched a paid media campaign with a 60-second spot that is playing on Christian radio stations in Denver and Colorado Springs. The ads, which are recorded by Dr. Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, and Rev....
Evangelical Ad Campaign Launches in Florida, Pastors Call for Bipartisan Immigration Solutions
June 20, 2012
From our friends at the Evangelical Immigration Table: **To listen to a recording of today's call, click here.** Orlando and Miami, Fla. — Today, local pastors and evangelical leaders launched a paid media campaign with a 60-second spot that is playing on Christian radio stations in Orlando, Miami and Jacksonville. The ads, which are recorded by Dr. Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, and Rev. Luis Cortes, president of...
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