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Aug 31, 2017
Government Settles in First Lawsuit Filed Against Trump’s Muslim Ban
NEW YORK — The Trump administration today settled with the plaintiffs in the first legal challenge to the president’s original executive order, which sought to bar travelers fr...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Darweesh v. Trump
Aug 30, 2017
Federal Court Strikes Down Virtually All of Texas’ Anti-Immigrant Senate Bill 4
SAN ANTONIO — A federal court has struck down virtually all of Texas’ Senate Bill 4, a law slated to take effect September 1 that would have forced local law enforcement to car...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Court case: City of El Cenizo et al v. State of Texas et al
Aug 25, 2017
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Comment on Trump Pardon of Joe Arpaio
NEW YORK — President Trump has pardoned former Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona, who was found guilty of criminal contempt for deliberately violating a federal cour...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Aug 25, 2017
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Comment on Border Patrol Checkpoints During Texas Hurricane
WASHINGTON — U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced that it will not be closing its checkpoints during hurricane Harvey in Texas. Lorella Praeli, American Civil Liberties U...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Aug 25, 2017
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Response to Press Reports that White House is Considering Ending DACA
WASHINGTON — Lorella Praeli, director of immigration policy and campaigns at the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ, issued the following statement in response to media reports that ...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Aug 22, 2017
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ: Dreamers’ Lives and Futures Are Not Bargaining Chips
WASHINGTON — A new report from McClatchy states that some White House aides are counseling President Donald Trump to “strike an ambitious deal with Congress that offers Dreamer...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
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