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Judge temporarily blocks immigration enforcement law
A federal district judge on Wednesday ruled against the state of Texas and halted major provisions of a controversial state-based immigration enforcement law just days before it was scheduled to go into effect. By: JULIÁN AGUILAR , The Texas Tribune ~ AUG. 30, 2017 U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia granted a preliminary injunction ... -
Mixed message from Trump on DACA sparks frustration from Dreamers as well as critics of ...
By: Cindy Carcamo , Los Angeles Times ~ July 17, 2017 Ever since Donald Trump was elected, Melody Klingenfuss has known her time in the United States could be limited. The 23-year-old has temporary immigration relief under President Obama’s landmark Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which seemed imperiled amid Trump’s ... -
ICE releases Daniela Vargas, a Dreamer that had been detained
By: KENDRA ABLAZA, Mississippi Today ~ March 10, 2017 United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Friday released Daniela Vargas, a 22-year-old Mississippi resident who was detained by immigration agents immediately after she spoke at an immigrants’ rights press conference in Jackson. Elmore & Peterson Law Firm, a Jackson-based firm where ... -
Don’t mess with the 14th, the issue of birthright citizenship has been settled
By DAVID RIVKIN & JOHN YOO, l.a. times ~ September 6, 2015 http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-0906-rivkin-yoo-birthright-citizenship-20150906-story.html Donald Trump's call to end birthright citizenship has roiled the Republican presidential primary. Jeb Bush, John Kasich and Marco Rubio embrace the traditional view that the Constitution bestows citizenship on anyone born on U.S. territory. Ben Carson and ...