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    NILC and TIRRC: New Tennessee Law Does Not Pass Constitutional Muster

    Published Jun 9, 2017 NILC and TIRRC: New Tennessee Law Does Not Pass Constitutional Muster NASHVILLE — Tennessee governor Bill Haslam has signed SB 1260, an anti-immigrant measure that effectively criminalizes someone for being in the U.S. without authorization...

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    Trump Administration Appeals to Supreme Court in Muslim Ban Case

    Published Jun 2, 2017 Trump Administration Appeals to Supreme Court in Muslim Ban Case WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Justice late last night requested that the Supreme Court consider the government’s appeal from the...

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    Horrifying Attack in Portland Should Not Be Met with Silence

    Published May 27, 2017 Horrifying Attack in Portland Should Not Be Met with Silence PORTLAND, Ore. — A man viciously attacked three men who defended two young women on a Portland light rail train yesterday afternoon. Witnesses reported that the man...

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    Fourth Circuit Decision: Muslim Ban Remains Unconstitutional

    Published May 25, 2017 Fourth Circuit’s Decision: Muslim Ban Remains Unconstitutional RICHMOND, VA — The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision today refusing to lift the nationwide injunction on President Trump’s Muslim and refugee ban. The...

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    Lawyers for First Known Deported DACA Recipient Ask the Court to Bring Juan Home

    Published May 22, 2017 Lawyers for First Known Deported DACA Recipient Ask the Court to Bring Juan Home Amended complaint makes new allegations against the federal government LOS ANGELES — Lawyers for Juan Manuel Montes Bojorquez, a 23-year-old DACA...

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    NILC Responds to Continuation of Haitian TPS Program

    Published May 22, 2017 NILC Responds to Continuation of Haitian TPS Program WASHINGTON — Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly announced today that he has decided to extend the temporary protected status (TPS) designation for Haiti for an additional...

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    Civil Rights Groups Challenge LaGrange, GA, Policies That Restrict Access to Basic Utility Services

    Published May 18, 2017

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    UndocuBlack and NILC Seek to Uncover the Truth Behind Trump Administration TPS Decision

    Published May 17, 2017 UndocuBlack and NILC Seek to Uncover the Truth Behind Trump Administration TPS Decision Civil Rights and Social Justice Groups to Urge the Trump Administration to Reauthorize Temporary Protected Status for Haitians WASHINGTON — Days before...

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    Leaked Emails Expose Trump’s Xenophobic, Racist Agenda

    Published May 9, 2017 Leaked Emails Expose Trump’s Xenophobic, Racist Agenda NILC and Undocublack respond to AP exclusive on request for Haitian and TPS data WASHINGTON — The Associated Press reported today that a request was made of career U.S. Citizenship and...

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    Statement on Signing of Texas Anti-Immigrant SB4 Law

    Published May 8, 2017 NILC Statement on Signing of Texas Anti-Immigrant SB4 Law LOS ANGELES — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Sunday signed into law SB4, a sweeping and hateful bill that ranks among the most radically anti-immigrant state-level bills to be enacted...

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    NILC Condemns House Vote, Calls on Senate to Reject American Health Care Act

    Published May 4, 2017 NILC Condemns House Vote, Calls on Senate to Reject American Health Care Act WASHINGTON — Despite broad consensus and widespread concern about millions of Americans losing access to affordable health insurance, Republicans in the U.S. House...

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    NILC Statement on Budget Agreement to Keep Government from Shutting Down

    Published May 1, 2017 NILC Statement on Budget Agreement to Keep Government from Shutting Down WASHINGTON — Congress reached a budget agreement this weekend that will fund the government through September, avoiding a shut-down, but including $1.5 billion dollars...

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    Statement from Montes Attorneys on DHS Claim That Montes Voluntarily Abandoned His DACA Status

    Published Apr 19, 2017 Statement from Montes Attorneys on DHS Claim That He Voluntarily Abandoned His DACA Status LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security today said in statements to the media that Juan Manuel Montes, a young immigrant who was...

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    Deported DACA Recipient Sues Trump Administration for Unlawfully Withholding Information

    Published Apr 18, 2017 Deported DACA Recipient Sues Trump Administration for Unlawfully Withholding Information LOS ANGELES — A young immigrant who was physically deported despite having permission to live and work in the U.S. under the Deferred Action for...

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    NILC Responds to Confirmation of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court

    Published Apr 7, 2017 NILC Responds to Confirmation of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Senate today confirmed Judge Neil M. Gorsuch to the Supreme Court of the United States. Gorsuch will take the seat left vacant...