Making DREAMs Come True
This week Washington is all about DREAMs. And trying to make those DREAMs come true. The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2009, commonly referred to as the DREAM Act, may come...
View Article6-Year-Old ‘Lawyers’: Minors Face Immigration Court Without Legal Counsel
In yet another vivid example of the failings of the current immigration system, more and more young children who have been caught crossing the U.S.-Mexican border by themselves are being forced to fend...
View ArticleVote “For” Question 4: The Maryland DREAM Act
Election day is finally upon us, and it is critical that everyone show up at the polls and stand for welcome. If passed, the Maryland DREAM act will provide equal access to education for all young...
View ArticleThe Frequently Asked Questions of Family Detention
A devastating number of families fled violence in Central America throughout 2014. But instead of offering critical protection to these families, our government has confined them in detention centers....
View ArticleA Victory in the Fight Against Family Detention
Over the last year you have raised your voice to advocate for the end of family detention many times and today we see the effects of your efforts. One year since the Administration began dramatically...
View ArticleLIRS Response to ISIS attacks and Syrian refugee resettlement
We are broken with grief at the senseless loss of life in Paris, as well as the deaths in Beirut, Egypt and across the Middle East – all at the hands of brutal terrorists. These actions of ISIS are the...
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