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As the legislature and governor attack local communities, those most impacted...
Texas Advocates for Justice will detail their daylong series of events, expected to draw more than 200 participants who will speak out against bills that target sanctuary cities and fair chance...
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We can not accept any DACA deal that includes more detention and deportation
Left alignBob Libal, executive director of Grassroots Leadership, speaking at the University Leadership Initiative press conference on September 5 to respond to news that U.S. Attorney General Jeff...
View ArticleImmigration rights advocates call deportee's death preventable
September 22, 2017Spectrum NewsBethany Carson, immigration researcher and organizer at Grassroots Leadership, spoke about APD's unjust arrest of Juan Coronilla-Guerrero for an incident his wife said...
View ArticleDeported to Death: Cases That Reveal the Danger of U.S. Immigration Policy
September 21, 2017RewireNational coverage reports the deaths of Juan Coronilla-Guerrero, an undocumented immigrant deported and killed in Mexico, and Felipe Almazan-Ruiz, a man who died in ICE's...
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Guadalupe's Story: Detention and Deportation are Deadly Systems
Full widthAltar of remembrance in the amphitheater of Austin City Hall built for Día de MuertosOn this year's Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead), we joined with members of the Detention Watch Network...
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Local faith leaders come together to voice support for LGBT activist taking...
WHAT: Press conference releasing a letter from 60 clergy and people of faith to stop the deportation of Sulma Franco WHO: Sulma Franco, Rev. Marisol Caballero (Assistant Minister, First Unitarian...
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Austin’s immigrant community to hold a people’s hearing on deportations at...
In a letter to Austin Mayor Steve Adler, the #ICEoutofAustin campaign calls on him to introduce a resolution separating the Austin Police Department from ICEWHAT: An Austin people’s hearing on the...
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Austin community discusses deportation raids
January 30, 2016KXANAUSTIN (KXAN) — Immigrants and community members in Austin met Saturday afternoon to learn about deportation raids happening across the country.Following a string of deportation...
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Trump Has Not 'Softened' His War on Immigrants
November 22, 2016The Huffington PostLast week’s “60 Minute” interview with president elect Donald Trump prompted headlines suggesting that he might be “softening” his immigration stance, compared to...
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Sheriff Sally Hernandez announces changes to get Travis County out of the...
Immigrant community members in Austin have fought for years for a complete end to cooperation between ICE and local law enforcement; Sheriff’s new policy is an important step towards that goal (AUSTIN,...
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As the legislature and governor attack local communities, those most impacted...
Texas Advocates for Justice will detail their daylong series of events, expected to draw more than 200 participants who will speak out against bills that target sanctuary cities and fair chance...
View ArticleClik here to view.
We can not accept any DACA deal that includes more detention and deportation
Left alignBob Libal, executive director of Grassroots Leadership, speaking at the University Leadership Initiative press conference on September 5 to respond to news that U.S. Attorney General Jeff...
View ArticleImmigration rights advocates call deportee's death preventable
September 22, 2017Spectrum NewsBethany Carson, immigration researcher and organizer at Grassroots Leadership, spoke about APD's unjust arrest of Juan Coronilla-Guerrero for an incident his wife said...
View ArticleDeported to Death: Cases That Reveal the Danger of U.S. Immigration Policy
September 21, 2017RewireNational coverage reports the deaths of Juan Coronilla-Guerrero, an undocumented immigrant deported and killed in Mexico, and Felipe Almazan-Ruiz, a man who died in ICE's...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Guadalupe's Story: Detention and Deportation are Deadly Systems
Full widthAltar of remembrance in the amphitheater of Austin City Hall built for Día de MuertosOn this year's Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead), we joined with members of the Detention Watch Network...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Local faith leaders come together to voice support for LGBT activist taking...
WHAT: Press conference releasing a letter from 60 clergy and people of faith to stop the deportation of Sulma Franco WHO: Sulma Franco, Rev. Marisol Caballero (Assistant Minister, First Unitarian...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Austin’s immigrant community to hold a people’s hearing on deportations at...
In a letter to Austin Mayor Steve Adler, the #ICEoutofAustin campaign calls on him to introduce a resolution separating the Austin Police Department from ICEWHAT: An Austin people’s hearing on the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Austin community discusses deportation raids
January 30, 2016KXANAUSTIN (KXAN) — Immigrants and community members in Austin met Saturday afternoon to learn about deportation raids happening across the country.Following a string of deportation...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Trump Has Not 'Softened' His War on Immigrants
November 22, 2016The Huffington PostLast week’s “60 Minute” interview with president elect Donald Trump prompted headlines suggesting that he might be “softening” his immigration stance, compared to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sheriff Sally Hernandez announces changes to get Travis County out of the...
Immigrant community members in Austin have fought for years for a complete end to cooperation between ICE and local law enforcement; Sheriff’s new policy is an important step towards that goal (AUSTIN,...
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