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Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 13: The DACA/DAPA Divide
Posted on · Can you have one without the other?
Tag: DAPA
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Workshop Aims To Educate Undocumented Houstonians About Their Rights, Options
Posted on · The Texas Organizing Project is partnering with Neighborhood Centers and an immigration law firm for the event.
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Interest In Houston Municipal IDs Grows
Posted on · The undocumented community wants them, but other groups like seniors and members of the LGBT community could also use them.
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Ruling On Deferred Action Frustrates Undocumented Community
Posted on · They hoped the U.S. Supreme Court would be on the side of the Obama Administration.
Politics
Video: President Obama Remarks On Immigration Executive Actions Ruling
Posted on · The court's 4-4 vote effectively kills Obama's plan to shield millions more immigrants in the U.S. illegally from deportation and grant them work permits.
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Supreme Court Tie Deals Blow To Obama’s Immigration Order
Posted on · Dealing a major blow to President Obama’s controversial executive immigration order, the U.S. Supreme Court announced Thursday it had failed to produce a majority opinion on the policy — meaning that the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals’ November 2015 decision rejecting the policy stands.
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After Outcry, Judge Delays Sanctions In Immigration Case
Posted on · The Texas-based judge that earlier this year put a hold on President Obama’s executive order on immigration decided on Tuesday to also suspend a controversial punishment he had recently issued to the administration’s attorneys.
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Civil Rights Groups Ask Appeals Court to Block Judge’s Immigration Order
Posted on · A coalition of civil and immigrant rights groups on Friday asked an appeals court to stop a federal judge’s order that requires the Obama administration to turn over the confidential information of thousands of undocumented immigrants.
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Houston Workshops Help Undocumented Immigrants Get Ready For DACA and DAPA
Posted on · The Texas Organizing Project is behind the initiative, hoping that the U.S. Supreme Court will uphold the deferred action programs.
Politics
Supreme Court Will Review Texas’ Challenge To DACA And DAPA
Posted on · A key point will be whether the President exceeded his executive power and the justices will also evaluate if the deferred action programs violate a clause of the Constitution.
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Houston Immigration Advocates Lobby For Municipal IDs
Posted on · Groups such as Texas Organizing Project and SEIU Texas say the undocumented community needs them, in lack of work permits through the deferred action programs.
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Houston Activists Weigh In On Judicial Decision Against DACA And DAPA
Posted on · Some immigration advocates say the two programs should not be litigated in the courts and vow to keep fighting to have them implemented.