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We Exist: Lessons from Georgia
Four weeks ago, I went to Georgia. Little did I know that Georgia, in her own way, was coming home with me. At the beginning of this month, the inaugural convening of the National Immigrant Youth...
View ArticleFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NIYA Calls for New Obama Policy to be Applied to...
***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*** December 31, 2012 media@theniya.org NIYA Calls for New Obama Policy to be Applied to Detention Centers A good policy that should be enacted in good faith NATIONAL—The...
View ArticleFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Fire ICE Director John Morton: Documents Reveal...
February 20, 2013 media@theniya.org 734.262.9705 704.281.9911 Fire ICE Director John Morton: Documents Reveal Deception on Immigration Policy No chance of reform without confidence in administration...
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Caving to Pressure, ICE Begins Releasing Low-Priority Detainees Nationwide
February 25, 2013 Media@theniya.org 704.281.9911 734.262.9705 Caving to Pressure, ICE Begins Releasing Low-Priority Detainees Nationwide Wave of releases will not cover up disingenuous record on...
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VICTORY: GEO Group, Inc. pulls out of FAU football deal
After public pressure from DreamActivist, the Stop Owlcatraz Coalition, and others, GEO Group, Inc. has decided not to purchase naming rights to Florida Atlantic University’s football stadium. From the...
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NIYA Infiltrates Michigan ICE: Calhoun County Jail
In a video message that she shot before her arrest and detention, Claudio states she allowed herself to be caught by Customs and Border Protection in an effort to expose the abuses that happen inside...
View ArticleInfiltration Leads to DHS Opening Civil Rights Investigations into ICE
April 24, 2013 media@theniya.org Infiltration Leads to DHS Opening Civil Rights Investigation into ICE First step in cleaning up problem agency NATIONAL—After being infiltrated and exposed by the...
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SAVE THE DATE: NIYA Presents DREAM Graduation in DC on July 9th
May 7, 2013 media@theniya.org SAVE THE DATE: NIYA Presents DREAM Graduation in DC on June 25 Will celebrate victories, push on to stop deportations NATIONAL—Every year, the National Immigrant...
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Immigrant Youth Leaders Re-Enter Mexico In Protest of 1.7 million...
Leaders of the undocumented youth movement in the United States have crossed the border into Mexico, and plan to turn themselves in alongside other undocumented youth who left or were deported from...
View ArticleWhy I Support the #BringThemHome Campaign
Several immigrant youth, who have been leaders in the undocumented youth movement in the United States, have crossed the border into Mexico, and plan to turn themselves in alongside other undocumented...
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