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LAS AMERICAS RESPONDS TO Supreme Court AllowING Anti-Immigrant Texas Law to Go into Effect
el paso, texas - Court allows administrative stay on injunction while appeal is pending
RESPONDING TO SOTU, BORDERLAND ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION DELINEATES STATE OF THE BORDER
el paso, texas – responding to president biden’s state of the union address, marisa limón garza, executive director of las americas immigrant advocacy center, in el paso, texas, and ciudad juárez, mexico and new mexico, said…
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LAS AMERICAS REACTS TO ANTI-IMMIGRANT PROVISIONS TIED TO FOREIGN MILITARY AID BILL, TURNED MIGRANT DEATH TRAP
after weeks of back-door negotiation, a group of lawmakers, backed by president biden, released legislation bundling one-time aid for foreign wars with anti-immigrant provisions that would gut the asylum system and create longstanding harm across border communities.
LAS AMERICAS REACTS TO PRESIDENT BIDEN’S CALL FOR “BORDER SECURITY,” DOUBLING DOWN ON WHITE SUPREMACIST IDEOLOGIES
today, president biden expressed his support for “tougher border security” in ongoing negotiations for one-time aid for foreign proxy wars. in response, marisa limón garza, executive director of las americas immigrant advocacy center (laiac), shared the following statement…
"As persons living and working in immigrant communities, as Texans who value our rights and those of our neighbors, it is our duty, and our honor to challenge S.B. 4 in court and call out its blatant racism."
jennifer babaie, director of legal services
"Welcome —unlike all the deterrence, harsh & inhumane treatment, & closing of legal pathways — is the only thing that we’ve seen actually works."
marisa limón garza, executive director
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