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Nebraska city keeps paying Kobach to defend immigration rule

Rapid City Journal 13 Dec 2018

Kobach earned more than $800,000 in legal fees from several communities, including Fremont, for his immigration work over more than a decade ... In addition to helping communities such as Valley Park, Missouri and Fremont craft ordinances related to immigration, Kobach served on ......

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Fremont continuing to pay Kobach to defend immigration rule

Lincoln Journal Star 13 Dec 2018

Kobach earned more than $800,000 in legal fees from several communities, including Fremont, for his immigration work over more than a decade ... In addition to helping communities such as Valley Park, Missouri, and Fremont craft ordinances related to immigration, Kobach served on ......

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Ex-judges to ICE: End immigration arrests at courthouses

The Recorder 13 Dec 2018

Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Ronald Vitiello that courthouse arrests are disrupting the criminal justice system ... Immigration officials have said communities are forcing their hand by refusing to transfer immigrants in local prisons and jails to ICE custody....

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Sanctuary city public hearing tonight

The Jamestown Press 13 Dec 2018

The lone matter of business at tonight’s public hearing is the contentious question of whether Jamestown should protect illegal immigrants from its police force ... Instead of an ordinance, Ruggiero recommended a policy or resolution to outline the community’s values toward illegal immigrants....

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Fremont retains Kobach to defend immigration rule; will continue to pay $10,000 per year

Fremont Tribune 13 Dec 2018

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Fremont to continue paying Kris Kobach $10,000 per year to defend immigration ordinance

Omaha World-Herald 13 Dec 2018

Kobach earned more than $800,000 in legal fees from several communities, including Fremont, for his immigration work over more than a decade....

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Fremont to continue paying Kris Kobach $10,000 a year to defend immigration ordinance

Omaha World-Herald 13 Dec 2018

Kobach has pulled in more than $800,000 in legal fees from several communities, including Fremont, for his immigration work over more than a decade....

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As developers hobnob in Pilsen, protesters rip gentrification

Chicago Sun-Times 13 Dec 2018

Moises Moreno, an organizer with Pilsen Alliance, said the protest was aimed at “predatory developers” who target working class and immigrant communities....

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How a new Homeland Security office in Nashville aims to help Tennessee's growing immigrant community

Knox News 12 Dec 2018

The Nashville site is the first full-service immigration office that serves a growing immigrant population in central and eastern Tennessee .......

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Jack DeWaard: We need persons of character and integrity to lead on immigration

Pioneer Press 12 Dec 2018

Instead, assumptions, myths and misinformation about immigrants and immigration are routinely and increasingly manifested in acrimonious political debates, news stories and sound bites, and in our daily conversations and interactions with one another in the very communities in which we live and work....

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The Trump administration’s proposed changes to the ‘public charge’ rule lack merit

MinnPost 12 Dec 2018

And for much of its history, the United States has welcomed many poor immigrants ... It would also disproportionately impact poor and minority immigrants ... We therefore encourage individuals and communities across Minnesota to speak up for their immigrant friends, coworkers, and neighbors....

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ICE workplace raids jump by thousands over past year

The Grio 12 Dec 2018

ICE lawyer charged for stealing identities of immigrants to commit bank fraud ... The raids and arrests have added to the fear in immigrant communities around the country. “It’s yet another tactic that scares immigrant communities,” Randy Capps, the Migration Policy Institute’s director of research for U.S....

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Sacramento Spent $300,000 On Services For Undocumented Immigrants, Including Fighting Deportations

Newsweek 12 Dec 2018

In addition to providing undocumented immigrants with access to a network of non-profits, religious organizations, law school immigration clinics, local pro bono attorneys and other community partners, the program also gives users access to a "rapid response network," which includes a 24-hour hotline that people can call specifically to report U.S....