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2 | 2010 | 7 | 29 | Protestors Shut Down Arpaio's Jail Under Banner: Not One More | On the day SB1070 went into effect in Arizona, protestors prevented the Sheriff from performing a celebratory raid by locking down the entrance to his jail, showing that direct action can stop deportations | http://www.notonemoredeportation.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/jail_pic.jpg | Puente Arizona | |||||
3 | 2012 | 9 | 4 | "No Papers, No Fear" Undocubus Riders Arrested at Democratic National Convention Demanding President Choose Right Side of History | 15 city bus tour through hotbeds of anti-immigrant policies culminates with civil disobedience at gates of DNC in Charlotte, NC highlighting record deportations and police and ICE abuse amidst the political debate on reform | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bisuaHZCd0k | Read more at http://nopapersnofear.org | |||||
4 | 2013 | 1 | 1 | In Discussion on Reform, NDLON Says Path to Citizenship Starts with Stop to Deportations | After the elections, even Right-Wing pundits declared immigration reform imminent. NDLON said legislative strategy had best chance with legalization-first executive action | http://www.notonemoredeportation.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/roadmap-moratorium-v5-low-res.jpg | http://facebook.com/ndlon | |||||
5 | 2013 | 1 | 20 | ICE Raid on Arizona Dad Grips Nation | Puente member Edi Armah is taken by ICE in front of his son who leads effort to see him released | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVk2zdwoBiw | ||||||
6 | 2013 | 2 | 8 | Arpaio Raid Detains 27 Working to Feed their Families, Families Demand Charges are Dropped | Sheriff Arpaio arrested 27 immigrants while they were working to feed their families. The families worked with Puente Arizona to get charges dropped or reduced and prevent their deportation. They eventually won, and most of the people in the raid have been able to continue to fight their deportations. | http://www.notonemoredeportation.com/portfolio/facing-deportation-for-working-to-feed-their-families-free-arpaios-latest-victims/ | ||||||
7 | 2013 | 2 | 13 | Protestors Interrupt DHS Sec. Napolitano Senate Testimony, "Stop the Deportations" | As Janet Napolitano declared "I've deported more people than anyone before in history," Capitol police arrest protestors interrupting | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AQgXDiVGJY#t=69 | ||||||
8 | 2013 | 2 | 21 | 2/21/2013 | Shut Down ICE in Hartford, CT | Four were arrested and dozens rallied to shut down the entrance of the Hartford, Connecticut ICE office and immigration court on the day that Jose Maria Islas was given a deportation order. Jose Maria Islas had been wrongly arrested in July 2012. Although the judge ordered him released. Instead, marshals held him on an "ICE Hold Request," and waited for ICE to pick him up. Protesters demanded an immediate end to S-Comm, the passage of the Connecticut TRUST Act, and a national moratorium on deportations. | https://scontent-a-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/482579_505457256185573_1897616167_n.jpg?oh=b0acfdf5b7a11c8577d95dee5a787f9e&oe=550BF842 | Shut Down ICE Hartford CT poster | ||||
9 | 2013 | 3 | 1 | Congress of Day Laborers Wins First #Not1More Deportation Defense Case | Although the New Orleans Congress of Day Laborers had been active fighting deportations of day laborers and local community members since at least 2008, on March 1st they won the case of Lorena Benavidez, their first case as part of the #Not1More campaign. We did not know it at the time, Lorena was picked up as part of the New Orleans Criminal Alien Initiative. | http://www.notonemoredeportation.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Screen-shot-2014-11-24-at-8.08.25-PM.png | New Orleans Congress of Day Laborers | |||||
10 | 2013 | 3 | 9 | National Coming Out of the Shadows Month | Day laborer and immigrant worker organizations have declared this March a month of action where those in deportation proceedings, will join undocumented youth in ‘coming out’ events to say ‘Not One More (Ni uno más);’ not one more person taken from their loved ones because of deportations. | http://www.crln.org/node/1824 | Click here for a list of events: http://www.ndlon.org/en/pressroom/press-releases/item/623-march-coming-out-of-the-shadow-events | |||||
11 | 2013 | 4 | 2 | 4/2/2013 | Connecticut Congresswoman's Office Occupied | Immigrants and allies from Unidad Latina en Accion (ULA) occupied the office of Rep. Rosa DeLauro asking her to stop the deportation of Jose Maria Islas and support a national moratorium on deportations. | https://scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/579793_524447200953245_794884239_n.jpg?oh=957bf01c845df351421e29e25cb916e3&oe=551B5EDD | Occupying the office of US Rep. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut | ||||
12 | 2013 | 4 | 3 | #Not1More Campaign launches along with call to artists | People threatened with deportation announce new campaign, dozens of artists respond with movement art | http://youtu.be/XGhCdMg4nqc | ||||||
13 | 2013 | 4 | 8 | La Santa Cecilia "ICE El Hielo" video stars undocumented leaders in real-life stories | NDLON produced music video initiates campaign, airs on Primer Impacto. | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lNJviuYUEQ | ||||||
14 | 2013 | 5 | 1 | UIC Study Reveals Secure Communities Programs Makes Us Less Safe | "Insecure Communities" Study conducted by UIC in various counties across the US reveals the strain that the Secure Communities program has on law enforcement and the Latino communities they hae jurisdiction over | http://www.notonemoredeportation.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Screen-shot-2014-11-25-at-9.26.55-AM.png | http://www.policylink.org/sites/default/files/INSECURE_COMMUNITIES_REPORT_FINAL.PDF | |||||
15 | 2013 | 5 | 1 | Raid Victims Challenge County Prosecutors' Collaboration with Arpaio | Puente Human Rights Movement in Arizona releases video of families being deported after arrested by Sheriff Arpaio and prosecuted by the Montgomery County. Their campaign eventually led to a change in the treatment of immigrants charged under Arizona's identity theft laws, leading to the release of hundreds of people from detention and deportation since. | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAHhffSxuXM | Puente | |||||
16 | 2013 | 5 | 3 | New Haven Register Publishes Editorial of Man Stopped at Border 4 Times | Although at the time people with prior immigration violations were considered "priority for deportation" by ICE, the widespread support for Connecticut man Jose Maria Islas and the advocacy of Unidad Latina en Acción, led to editorials like this one. In part, the editorial reads: "His five border crossings -- he was caught and returned to Mexico the first four times -- while a violation of our immigration laws, show how desperate such people are." Read editorial here: http://www.nhregister.com/general-news/20130502/editorial-deportation-stay-humanitarian-wise-thing-to-do-5 | http://www.nhregister.com/general-news/20130502/editorial-deportation-stay-humanitarian-wise-thing-to-do-5 | ||||||
17 | 2013 | 5 | 9 | Day Laborers Begin Rolling Fast to Stop Deportations | Beginning in Mountain View and going to cities across the country, people fast for up to 11 days for deportation relief | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbMMPeYHb5Q | ||||||
18 | 2013 | 5 | 13 | More than 500 Organizations Call for Moratorium on Deportations | The AFL-CIO, MALDEF, United We Dream, and the National Day Laborer Organizing Network announced an organizational sign-on letter asking President to help build the bi-partisan consensus in the Senate through a suspension of removals of those who would qualify for the bill once it passes. | http://www.notonemoredeportation.com/take-action/organizational-letter-to-the-president-suspend-deportations/ | ||||||
19 | 2013 | 5 | 29 | 12 immigrant rights advocates arrested in front of Obama fundraiser in Chicago | Seated around a banner with the number 400,000, the amount of people scheduled to be deported this year under White House quota, Chicagoans mounted a morning rush hour protest to call on President Obama to suspend deportations as Congress seeks reform. | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT6hcosF_SU | ||||||
20 | 2013 | 5 | 29 | "Deporter-in-Chief" banner drop from Hotel Hosting Pres. Obama Fundraiser | After blockading Michigan Ave in the morning, a banner unfurled to the view of protestors gathering outside the President's speech that night | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKx-jG3tXzk | ||||||
21 | 2013 | 5 | 31 | 5/31/2013 | Connecticut Legislature Approves TRUST Act | Connecticut became the first state to approve a TRUST Act limiting all law enforcement from submitting to certain ICE detainers. This culminated months of direct actions across Connecticut. | https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/v/t1.0-9/554590_530490527015579_1407653304_n.jpg?oh=36c186ee5a8009d4b844f8863032cd56&oe=54D83A28&__gda__=1426728335_b31e0ce75904d3abec4dba221d3ab6f5 | At the public hearing on the CT TRUST Act | ||||
22 | 2013 | 6 | 7 | Undocumented immigrants, allies, block intersection during Presidential Los Angeles Fundraiser | Seated around a banner that says “Undocumented, Unafraid: Not1More Deportation” 11 undocumented people and allies blocked a busy intersection in Santa Monica during a larger rally nearby the President’s Los Angeles fundraiser. | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90hEbBU3bt0 | http://www.notonemoredeportation.com/2013/06/07/iyc-demo/ | |||||
23 | 2013 | 6 | 13 | Connecticut Senators Declare Support for Deportation Fight | As a result of advoacy to stop the deportation of Connecticut resident Jose Maria Islas, Senator Blumental and Senator murphy stated their public support for stopping Jose Maria Islas, as well as the stopping of deportation for people who could potentially qualify for the Senate's immigration bill. | http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/wnpr/files/styles/medium/public/201309/Trust_Act_1.jpg | Read the letter here: https://www.scribd.com/doc/146170884/Murphy-Islas-Letter | |||||
24 | 2013 | 6 | 19 | Vermont Senators Back Dairy farmer in Deportation Proceedings | Case of undocumented Vermont organizer, Danilo Lopez, gains electeds support | http://youtu.be/kItU3OQkB7Q | Read the letter here: http://migrantjustice.net/node/214 | |||||
25 | 2013 | 7 | 5 | Farmworker and Organizer Danilo Wins Deportation Fight in Vermont | Danilo Lopez was a community organizer with Migrant Justice, a grassroots work defending the rights of migrant farmworkers in Vermont at the same time as he fought his deportation. Because he had been a long time community organizer, who helped advocate and pass state-wide legislation protecting and giving rights to migrant workers, he had wide-spread support int he community. At first, the local ICE office denied him his request for a stay of removal, but after commuity organizing led by Migrant Justice organizers, he was able to stay in the country. | http://jensorensen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/danilo-teaser.png | http://www.notonemoredeportation.com/portfolio/danilo-vermont-human-rights-hero-and-immigrant-rights-organizer-facing-deportation-on-july-6th/ | |||||
26 | 2013 | 8 | 21 | Protestors Turn Back Deportation Bus Leaving Phoenix ICE Office | During a spontaneous civil disobedience, undocumented youth and allies led by the Arizona Dream Act Coalition, blocked a deportation bus leaving the Phoenix ICE office. | http://patdollard.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dreamers.jpg | ||||||
27 | 2013 | 9 | 18 | 7 Undocumented Protestors Handcuff Themselves to White House Fence, Pledge to "Shut Down ICE" | Seven undocumented migrants handcuffed themselves to the White House fence to demonstrate their resolve in pressuring the President to act on halting deportations. During the action they announced a series of civil disobediences starting in Arizona in October 2013. (read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/09/18/immigrants-protest-deportations-white-house/2827721/) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUc8G3ea_ycvua7ZpL6fp_dQ&feature=player_embedded&v=nYXEL2qshkM | http://www.notonemoredeportation.com/2013/09/18/white-house-handcuffed/ | |||||
28 | 2013 | 10 | 1 | Mothers Against Detention, Raids, and Enforcement (MADRE) forms in New Orleans | A group of women fighting the deportation and detention of their loved ones formed a group to put pressure on the New Orleans ICE office to release them, and stop the raids in the community. | http://www.notonemoredeportation.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/madre2.jpg | New Orleans Congress of Day Laborers | |||||
29 | 2013 | 10 | 5 | Trust Act Signed into law in California | Three year campaign leads to limits on state's submission to detainers prompted by Secure Communities | http://i1.huffpost.com/gen/1391257/thumbs/n-CALIFORNIA-IMMIGRATION-large570.jpg | John Moore/Getty Images | Thousands of immigration advocates gather for a National Day of Dignity and Respect march on Oct. 5, 2013 in Los Angeles, Calif. Thousands of people in more than 150 events nationwide demonstrated in favor of comprehensive immigration reform. | ||||
30 | 2013 | 10 | 10 | #ShutDownICE protestors close Operation Streamline court proceedings | 12 immigrant rights activists locked themselves to the wheels of two deportation buses headed to Operation Streamline at a federal court where 6 additional people had chained themselves to the entrance to protest the proceeding they say is criminalizing immigrants and destroying core principles of the justice system. According to multiple sources, as a result of the three and a half hour long and continuing peaceful blockade, the court, for one of the only times in it’s history, cancelled the proceedings where detainees are presented in shackles in front of a judge and sentenced as a group. Although all the occupants of the buses were deported, they were not charged criminally as they would have had it not been for the protest. | http://america.aljazeera.com/content/ajam/watch/shows/the-stream/the-stream-officialblog/2013/10/11/activists-in-tucsonblockdeportationbuses/jcr:content/blog/mainpar/adaptiveimage/src.adapt.960.high.1381527192055.jpg | AlJazeera America | Immigration activists chain themselves to two buses in Tucson, October 11, 2013 (NDLON) | ||||
31 | 2013 | 10 | 10 | Bipartisan Group Pens Letter Opposing #Not1More's Expand DACA Demand | BPC introduces executive action as cause for mistrust of President and 'poisoning the well' frame later to be siezed upon by House Republicans to block reform efforts | http://bipartisanpolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Cisneros-Hero-1040x600.jpg | Read the letter from Bipartisn Policy Center: http://bipartisanpolicy.org/press-release/bpcs-immigration-task-force-releases-statement-expanding-deferred-action/ | |||||
32 | 2013 | 10 | 15 | #ShutDownICE protest in Phoenix closes regional ICE office for day | About 500 activists protest in front of ICE HEadquarters in Phoenix demanding a halt to deportations and passing of immigration reform | http://download.gannett.edgesuite.net/arizonarepublic/brightcove/29901534001/201310/365/29901534001_2744041366001_vs-525c8900e4b05982ddd43025-1592194023001.jpg | KPNX-TV, Phoenix | Chanting “not one more,” several hundred people marched to the Phoenix offices of Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Monday, Oct. 14, 2013, hoping to shut down deportation for a day. | ||||
33 | 2013 | 10 | 16 | #Not1More Campaign Holds National Convergence | Some 250 people from about a dozen states converged in Arizona for a series of trainings and civil disobedience actions in an attempt to shut down the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE. Activists—many of them undocumented—chained their bodies to deportation buses and blocked the entrance to an immigrant detention facility. | http://colorlines.com/assets_c/2013/10/10-15-ice-bus-thumb-640xauto-9366.jpg | NDLON | Protestors stopping deportation bus in Tucson. | ||||
34 | 2013 | 10 | 17 | San Francisco Blocks Deportation Bus in Middle of the Road | Answering the call from Arizona, Bay area rallies to #ShutDownICE | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aISHaPWs-I | ||||||
35 | 2013 | 10 | 23 | Aloe Blacc & NDLON Release Video, 'Wake Me Up' with Dreamers and Day Laborers | video for #1 song in the world receives more than 9 million views | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_o6axAseak | ||||||
36 | 2013 | 11 | 14 | Immigration "Stop & Frisk" Program, CARI, Exposed in New Orleans | The New Orleans Congress of Day Laborers and the New Orleans Center for Racial Justice publish a report on the Criminal Alien Removal Initiative, a pilot program under the Obama administration focused on the use of mobile biometric devices and racial profiling. The report leads to the replacement of the field director of the local ICE office at the time, and a focus on New Orleans as the next phase of enforcement. | http://www.notonemoredeportation.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Screen-shot-2013-12-20-at-11.01.53-AM-231x300.png | Read full report at http://nowcrj.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/CARI-report-final.pdf | |||||
37 | 2013 | 11 | 14 | New Orleans #ShutDownICE Demands end to neighborhood raids | 18 immigrant workers and four community leaders sat-in at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in New Orleans, demanding an end to a harsh new program of community raids by ICE that are tearing families apart and terrorizing the immigrant workers who helped rebuild New Orleans. This was the first time they exposed the Criminal Alien Removal Initiative. | http://www.southernstudies.org/sites/default/files/images/stop_the_raids_nola.png | New Orleans Congress of Day Laborers | |||||
38 | 2013 | 11 | 15 | DHS Halts Deportation of Certain Military Relatives | A new memorandum issued by the Department of Homeland Security will now halt the deportation of spouses, parents and children of active duty service members, reservists, and veterans. The memo also allows those relatives to apply for permanent residence, often known as green card status. | http://colorlines.com/assets_c/2013/11/11-15-marines-thumb-640xauto-9683.jpg | Photo: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty | Marines receive orders in Staten Island, New York following Hurricane Sandy. | ||||
39 | 2013 | 11 | 19 | Chicago Blocks Bus Carrying Octavio & Brigido to Airport for Deportation | Twelve Chicagoans attached themselves to a deportation bus full of immigrants headed to the airport to be separated from their families. The immigrants on the bus include Octavio Nava and Brigido Acosta Luis, who have been the focus of national campaigns, and who are considered “priority for deportation” due to their past immigration histories. Their families, along with action participants, are urging President Obama to use his administrative powers to expand prosecutorial discretion for people who have crossed the border back to reunite with their families. | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z3z8uLsenk | ||||||
40 | 2013 | 11 | 19 | Georgia #ShutDownICE Chain Together to Block Deportations | More than a dozen undocumented Georgians and supporters have locked themselves to the gates of the downtown Atlanta ICE office as part of the national campaign demanding the President stop deportations and expand deferred action for all. | http://www.notonemoredeportation.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Georgia.jpg | ||||||
41 | 2013 | 11 | 25 | CIYJA Members Lock Necks to Adelanto Detention Center Gates | Three young women who belong to the Inland Empire Immigrant Youth Coalition, an affiliate of the California Immigrant Youth Justice Alliance, have locked themselves to the gates of the Adelanto detention center to protest unjust deportations and the inhumane treatment of inmates inside. | http://liftedlamp.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/adelanto.jpg | ||||||
42 | 2013 | 11 | 25 | Ju Hong Interrupts President from Bandstand, Debates Authority to Halt Removals | Ju Hong, with Asian Students Promoting Immigrant Rights through Education (ASPIRE), asked President Obama at a speech on immigration reform in San Francisco’s Chinatown to stop deportations. | http://www.democracynow.org/2013/11/27/my_family_has_been_separated_for | DemocracyNow | Plea to End Deportations Heard Nationwide as Activist Interrupts Obama Speech on Immigration | ||||
43 | 2013 | 12 | 5 | 12/5/2013 | House Dems Join Call to Stop Deportations | A Congressional sign-on letter to President Obama, led by Reps. Raul Grijalva (AZ) and Yvette Clark (NY), and eventually joined by thirty members of the House, was one of the first significant acts by Democratic members to really press the President to stop deportations. | http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/05/house-democrats-obama-deportations_n_4391891.html | |||||
44 | 2013 | 12 | 7 | #Not1More Issues Call to Action | We can have real relief, but we'll have to fight for it | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn119Wuw9tc | ||||||
45 | 2013 | 12 | 10 | Deportations Blocked at Elizabeth Detention Center in Blizzard | http://darkroom.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AFP_Getty-454782839.jpg | |||||||
46 | 2013 | 12 | 11 | Philadelphia Blocks ICE Vans on Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe | A group of undocumented Philadelphians and supporters blocked all the exits for deportation vehicles at the downtown Philadelphia ICE office, just as they prepared to transfer immigrant detainees.The action comes on the Eve of the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, as community members led a procession to ICE headquarters to speak out against President Obama’s deportation dragnet programs. Under a banner that read “Not One More Deportation,” Philadelphia residents are calling for an end to the collaboration between local police and immigration authorities called “Secure Communities” or “S-SCOMM.” | http://vamosjuntos.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/DSC_1517-1024x687.jpg | Juntos | |||||
47 | 2013 | 12 | 13 | DC Protest Use Tubes to Block Deportation Bus | “The House might have closed for the year but ICE will be deporting families on Christmas unless we stop it,” explained protester Rosa Lozano of DC. “Blaming Republicans can’t stop the suffering in immigrant communities. But the President can. With the stroke of a pen he could end his deportation quota and expand relief like he did for dreamers.” | http://www.popularresistance.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Shutdown-ICE-protest-in-DC-6.jpg | ||||||
48 | 2013 | 12 | 23 | Immigrant Youth Climb Ladders to Interrupt Deportations at County Jail | A rally against deportations in Fresno turned into a civil disobedience with 6 people locking themselves on top of ladders blocking the transportation of immigrants to a nearby detention center.Just before Christmas, 100 immigrant youth and their families are shutting down Fresno’s County Jail, demanding Sheriff Mims to immediately cease all collaboration with ICE. The protest ended when the Sheriff’s office announced it was closing for the rest of the day and issued a public statement committing to honor the TRUST Act (AB4) limiting its submission to ICE hold requests and protecting many Fresno families from being turned over to ICE. | http://www.notonemoredeportation.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/fresno-mims-225x300.jpg | ||||||
49 | 2014 | 2 | 4 | NDLON Files Rulemaking Petition Formally Requesting DHS Expand DACA, Halt Removals | Official document under Administrative Procedure Act cites legal authority and historical precedent for executive action | http://www.iyjl.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Untitled.png | http://notonemoredeportation.com/resources/rulemaking | |||||
50 | 2014 | 2 | 5 | Detention of Chicago Father Prompts Concern on Raids | On December 13, 2013 . Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents conducted an operative in the 4800 block of North Drake street, a residential building in the Albany Park neighborhood of Chicago. ICE agents entered the building wearing vests reading “Police,” carrying at least one unholstered weapon, and searching for a man who presumably lived at that location. This operation led to the detention of Anibal Fuentes, a day laborer and father of a 1-year old US citizen. As part of his campaign, in February, over a dozen organizations in Chicago began to inquire into the practices of the local ICE Field Office. Anibal has continued to win stays of removal and remains in the US with his family. | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvO06PSAwwg | Read the letter here: http://www.notonemoredeportation.com/2014/02/05/stopraids/ | |||||
51 | 2014 | 2 | 17 | Faith leaders and Families with Loved Ones in Detention Arrested at White House on President's Day | On Presidents Day, some two dozen religious leaders, immigrants and supporters are arrested while praying in front of the White House. They gathered to protest an inhumane deportation policy that could become President Obama’s historical legacy. The Obama Administration was about to reach an unprecedented 2 million deportations under its immigration quota programs. | http://pjsnpeacesigns.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/img_0155.jpg | ||||||
52 | 2014 | 2 | 17 | Arizonans with Loved Ones in Detention Launch Hunger Strike at Phoenix ICE | Born out of one mother's vow to sacrifice any way she can to bring her son home, 6 people with family members in detention set up an encampment and begin a hunger strike in front of the Phoenix ICE field office, calling for an end to all deportations. | https://scontent-1.2914.fna.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/p180x540/1922508_740588769299309_1010651620_n.jpg?oh=91b8e5d07b2a6c9efdbff34722e1720a&oe=5519FD6C | ||||||
53 | 2014 | 2 | 20 | Politico: WH Faces Grassroots Heat on Immigration | While some advocates say pressuring the President on deportations is "tone deaf," Politico takes note: | http://www.notonemoredeportation.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Screen-shot-2014-12-09-at-8.32.04-AM.png | Read full story: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/02/white-house-faces-rising-grassroots-heat-on-immigration-103714_Page2.html | |||||
54 | 2014 | 2 | 24 | Tacoma #ShutDownICE Turns Back 2 Deportation Buses | 10 activists stopped 1 bus and 2 vans at the NW detention center- 120 people scheduled to be deported were returned to the detention cneter after activists in Washington state joined the Not1More campaign and staged a civil disobedience action. In one of the vans stopped and returned to the detention center was Jose Moreno, who witnessed the action and when he returned to the detention center, inspired by the actions of the Not1More campaign, helped organize the largest hunger strike any dentention center has seen with 1200 people joiing | http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Dozens-demonstrate-at-Tacoma-detention-center-246884681.html | ||||||
55 | 2014 | 3 | 7 | 05-01-14 | 1200 detainees go on hunger strike, joining the Not1more campaign | 1200 detainees go hunger strike at NW Detention Center in Tacoma, WA. Inspired on the civil disobedience action staged by the Not1More campaign stopping deportations on 2/24/14, immigrants detained in one of the largest detention centers in the nation call for a hunger strike that lasted 56 days. Hunger strikers suffered retailiations such as immediate deportations, placed in solitary confinement and threats of force feeding. The main organizers, Cipriano Rios, Miguel Farias, Ramon Mendoza last the longest without eating and are placed in solitary charged with inciting others to join. Hassal Moses is also placed in solitary after beign charged with calling a work stoppage. | http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/3/8/hundreds-of-immigrationdetaineeslaunchhungerstrikeinwashington.html | |||||
56 | 2014 | 3 | 14 | President Announces Deportation Review to Make Policies "More Humane" | In effort to stave off mounting pressure, Obama instructs DHS Sec. Johnson to review options for executive action | http://www.theblaze.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Obama-Jeh-Johnson-G-620x362.jpeg | ||||||
57 | 2014 | 3 | 17 | Detention Center Hunger Strike Spread to Texas Facility | After a massive hunger strike inside the Tacoma Detention Center reached its 11th day, detainees found their effort spreading to other facilities inspired by their demands. Last night at midnight, immigrants held at the Joe Corley Detention Center in Conroe, TX initiated their own fast in protest of their treatment at the facility run by the same company, the GEO Group, and as part of the nation-wide call for an end to deportations. | http://www.notonemoredeportation.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/20140317T131111-924x1174.jpg | ||||||
58 | 2014 | 3 | 24 | Alabama Shuts Down Gadsen Detention Center | With u-locks around their necks, organizers close the doors on ICE for the day | http://media.namx.org/images/editorial/2014/04/0404/m_ohagan_deport/m_ohagan_deport_500x279.jpg | http://www.notonemoredeportation.com/2014/03/24/alabama/ | |||||
59 | 2014 | 3 | 31 | Tacoma Hunger Strikers Retaliated Against, Put in Solitary Confinement | Following their participation in a hunger strike at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, over twenty men were placed in solitary confinement at the GEO Group-run detention facility. According to attorneys who spoke to several of the men, GEO Group officers came to their section of the immigration prison on the morning of March 27, and asked if anyone wanted to speak to detention center officials about the detention conditions. The twenty men who volunteered followed the officers out of their cells. Believing they were headed to a negotiation on hunger strike demands, the men were instead handcuffed, surrounded by officers in riot gear, and taken into solitary confinement. | http://i.guim.co.uk/static/w-620/h--/q-95/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/3/12/1394628625353/18350f7e-d7fa-49e8-9ef4-441bdd920e2b-620x372.jpeg | ||||||
60 | 2014 | 4 | 1 | 04-01-14 | Deported Civil Rights Leaders Present at Nogales Port of Entry | Following example of previous "Bring Them Home" actions, Jaime Valdez and Ardani Rosales, both deported for their and their families' organizing, present themselves at the border requesting humanitarian parole and are immediately detained. (Watch Jaime on Democracy Now Here: http://www.democracynow.org/2014/4/1/right_to_return_immigrant_deported_after) | http://therealnews.com/media/trn_2014-04-01/OLeon0407DeportedBack.jpg | |||||
61 | 2014 | 4 | 2 | 04-05-14 | Arizonans Begin 60-mile March to Detention Center | Families with loved ones in detention and those who have been detained themselves begin 3-day walk to end deportations from Phoenix to Eloy, AZ. | http://static01.nyt.com/images/2014/04/17/us/IMMIG/IMMIG-master675.jpg | Nick Oza, AP | ||||
62 | 2014 | 4 | 2 | LGBTQ Organizations Endorse Not1More Campaign | Transgender Law Center and Southerners On New Ground, alongside a broad coalition of LGBTQ organizations, proudly endorse the #Not1more Deportation campaign and the protests and marches occurring on the April 4th and 5th National Days of Action across the country. | http://www.thenation.com/sites/default/files/rsz_screen_shot_2014-06-29_at_105625_pm.png | http://www.notonemoredeportation.com/2014/04/02/lgbtq-organizations-endorse-not1more-campaign-to-end-deportations/ | |||||
63 | 2014 | 4 | 4 | 04-04-14 | Congressional Hispanic Caucus Demands Deportation Changes | http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/04/congressional-hispanic-caucus-deportation_n_5092192.html?ir=Latino+Voices&utm_hp_ref=latino-voices | ||||||
64 | 2014 | 4 | 5 | 04-05-14 | 100+ Actions in over 80 cities to say #2Million2Many | As the President is expected to hit the 2 million deportation mark, communities impacted by the deportation crisis take action. | http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2014/04/09/opinion/492014deport/492014deport-blog480.jpg | |||||
65 | 2014 | 4 | 5 | 04-05-14 | NY Times Editorial-- Yes He Can, On Immigration | NY Times Editorial Board endorses #Not1More call for administrative relief from the President | http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/06/opinion/sunday/yes-he-can-on-immigration.html?hpw&rref=opinion&_r=0 | |||||
66 | 2014 | 4 | 7 | 04-08-14 | Chicagoans Begin 2-Day March to Broadview Detention Center to #ShutDownICE | http://www.vivelohoy.com/noticias/8396504/caminata-en-chicago-contra-las-deportaciones | ||||||
67 | 2014 | 4 | 7 | 3 CIYJA Activists Arrested Sitting in Rep. Loretta Sanchez' Office | Despite being a vocal supporter of immigration reform, Rep. Sanchez has 3 undocumented youth arrested for sitting in at her office demanding that she support the call for the expansion of DACA and an end to deportations. | http://www.ocregister.com/articles/sanchez-608778-immigration-arrested.html | ||||||
68 | 2014 | 4 | 7 | Familes Facing Deportation Start White House Hunger Strike | "We came to your doorstep because your agents have come to our's." Supported by NDLON, DRM Action, ADAC and Puente, members of #Not1More groups begin a month rolling hunger strike in front of the White House | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9pKgv1eoBw | Detentions of undocumented immigrants has resulted in a hunger strike in front of the White House, pushing President Obama to take executive action on the issue. Hunger strike activist Cynthia Diaz explains why she is implementing the strike. | |||||
69 | 2014 | 4 | 8 | Bus of Arizonans Facing Deportation Crisis Arrive in Washington | Raise your hand if you have been affected by deportation and detention. | http://instagram.com/p/miOqDMzKKU/ | ||||||
70 | 2014 | 4 | 9 | Rep. Gutierrez Pledges Support for White House Hunger Strikers' Cases | After hearing stories of families fighting to stop the deportations of their loved ones, Rep. Gutierrez wipes away tears. | http://drmcapitolgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/IMG_62851.jpg | ||||||
71 | 2014 | 4 | 10 | Democracy Now: Pablo Alvarado Debates David Leopold on Executive Action | <iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.democracynow.org/embed/story/2014/4/10/as_deportations_top_2_million_should" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe> | |||||||
72 | 2014 | 4 | 12 | Melissa Harris Perry: Why is There a Hunger Strike on the White House Lawn? | Hunger Striker Cynthia Diaz talks about why she is risking so much to bring her mom home with Melissa Harris Perry on MSNBC. | <iframe src="http://player.theplatform.com/p/2E2eJC/EmbeddedOffSite?guid=n_mhp_10strike_140412" height="500" width="635" scrolling="no"></iframe> | ||||||
73 | 2014 | 4 | 15 | TX Family Arrive to Take Over White House Hunger Strike | Ernestina Hernandez and Melanny Martinez, wife and daughter of deported detention hunger striker, take over White House Hunger Strike from Arizonans. | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-x9oU8DrUc | Read Melanny's letter to Sasha Obama here: http://www.notonemoredeportation.com/2014/04/20/an-open-letter-to-sasha-obama/ | |||||
74 | 2014 | 4 | 17 | Pres. Obama Questioned about hunger strikers during White House Press Briefing | Maria Peña of La Opinión asks, his response? We shouldn't be in the business of separating families. | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyAcz2YcGI8&feature=youtu.be | ||||||
75 | 2014 | 4 | 17 | #SHUTDOWNICE Protest in Boston Includes Incredible Speech | Immigrant activists and religious leaders from Massachusetts, Connecticut and Vermont formed a human chain at the entrance of the Suffolk Detention Center in Boston to demand action from President Obama to end the suffering caused by deportation. The prison at 20 Bradston Street has been the site of an immigrant prisoner hunger strike in October 2013 and is currently embroiled in lawsuits protesting indefinite detention. | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSStVYqxcno | ||||||
76 | 2014 | 4 | 17 | Philadelphia Mayor Signs Executive Order Against ICE Detainers | Local Coalition succeeds in winning city policy | http://media.philly.com/images/pdetain17z-600.jpg | ||||||
77 | 2014 | 4 | 17 | Federal Judge Rules ICE Detainers Unconstitutional | A federla judge in Oregon declared that immigration holds violate the Consitituion. As a result five counties in Oregon immediately stopped holding people in jail in response to requests from ICE. | https://soundcloud.com/opb/0417atimmigration | ||||||
78 | 2014 | 4 | 20 | Undocumented Leaders Present 14 Presents Reccomendations on Excecutive Authority as #Not1More Blue Ribbon Commission | Growing pressure on the Administration led to the President to announce instructions to DHS to review deportation policies with the aim to make them “more humane.” Parallel to the White House directive, former and currently undocumented immigrant leaders formed a Blue Ribbon Commission to perform an independent review and present its recommendations to the President, helping fill the noticeable lack of representation from those seeking legal status and citizenship in recently-convened White House meetings. | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1sWyvx56H4 | Read reccomendations here: http://www.notonemoredeportation.com/2014/04/10/not1morebrc/ | |||||
79 | 2014 | 4 | 21 | AFL-CIO Releases Memo Calling for Executive Action | http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2014/04/21/morning-plum-pressure-on-obama-to-go-big-on-deportations/ | |||||||
80 | 2014 | 4 | 22 | Springfield, MA Mothers Carry on Hunger Strike | Members of Just Communities take over the hunger strike | http://eltiempolatino.com/news/2014/apr/22/madres-de-familia-inician-huelga-de-hambre-frente-/ | ||||||
81 | 2014 | 4 | 22 | New Orleans Joins White House Hunger Strike | Members of the Congreso de Jornaleros come to DC, hold children's march & Congressional hearings | http://instagram.com/p/nGSpNIzKDY/ | ||||||
82 | 2014 | 4 | 24 | Huffington Post - Obama Faces Growing Rebellion Over Secure Communities Deportation Program | http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/24/secure-communities_n_5182876.html?utm_hp_ref=latino-voices&ir=Latino+Voices | |||||||
83 | 2014 | 4 | 28 | NPA and NDWA Members Arrested in Front of White House Calling for #Not1More | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSkAJm0RgKI | |||||||
84 | 2014 | 4 | 28 | Georgia Immigrants Arrive in Washington | Members of GLAHR take over the hunger strike | https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/t1.0-9/q71/s720x720/10308162_829363107091998_7366920709751570535_n.jpg | ||||||
85 | 2014 | 4 | 29 | LGBTQ Groups Rally at White House | Immigration Equality, Southerners on New Ground, NDLON, and others rallied for the specific issues of LGBT migrants in detention and deportation. Mario's husband and mother come to the White House to ask he be released | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBAL8byOf7A | ||||||
86 | 2014 | 4 | 30 | NYT: Unions' Giant Video Near White House Urges Halt to Deportations | http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/01/us/politics/unions-giant-video-near-white-house-urges-halt-to-deportations.html?ref=us&_r=1 | |||||||
87 | 2014 | 4 | 30 | Congressional Asian caucus calls for reducing deportations | http://blog.pe.com/multicultural-empire/2014/04/30/immigration-congressional-asian-caucus-calls-for-reducing-deportations/ | |||||||
88 | 2014 | 5 | 5 | Groups Denounce Assault of Marichuy, Transgender Woman at Eloy Detention Center | Marichuy Leal Gamino, a 23 year old transgender woman was raped by her cellmate at Eloy Detention Center. Advocates organized to expose the lack of response from the detention center and ask for her release. The campaign is on-going and has brought much needed attention to the inadequate and inhumane treatment of transgender detainees. Marichuy, however, remains detained. | http://www.notonemoredeportation.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/marichuyinfo-307x1024.jpg | ||||||
89 | 2014 | 5 | 8 | Congressman Smith introduces legislation modeled after hunger strikers demands in NW Detention Center | At the pick of the first hunger strike, Congressman Smith (WA) visited three of the main hunger strikers at the detention center. He listened to their griveances and agreed with their demands. In May 2014 he introduced legislation modeled after the detainees demands | http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2014/05/08/us-rep-adam-smith-introduces-legislation-to-improve-conditions-at-immigrant-detention-centers | ||||||
90 | 2014 | 5 | 10 | Thousands March Across the Country for #Not1More on May Day | https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BmktmbWCcAAzF5N.jpg | |||||||
91 | 2014 | 5 | 12 | ICE releases 20 detainees from solitary confinement after lawsuit is filled agains them | ACLU WA and Columbia Legal Services voluntarily dismissed their lawsuit after successfully getting ICE to release hunger striking detainees from solitary confinement at NWDC in Tacoma. ACLU and CLS had filed this lawsuit on April 2, 2014 to prohibit ICE from retaliating against detainees at the NWDC who engage in First Amendment protected activities by placing them in solitary confinement. On March 27, 2014, ICE placed hunger striking detainees in solitary confinement in retaliation for participation in First Amendment protected speech activities. | http://www.thenewstribune.com/2014/05/12/3192461/immigration-advocates-drop-solitary.html | ||||||
92 | 2014 | 5 | 27 | LGBTQ Demonstrators Protest Trans Detention in Santa Ana, CA | Trans and queer immigrant activists formed a triangular human chain linked to a metal cage blocking the entrance of the Santa Ana Police Department to call on the city of Santa Ana to terminate its contract with ICE which imprisons trans and queer people in abusive conditions in the Santa Ana City Jail. These protestors demanded President Obama stop the deportations that separate families and communities. This act of civil disobedience aimed to lift up the voices of the more than 267,000 undocumented LGBTQ immigrants living in the U.S. and call for “liberation, not deportation.” | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2wc6ChJR8M | ||||||
93 | 2014 | 5 | 27 | SEIU, NIF, Others Tell President to Continue Deportations, Wait on House Republicans to Pass a Bill | Citing "rare window," several groups cause outrage by suggesting the President delay promised relief and continue record deportations | http://action.altoarizona.com/c/644/images/Sarah%20Crying.jpg | Read the letter to the President here: http://www.seiu.org/2014/05/national-groups-weigh-in-on-immigration-reform-tim.php | |||||
94 | 2014 | 6 | 15 | More than 200 Organizations Call for Reversal of President's Delay of Executive Action | After the President announced a delay to the announcement of administrative relief, hundreds of organizatiosn signed letters in Protest. One letter hosted by NDLON gathered over 200 names. Read letter here: http://www.notonemoredeportation.com/letter-to-obama-reverse-your-decision-to-delay-deportations/ | http://media4.s-nbcnews.com/i/newscms/2014_22/470566/140528-immigration-activists-mn-755_4df11ed24aacbd6ddff52b97b3860ad9.jpg | ||||||
95 | 2014 | 6 | 19 | 11 Year Olds and Supporters #ShutDownICE in Milwaukee | The children of Manuel Lopez, a man caught in tri-state raids conducted by ICE joined with almost a dozen Wisconsinites, including Voces de la Frontera executive director Christine Neumann-Ortiz, to chain themselves together at the District field office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement to condemn the raids that have separated them from their father since May 27th of this year. | http://media.jrn.com/images/210*157/b99294904z.1_20140619224223_000_gd66n7ma.1-0.jpg | ||||||
96 | 2014 | 7 | 28 | #Not1More Blue Ribbon Commission Calls for Boycott of Meetings with the President without Undocumented Representation | "Simply stated, we are asking for there to be no more meetings about us without us." They said as they visited DC organizations requesting they use access to ensure undocumented people are at the table as #MyOwnAdvocate | http://www.notonemoredeportation.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/10530680_883239121704396_138988571705849340_n1.jpg | Read the Politico article: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/07/undocumented-immigrants-white-house-immigration-109450.html | |||||
97 | 2014 | 7 | 30 | 08-02-14 | Tacoma Detainees Relaunch Hunger Strike | A secong hunger strike is organized by the now formalized "Colectivo de Detenidos", a group of detainees that came togther after the sucess of the first hunger strike in March 2014. The strikers are able to bring attention again to their fight and this time an ICE regional director and the Geo Warden negotiate with them, promising to adress their demands. Detainees end the strike in hopes that ICE and Geo promises will be fulfilled. These were not fulfilled. | http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/30/undocumented-migrants-washington-detainees-hunger-strike | |||||
98 | 2014 | 7 | 30 | LGBTQ immigrants sit-In at Equality Caucus, Prompt Congressional Letter to President | As part of the National #Not1More Deportation Campaign, LGBTQ Organizations from across the country called on the Congressional Equality Caucus to come out to ensure LGBTQ immigrants benefit from and are included in the broadest relief possible for undocumented people. | http://www.notonemoredeportation.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/lgbtq-sit-in.jpg | ||||||
99 | 2014 | 8 | 15 | Yestel, New Orleans Civil Rights Leader, Released from Detention | After an intense national effort, Yestel Velazquez, was released from immigration detention. He and Wilmer Irias-Palna had been in detention after being stopped at a raid under the Criminal Alien Removal Initiative. They had both filed a civil rights complaint regarding racial profiling and civil rights abuses in New Orleans. Although they had similar backgrounds, Wilmer was deported one week to Yestel being released. | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNCqC_t8Akw | New Orleans Congress of Day Laborers | |||||
100 | 2014 | 8 | 20 | Boston City Council Passes Local TRUST Act | Policy signed by mayor limits submission to ICE detainers | http://www.standingonthesideoflove.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/MA_trust_act1.jpg | ||||||
101 | 2014 | 8 | 27 | Hundreds March for "ICE Out of LA" | During NDLON's national assembly, day laborers and LA residents march to detention center demanding county cut ties with ICE | http://vimeo.com/105212933 | ||||||
102 | 2014 | 8 | 28 | Son of Phoenix Hunger Striker Released after 3 Years in Detention | Elder, an immigrant from Phoenix, Arizona, was released after being in detention for 3 years. His release was the result of an intense campaign by Puente Human Rights Movement and his family, that included a hunger strike in Phoenix that landed his mother at a hospital. Although his case is still pending, his release was a huge win for the movement. | http://www.notonemoredeportation.com/portfolio/elder-is-in-segregation-for-demanding-life-saving-medical-care-tell-ice-to-let-him-go/ | Read more about his case and his family's organizing efforts: http://www.notonemoredeportation.com/portfolio/elder-is-in-segregation-for-demanding-life-saving-medical-care-tell-ice-to-let-him-go/ | |||||
103 | 2014 | 9 | 3 | Study Finds Secure Communities fails at Keeping Communities Safe | Study by University of Chicago and NYU Law Schools find that deportations have no effect on crime rates. Questions the assumptions that deporting criminals is an effective crime-fighting strategy. | http://static01.nyt.com/images/2014/09/04/us/SECURE/SECURE-master675.jpg | Leslye Davis/The New York Times | Unauthorized migrants from a detention center in Broadview, Ill., on their way to deportation. | ||||
104 | 2014 | 9 | 5 | National Hispanic Leadership Agenda Announces Boycott of Meetings with President Without Undocumented People at Table | In a call for greater inclusivity in immigration policy deliberations leaders of 39 different Latino organizations asked that the Latinos and the undocumented be included in these meetings. | http://nationalhispanicleadership.org/headlines/hispanic_leaders_call_for_greater_inclusivity_in_presidents_immigration_deliberations/ | ||||||
105 | 2014 | 9 | 23 | Day Labor Leader Takes Sanctuary in Portland Church | Francisco Aguirre, a day labor leader and community organizer, decided to take refuge in a local church in order to stop his deportation. His fight has sparked wide-ranging support from faith, labor and immigrant rights leaders, as well as the Mayor of the city. He continues in sanctuary and has now been charged with 're-entry' for returning to the U.S. after being deported. | http://imgick.oregonlive.com/home/olive-media/pgmain/img/oregonian/photo/2014/11/06/aguirre1jpg-064215ca483f8887.jpg | ||||||
106 | 2014 | 10 | 3 | Congressional Hispanic Caucus Gala Hosts Pres. Obama, Speech Interrupted | Blanca Hernandez asks the President why he's continuing to delay deportations while families in proceedings rally outside | <iframe width="480" height="302" src="http://www.ustream.tv/embed/recorded/53499354?v=3&wmode=direct" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border: 0px none transparent;"> </iframe> | Read her op-ed here: http://www.notonemoredeportation.com/2014/10/03/who-gets-kicked-out-of-the-hispanic-caucus-gala/ | |||||
107 | 2014 | 10 | 8 | Destructive Delay' Report Exposes Out-of-Control ICE Activity During Delay | lluminates the inhumane interior Immigration and Customs Enforcement practices that continue unabated while the President postpones action and it highlights the human cost of the delay. The key findings shed light on an agency driven by one calculated mission, to meet a draconian deportation quota, regardless of the costs to public safety, institutional integrity, moral or constitutional considerations. | http://www.notonemoredeportation.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Screen-shot-2014-10-08-at-9.26.41-AM.png | Read in full here: http://www.notonemoredeportation.com/2014/10/08/destructive-delay/ | |||||
108 | 2014 | 10 | 15 | NDLON Launches Weekly Concert Series at Detention Center to "Chant Down Walls" | The weekly series in Los Angeles centered the debate on those behind bars with imprisoned people holding up a#s and messages scrawled on toilet paper during the rallies | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMxC-Dp-wUg | Read the LA Times article: http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-prison-concert-20141110-story.html | |||||
109 | 2014 | 10 | 20 | Connecticut Immigrants Warn of TRUST Act loophole | Esvin Lima is a resident from Connecticut who was at risk of being placed in deportation proceedings after reporting housing violations due to a prior deportation order. Unidad Latina en Accion and other immigrant rights advocates lifted up his case as an example of why the Connecticut TRUST Act needed to be changed, to include protections for people with prior immigragion violations. | http://www.notonemoredeportation.com/portfolio/esvin/ | Read full article here: http://wnpr.org/post/immigration-rights-advocates-warn-connecticut-trust-act-loophole | |||||
110 | 2014 | 10 | 27 | Deported Civil Rights Leader Jaime Valdez Released from Detention | After being deported in the middle of the night as retaliation for his organizing inside of detention and his father's work in the community, Jaime is released from detention, thanks to the tireless efforts of him and his family with the Puente Movement. His release is a huge victory for organizing for the right to return for the 2 million deported under Pres. Obama. | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXWakozlkTA&list=UUqI4eSgED0X7RnB60dVkWfg | ||||||
111 | 2014 | 10 | 28 | Illinois Resident Felipe Diosdado Wins Deportation Fight After DMV Reported Him to ICE | Felipe had been wrongfully reported to ICE while he was applying for an Illinois Temporary Driver's License. After community response, he won a stay of removal in October. His case helped organizers advocate for a change in Illinois state procedures to make sure other immgirants like Felipe would not be turned over to ICE. | http://www.notonemoredeportation.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Screen-shot-2014-09-23-at-3.25.12-PM1-300x290.png | Read more about Felipe's story here: http://www.notonemoredeportation.com/portfolio/felipe/ | |||||
112 | 2014 | 10 | 31 | 11-04-14 | Tacoma Detainees Launch 3rd Hunger Strike | Third hunger strike is organized by the Colectivo de Detenidos, this time matching th second encampent that members of the Not1More campaign staged outside the detention center, where activists placed a replica of a solitary confinement cell, had day of the dead altars for families separated by deportations and marched. The strikes began with 200 people, and were stagered due to the more and more dificulties detainees face in communicating with each other | http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/11/04/name-justice-hunger-strike-sweeps-profit-immigrant-detention-center | |||||
113 | 2014 | 11 | 3 | Los Cadetes de Linares Play "Chant Down Walls" Concert in LA | https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/t31.0-8/c0.0.851.315/p851x315/10551616_936788056349502_4293315438963535280_o.jpg | Read the LA Times Article Here: http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-prison-concert-20141110-story.html | ||||||
114 | 2014 | 11 | 11 | Largest Show of Unity, Immigrant Youth Demand President Use Full Authority | 53 immigrant youth organizations send letter to Cecilia Muñoz urging broad relief | Read the Letter Here: http://www.ociyu.org/uploads/3/1/7/3/31730689/immigrant_youth_letter.pdf | ||||||
115 | 2014 | 11 | 12 | NDLON Files Lawsuit vs DHS Compelling Response to Rulemaking Petition | NDLON sues DHS for failing to repsond to a rulemaking petition filed in February askin gto expand DACA and suspend deportations. Lawsuit claims DHS is in violation of the Federal Administrative Procedure Act. | http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=http://img.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_908w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2014/10/03/National-Politics/Images/Was8869725.jpg&w=1484 | AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEBSAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images | http://notonemoredeportation.com/resources/rulemaking | ||||
116 | 2014 | 11 | 17 | CT Governor Improves TRUST Act | Connecticut Governor announced amendment of TRUST Act to expand protections to include people with prior deportation orders, making it the first in the country to provide such protections. This was a result of advocacy stemming from the case of Esvin Lima, a young immigrant who was at risk of being placed in removal proceedings after reporting a housing violation. | http://www.notonemoredeportation.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ICE.pdf | ||||||
117 | 2014 | 11 | 17 | Day Before Applying for Relief, Undocumented Mother and Daughter Vow to Continue Fight | Two years after Democracy Now appearance at DNC, Rosi Carrasco and Ireri Carrasco Unzueta discuss possible executive action and commit to fighting for 100% of undocumented community | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeIodQiAMZ8 | ||||||
118 | 2014 | 11 | 18 | Undocumented Chicagoans Announce #Ready4Relief, Apply for Deferred Action at USCIS | Refusing to wait for the President, immigrants begin proactively requesting individual relief from Citizenship and Immigration Services | |||||||
119 | 2014 | 11 | 19 | New Orleans Reconstruction Workers Apply at USCIS As Part of #Ready4Relief | Gustavo and Edas, both in deportation proceedings, apply for deferred action | http://i.guim.co.uk/static/w-620/h--/q-95/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/11/19/1416441474116/cac7f9a8-e51f-4295-9a52-31b0bde8e9fa-620x372.jpeg | Read Gustavo's Op-ed here: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/nov/20/obamas-executive-order-on-immigration-not-far-enough | |||||
120 | 2014 | 11 | 20 | President Obama Announces Executive Action on Immigration | The President's announcement falls far short of expectations but confirms his ability to act, offers relief to relatives of citizens, ends the Secure Communites program, and revises discretion and priority guidelines | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q_Xk66gsRU | Read #Not1More responses here: http://www.notonemoredeportation.com/2014/11/20/not1more-our-victories-and-our-fights-will-continue/ | |||||
121 | 2014 | 11 | 21 | Multiple Cities Rally at Detention Centers to Push for Broader Relief | http://ww3.hdnux.com/photos/33/27/64/7175478/3/628x471.jpg | |||||||
122 | 2014 | 11 | 25 | President Interrupted from Bandstand, Urged to Expand Relief | Undocumented Chicagoans challenge President's "Felons not families" frame and urge broader relief for those excluded from executive action | <iframe frameborder='0' width='512' height='390' scrollable='no' src='http://www.c-span.org/video/standalone/?c4516398'></iframe> | ||||||
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