Social Movements & the Law

6477 bookmarks
Newest
NO BAN Act
NO BAN Act
In this letter to the U.S House of Representatives, the ACLU led over 200 civil rights and civil liberties, immigrants’ rights, human rights and community-based organizations in urging Members of
·aclu.org·
NO BAN Act
The United States - The Immigration and Nationality Act - Equality Now
The United States - The Immigration and Nationality Act - Equality Now
Section 309 of the United States’ Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. § 1409) confers citizenship on children of unmarried U.S. citizen fathers and noncitizen mothers born outside the U.S. only if they meet certain requirements, including their father’s guarantee of financial support. Country: United States Law status: Discriminatory law in force Law Type: Citizenship Sex discrimination in […]
·equalitynow.org·
The United States - The Immigration and Nationality Act - Equality Now
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects End To DACA Protections For Young Immigrants; Arizona Leaders React
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects End To DACA Protections For Young Immigrants; Arizona Leaders React
The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected President Donald Trump’s effort to end legal protections for 650,000 young immigrants, a stunning rebuke to the president in the midst of his reelection campaign.The outcome seems certain to elevate the issue in Trump's campaign, given the anti-immigrant rhetoric of his first presidential run in 2016 and immigration restrictions his administration has imposed since then.
·kjzz.org·
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects End To DACA Protections For Young Immigrants; Arizona Leaders React
DACA gets decided
DACA gets decided
Big win today for unauthorized immigration advocates. Big loss for the White House.
·axios.com·
DACA gets decided
Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, Justice, And The Courts podcast
Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, Justice, And The Courts podcast
Listen to Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, Justice, And The Courts with 268 episodes, free! No signup or install needed. Lessons from The Trump Years for SCOTUS. SCOTUS on the Internet: “It’s Complicated”.
·player.fm·
Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, Justice, And The Courts podcast
DACA Hits High Court: SCOTUS Deep Dive - Presidents' Alliance
DACA Hits High Court: SCOTUS Deep Dive - Presidents' Alliance
Bloomberg Law, Case and Controversies podcast interviewed Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration’s Director of Policy and Communications, Jose Magaña- Salgado about the forthcoming SCOTUS hearing on DACA and the Alliance’s higher ed. amicus brief. Listen to the episode here.  TweetShareSharePin0 Shares
·presidentsalliance.org·
DACA Hits High Court: SCOTUS Deep Dive - Presidents' Alliance
The Supreme Court's DACA Decision and its Impact
The Supreme Court's DACA Decision and its Impact
This video contains legal information not legal advice.TAMU LAW ANSWERS “Legal Issues in the Age of the Coronavirus” WEBINAR SERIES and the TAMU Law "Immigra...
·youtube.com·
The Supreme Court's DACA Decision and its Impact
Supreme Court Rules For DREAMers, Against Trump
Supreme Court Rules For DREAMers, Against Trump
The decision is a dramatic victory for immigration advocates and gives a new lease on life for the so-called DREAMers, immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children.
·npr.org·
Supreme Court Rules For DREAMers, Against Trump
Know Your Rights: Supreme Court Rules on Arizona Immigration Law
Know Your Rights: Supreme Court Rules on Arizona Immigration Law
Read more: http://www.aclu.org/sb1070 VIDEO: Conozca Sus Derechos: SB1070 Y El Tribunal Supremo: http://www.aclu.org/SB1070derechos The Supreme Court recently made a decision in Arizona's controversial immigration law, SB 1070. The Court struck down most of the law. But the Court did not stop Arizona from moving forward with the part of the law that requires police to demand papers from people they stop. However, this piece of the law is NOT in effect right now. But no matter where you live or whether the law is in effect, you have certain Constitutional rights if you are stopped by police -- even if you don't have papers. Watch our video to learn more about your rights. If you think you were treated unfairly by the police, write down everything that happened. If police asked to see your papers, try to remember how long you were stopped for. The Supreme Court said that police cannot keep you for a long time just to check your immigration status. For people in Arizona: if a police officer delayed your release while he or she checked your status or if you believe you were asked about your immigration status based on your race, ethnicity, or ability to speak English, let us know by calling 855-737-7386. Sign today: I reject racial profiling and will do everything in my power to stop anti-immigrant laws. I stand with millions of people who care about justice, freedom and upholding the Constitution: https://www.aclu.org/secure/reject-racial-profiling-sign-and-share-pledge-0?ms=web_SB1070pledge VIDEO: Conozca Sus Derechos: SB1070 Y El Tribunal Supremo: http://www.aclu.org/immigrants-rights/conozca-sus-derechos-sb1070-y-el-tribunal-supremo Mi ACLU: Defendemos tus libertades civiles en los Estados Unidos: http://miaclu.org/
·youtu.be·
Know Your Rights: Supreme Court Rules on Arizona Immigration Law
DACA: How We Got Here
DACA: How We Got Here
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals is a program that has been transformative for nearly a million people. It's been known for providing protections from deportation but it’s done a lot more than that. This is the story of how we got DACA, why it matters, and what you can do right now. For more info about the work we do subscribe to our channel (https://youtube.com/raicestexas/subsc...) and visit https://raicestexas.org Also check out: Instagram → https://instagram.com/raicestexas Twitter → https://twitter.com/RAICESTexas Facebook → https://facebook.com/RAICESTexas
·youtu.be·
DACA: How We Got Here
Birthright Citizens: A History of Race and Rights in Antebellum America - Martha S. Jones
Birthright Citizens: A History of Race and Rights in Antebellum America - Martha S. Jones
Before the Civil War, colonization schemes and black laws threatened to deport former slaves born in the United States. Birthright Citizens recovers the story of how African American activists remade national belonging through battles in legislatures, conventions, and courthouses. They faced formidable opposition, most notoriously from the US Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott. Still, Martha S. Jones explains, no single case defined their status. Former slaves studied law, secured allies, and conducted themselves like citizens, establishing their status through local, everyday claims. All along they argued that birth guaranteed their rights. With fresh archival sources and an ambitious reframing of constitutional law-making before the Civil War, Jones shows how the Fourteenth Amendment constitutionalized the birthright principle, and black Americans' aspirations were realized. Birthright Citizens tells how African American activists radically transformed the terms of citizenship for all Americans.
·arizona-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com·
Birthright Citizens: A History of Race and Rights in Antebellum America - Martha S. Jones
Court rejects Trump bid to end young immigrants' protections
Court rejects Trump bid to end young immigrants' protections
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected President Donald Trump’s effort to end legal protections for 650,000 young immigrants, the second stunning election-season rebuke from the court in a week after its ruling that it's a href="https://apnews...
·apnews.com·
Court rejects Trump bid to end young immigrants' protections
Activism Leads, the Law Follows: DACA and Its Fate at the Supreme Court
Activism Leads, the Law Follows: DACA and Its Fate at the Supreme Court
The fate of Dreamers, those brought to the United States as children, is on uncertain ground as the U.S. Supreme Court reviews the Trump administration’s decision to rescind DACA. However, the momentum of the youth-led immigrant rights movement gives hope that the law will follow.
·americanbar.org·
Activism Leads, the Law Follows: DACA and Its Fate at the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court Should End DACA, and Return Power to Congress
The Supreme Court Should End DACA, and Return Power to Congress
The Supreme Court must reverse the judgments of the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the District Court for the District of Columbia, and the orders of the District Court for the Eastern District of New York, preventing the Department of Homeland Security from winding down the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy.
·cis.org·
The Supreme Court Should End DACA, and Return Power to Congress
One Year of Immigration Under Trump
One Year of Immigration Under Trump
By pivoting his focus to legal forms of immigration, Donald Trump has demonstrated that xenophobia is the driving force of his immigration agenda.
·theintercept.com·
One Year of Immigration Under Trump
Immigration Advocates Welcome New “Tone” But Urge Biden Admin for More Concrete Change
Immigration Advocates Welcome New “Tone” But Urge Biden Admin for More Concrete Change
Hundreds have been deported in the last week, even as President Biden signed several executive orders Tuesday to undo the Trump administration’s hard-line anti-immigration policies. The orders include a push to reunify families torn apart under Trump’s “zero tolerance” policy and a review of the Trump policy known as “Remain in Mexico” that requires non-Mexican asylum seekers to wait in Mexico as their immigration cases wind through court, leaving tens of thousands waiting in dangerous conditions along the border. Reporter Aura Bogado says that despite the Biden administration’s new “tone,” continued deportations of vulnerable people demonstrate “a continuation of the same practices that happened under President Trump and previously under Obama.” Erika Pinheiro, an immigration attorney and the policy and litigation director of Al Otro Lado, a binational nonprofit helping immigrants on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border, says many migrants left waiting in Mexico are losing patience with assurances that the new administration will have a plan for them. “If we don’t have an answer for these people, other groups will fill that information void, like cartels and like smugglers, and ultimately the lack of a plan is going to result in more migrant deaths,” says Pinheiro.
·democracynow.org·
Immigration Advocates Welcome New “Tone” But Urge Biden Admin for More Concrete Change