NPNA Announces 12th Annual “New American Dreams” National Immigrant Conference In Detroit Oct. 20-22, 2019
Largest Yearly National Gathering of Immigration and Refugee Rights Leaders Challenges U.S. to Live up to Promise of Statue of Liberty; Present Vision for Moving a United Country Forward; Promote Immigrant Civic Engagement DETROIT – As the 2020 presidential primary campaign picks up steam, theNational Partnership for New Americans (NPNA) today announced its 12th Annual “New American Dreams”…
NPNA: Public Charge Rule Punishes the Poor, Raises ‘2nd Wall’
WASHINGTON – The National Partnership for New Americans (NPNA) released this statement regarding the new public charge rules announced today by the Trump administration. Joshua Hoyt, NPNA’s Executive Director: “The Trump administration’s decision to move forward with its proposed “public charge” regulation is cruel and discriminatory. For all of United States history, some immigrants have…
U.S. Immigrant Rights Leaders to Engage in Talks with Central American Counterparts
Delegation To Guatemala and Mexico Centers Around Finding Solutions Based on Human Rights or Immigrants Fleeing Homeland WASHINGTON – The Refuge for Families coalition will begin a five-day delegation trip Aug. 3 to Guatemala and Mexico to engage with local human rights advocates and government officials helping migrants against increased repressive policies along their route…
ENTRAVISION COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION AND THE NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR NEW AMERICANS TO HOST A LIVE PHONE BANK EVENT TO PROMOTE NATIONAL CITIZENSHIP CAMPAIGN
It’s a historic, far-reaching event to target the Hispanic community and advance the goal of one million eligible residents becoming U.S. citizens by next year (Los Angeles, California) – With the goal of mobilizing as many Hispanic eligible residents across the nation to become U.S. citizens by next year, Entravision Communications Corporation (NYSE: EVC)…
Trump Administration Bans Asylum Seekers, Considers Zeroing Out Refugee Resettlement in Same Week
WASHINGTON – Refuge For Families, a transnational initiative to address and develop a humane and unified movement responsive to the plight of migrants along the Central America-US corridor, condemns any further moves to decimate the refugee resettlement program, which has saved countless families over the years. A week after denying asylum seekers the right to…
Census Test Survey Includes Citizenship Question: Increases Confusion and Fear in Immigrant Communities
NPNA Family Protection Network denounces the inclusion of now abandoned citizenship question in Census Test Survey after its rejection by the SCOTUS and abandonment by President Trump. Chicago– In a period of constant threats of increased ICE arrests and raids, an entire housing complex of Latinos in North Carolina have been asked to fill out…
Canceling Asylum for People Seeking Refuge is Illegal and Immoral
WASHINGTON – The “Refuge for Families” campaign, a transnational initiative to address and develop a humane and unified movement responsive to the plight of migrants along the Central America-US corridor, strongly condemn the new rule that would deny asylum seekers the right to request protection at our Southern border if they do not apply for asylum…
Congressmen Jesús “Chuy” García, Jimmy Gomez and Adriano Espaillat join NPNA, UnidosUS, and Allies to Call on USCIS to Focus on Application Processing, not Enforcement
As Backlogs in Citizenship Applications Grow at Troubled Agency, Congress Steps In WASHINGTON, DC – After a year-long effort to bring attention to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)’ backlog and processing delays of citizenship applications, the National Partnership for New Americans (NPNA), UnidosUS, CASA, the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), and Immigrant Legal Resource…
Congress Responds to Campaign to Eliminate “Second Wall” of Obstacles to U.S. Citizenship
WHO: U.S. Representatives Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) and Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) with the National Partnership for New Americans (NPNA), Unidos US, CASA, Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) WHAT: Press conference to condemn the Trump Administration’s efforts to build a “Second Wall” of obstacles to citizenship through policy changes and…
NPNA and Its Members Condemn Trump’s ICE Raids as Families Suffer Abuse in Overcrowded Detention Facilities
WASHINGTON – As the federal government unleashes its deportation machine on immigrant communities, the National Partnership for New Americans (NPNA) and its members vow to stand firm at a time when detained migrants suffer overcrowding, abuse and even death at the hands of federal immigration authorities. “Families are being separated by these raids. They are…
