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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Louisiana Newsletter for Sunday May 04, 2025 ( 8 items )  

Children's Groups Outraged by Deportation of U.S. Citizen Children Without Due Process
WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The Asian Americans Advancing Justice posted the following news release: * * * Children's Groups Outraged by Deportation of U.S. Citizen Children without Due Process A clear violation of the rights of both citizens and noncitizens Members of the Children Thrive Action Network (CTAN) condemn Trump's mass deportation crusade, which has now apprehended and deported U.S. citizen children. Over the weekend, The Washington Post reported on the Trump Administration's deporta  more

Illegal Expulsion of U.S. Citizen Children Further Erodes Due Process, Says LatinoJustice
NEW YORK, April 29 -- LatinoJustice PRLDEF issued the following news release: * * * The Illegal Expulsion of US Citizen Children Further Erodes Due Process, says LatinoJustice According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), last week Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) removed three US citizen children from the US when their mothers, two undocumented women, were deported to Honduras after reporting at a Louisiana immigration office for a routine check-in. A four-year-old US c  more

Justice in Motion and National Immigration Project Condemn Unlawful Deportation of US Citizen Children, Pledge Action to Defend Families' Rights
NEW YORK, April 29 -- The National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild issued the following news release: * * * Justice in Motion and National Immigration Project strongly condemn the recent deportations of U.S. citizen children and their mothers by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), actions that starkly violate constitutional protections and basic human rights. Four children, including three who are US citizens - ages 2, 4, and 7 - were deported alongside their mothers,  more

RV Technical Institute Attends Association For Career And Technical Education Conference
HERNDON, Virginia, May 1 [Category: Transportation] -- The RV Industry Association posted the following news: * * * RV Technical Institute Attends Association For Career And Technical Education Conference The RV Technical Institute recently participated in the Association for Career and Technical Education's Region 4 Annual Conference, which covers Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. This most recent conference-- which took place April 23rd through April 25th   more

SPP's Statement on the April 26 Load Shed Event in Northwest Louisiana
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, April 29 -- Southwest Power Pool, a corporation mandated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to ensure supplies of power, transmission infrastructure and wholesale electricity prices, issued the following news release: * * * SPP's Statement on the April 26 Load Shed Event in Northwest Louisiana Southwest Power Pool (SPP) is a grid operator responsible for maintaining electric reliability across a 14-state region in the central U.S., including SWEPCO's service te  more

Thurgood Marshall College Fund SOAR program to host 10 residential programs this summer
WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The Thurgood Marshall College Fund posted the following news release: * * * Thurgood Marshall College Fund SOAR program to host 10 residential programs this summer The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) Seeking, Observing and Achieving Results (SOAR) program will conduct 10 week-long residential programs this summer on the campuses of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and historically Black community colleges (HBCCs) in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississipp  more

U.S. Children Are Being Forced Into Deportation: The Public Deserves the Truth
WASHINGTON, May 1 -- The National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Children Are Being Forced into Deportation: The Public Deserves the Truth In response to yesterday's Department of Homeland Security (DHS) statement titled "Fact Check: DHS is NOT Deporting American Children," the National Immigration Project, Justice in Motion, Ware Immigration, Louisiana Organization for Refugees and Immigrants, Sanctuary of the South, and the So  more

Wrongfully Held in Immigration Detention for Five Weeks in Violation of her Constitutional Rights, a Tufts U Student from Turkiye Must be Released, Says PEN America
NEW YORK, April 29 [Category: Media] -- PEN America, an organization that says it stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression, posted the following news release: * * * Wrongfully Held in Immigration Detention for Five Weeks in Violation of her Constitutional Rights, a Tufts U Student from Turkiye Must be Released, Says PEN America (NEW YORK)--PEN America today denounced the ongoing detention of Tufts University doctoral student Rumeysa Ozturk, who has   more