Trump Administration Temporarily Blocked From Banning Asylum
A federal judge barred the Trump administration from refusing asylum to
immigrants who cross the southern border illegally.
U.S. District Judge Jon S. Tigar issued a temporary restraining order after
hearing arguments in San Francisco. The request was made by the American
Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights, which quickly sued
after President Donald Trump issued the ban this month in response to the
caravans of migrants that have started to arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Trump issued a proclamation on November 9 that said anyone who crossed the
southern border would be ineligible for asylum. The regulations, which will remain
in place for three months absent a court order, could potentially make it harder
for thousands of people who enter the U.S. to avoid deportation.
Trump has argued that the recent caravans are a threat to national security.
Around 3,000 people from the first of the caravans have arrived in Tijuana,
Mexico, across the border from San Diego, California.
DHS has said it wants asylum seekers at the southern border to appear at an
official border crossing. But many border crossings such as San Ysidro already
have long wait times. People are often forced to wait in shelters or outdoor
campson the Mexican side, sometimes for weeks.
Early Voter Turnout Analysis
Nebraska Civic Engagement Table is providing an overview of their members’
voter registration and Get Out The Vote efforts this Fall season, as well as a brief
analysis of early turnout data statewide in Nebraska.
This Fall, 22 Table Members engaged in Direct Voter Contact activities like phone
banking, door knocking, texting, community outreach.
These results are preliminary and we will have to wait for the Secretary of State’s
final report to compile numbers at a more granular level.
Lancaster and Douglas counties saw a 10.6 per cent turnout increase and a 3.7
per cent Turnout Score gain.
Colfax County, which includes Schuyler, saw the largest growth turnout, 9.1 per
cent, and Turnout Score, 10.0 per cent.
Within Douglas County, Wards 2 and 4, North and South Omaha, saw the
biggest Turnout Score changes at 4.4 per cent and 5.2 per cent respectively.
Turnout was up in each of Nebraska’s 4 counties that have switched to all mail
voting and Turnout Score was up in 3 of them.
Nebraska Civic Engagement Table is a 501(c)(3) nonpartisan organization whose
mission is to strengthen the collective impact of, and collaboration between,
nonprofit 501c3 community and advocacy organizations that empower the rising
electorate in our state.
For more information, go to Nebraska Civic Engagement Table website at
www.nebraskatable.org.
Career opportunity at MLCDC
Midlands Latino Community Development Corporation is searching for qualified
candidates for MLCDC’s Advance Fund-CDFI Director. As of 2017, CDFI is a
certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI).
Reporting to the Executive Director, the Director of Advance Fund is responsible
for the leadership, management, and growth of MLCDC’s nascent CDFI. The
Director of Advance Fund manages a diverse and growing small business loan
portfolio and is tasked with building on the CDFI’s first years of lending success
to expand into other products and lines of business that are relevant to the
greater Omaha and Lincoln communities in the following three years.
Applicants who will be interested please send a cover letter and resume to Marta
Sonia Londono Mejia at mlondono@midlandslatinocdc.org.
MLCDC’s small business loan fund, Advance Fund, provides business capital to
primarily Latino, immigrant, and low-income women-owned local businesses with
an emphasis on job creation.
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