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AILA Doc. No. 15011390 | Dated June 29, 2017
Today, the House passed the "No Sanctuary for Criminals Act" (H.R. 3003) and "Kate's Law" (H.R. 3004). AILA opposes these bills, which would undermine public safety and make it even harder for local law enforcement to protect their residents and communities. In addition, H.R. 3003 and H.R. 3004 which were made public less than a week before the vote and completely bypassed the Judiciary Committee, include provisions that will result in violations of due process and the Fourth and Tenth Amendments to the Constitution.
What's next for these bills? They head over to Senate for consideration. Congress is in recess until July 10, and we encourage AILA members to email, call and meet with their Senators and educate them and their staff about the impact these bills may have on their state and constituents.
For more information read AILA's statement submitted to Congress on H.R. 3003 and H.R. 3004
On Wednesday, June 7, 2017, the Secretary of Homeland Security testified at a budget request hearing before the House Homeland Security Committee. During the hearing, Representative Bonny Watson-Coleman (D-NJ) asked Secretary Kelly about the status of the laptop ban and plans for expanding the ban.
"We are looking right now at an additional 71 airports," Secretary Kelly responded. "That said ... we're also looking at ways that we think we can mitigate the threat - not eliminate it - so in an attempt to not to be put on the ban list, if you will, many countries are leaning forward."
According to Reuters, the agency might expand the ban on larger electronics like laptops in airplane cabins to cover direct flight from airports across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Current restrictions, which were imposed in March 2017, apply to ten airports from primarily Muslim countries.
Yesterday evening, the House of Representative passed The Anti-Border Corruption Reauthorization Act (H.R. 2213) on a 282 to 137 vote - largely on party lines. AILA opposed H.R. 2213 which would weaken U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) hiring process by waiving the polygraph examination requirements for certain law enforcement and military applicants. Moreover, this bill and similar other bills would enable the President to implement his mass deportation plan which is already targeting families, DREAMers, and other contributing members of the community. H.R. 2213 now moves to the Senate, where the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee passed a similar bill out of committee last month.
Please urge your senators to vote against H.R. 2213 and S. 595 TODAY!
For additional resources on H.R. 2213 and S. 595 visit AILA's Featured Issues page.
Congress is considering two bills that would water down the screening procedures for CBP officers and agents by waiving the polygraph requirement for applicants, the Boots on the Border Act (S. 595) and its House version (H.R. 2213). Given the well-documented reports showing corrupt and abusive practices in the ranks of CBP, Congress should not allow the administration to weaken hiring standards in order to hire hundreds of CBP agents and deport thousands more people. Moreover, doing so will enable President Trump to implement his mass deportation plan which is already targeting families, DREAMers, and other contributing members of the community. Join AILA in urging Congress to reject and vote NO on these bills. Learn more about these bills by reading Victor Nieblas Pradis's AILA leadership blog.
The government has filed a petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court appealing the Fourth Circuit's injunction against Section 2(c) of Executive Order 13780, which suspended the entry of nationals of six Muslim-majority countries to the United States for 90 days. The Trump administration argues that the Constitution gives the president "broad authority to prevent aliens abroad from entering this country when he deems it in the nation's interest." For more information, check out our ongoing page on International Refugee Assistance Project v. Trump.
On Thursday, the House Judiciary Committee began considering three immigration bills that would implement President Trump's mass deportation plan. The bills would create a massive, militarized federal deportation force, require local law enforcement to use their finite local resources, waste taxpayer money, and deprive asylum seekers and refugees of humanitarian protection.
The committee recessed after making its way through two amendments on the first bill until next Tuesday, May 23, 2017. Both amendments, which were introduced by Democrats to strike portions of the bill, were voted down along party lines. The first, which would strike Title I of H.R. 2431, was introduced by Ranking Member John Conyers (D-MI) and was rejected on a 9-18 vote. The second amendment sought to strike Section 314, was introduced by Representative Jerry Nadler (D-NY), failed on an 8-17 vote.
AILA opposes the three bills in a statement submitted to the House Judiciary Committee. AILA members and the community-at-large should take action by emailing House Judiciary members and asking them to speak out against these bills that are both un-American and costly, and encourage those members who have opposed them in years past to keep speaking out against these bills.
On 5/18/17, the House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to mark up a series of bills that are part of a cruel, costly, and ineffective "enforcement-only" immigration strategy. The bills up for debate will create a massive, militarized federal deportation force, require local law enforcement to use their finite local resources, waste taxpayer money, and deprive asylum seekers and refugees of humanitarian protection.
AILA President William A. Stock expressed grave concern that none of the bills being discussed at Thursday's hearing will make the country safer. "These bills completely miss the mark on the kind of reform our country needs in order to build a 21st century immigration system that benefits us all," he said. The bills include the Michael Davis, Jr. and Danny Oliver in Honor of State and Local Law Enforcement Act as well as authorization bills for USCIS and ICE.
For more information, read AILA's full statement, watch AILA's Director of Government Relations Greg Chen provide an AILA Quicktake on these three bills, and check out our curated page on these bills.
Yesterday, the House passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2017. The Senate is also expected to pass the bill, and President Trump is expected to sign it in order to fund the government through the end of the fiscal year. The bill appropriates $42.4 billion for DHS for FY2017, an increase of $1.45 billion over FY2016 spending levels. It also provides an increase of $772 million for CBP over FY2016 funding levels.
Thanks to AILA's efforts, which included thousands of emails to Congress, the bill does not provide funding for construction of the border wall requested by President Trump or money to hire additional ICE or CBP agents.
AILA's policy update provides an overview of the major immigration provisions of the federal spending bill, including funding for border security and interior enforcement; limited H-2B relief; immigration judge hiring; and the reauthorization of the EB-5, Conrad 30, and Special Religious Workers programs.
Today Congress approved a stopgap bill to fund the government for another week. This bill will reauthorize EB-5, Conrad 30, and religious workers.
Over the weekend, Congress will continue negotiating on the bill, including President Trump's request for more money for his massive enforcement plan. He has backed off his request for the border wall, but he is still pushing for money to increase detention beds and to hire more deportation agents.
To date, AILA members and friends have sent over 3,000 messages to Congress. In the next 4 days, we need to make another push and make AILA's voice heard!
Congress returns from a two-week recess on Monday, with five days to pass legislation to keep the government running for the remainder of fiscal year 2017, which ends on October 1, 2017. On immigration, President Trump has asked Congress for $3 billion to fund his inhumane, wasteful, and unnecessary mass deportation plan.
Join the AILA community in pushing back by telling House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic leaders to keep up the strong leadership and to continue speaking out forcefully against the president's plan that is bad for the country, communities, and the economy.
For more information, read and share AILA's report: President Trump's Massive Enforcement Plan: Wasteful and Ineffective.
For the next two weeks, AILA is calling on its members to urge Congress to reject Trump's $3 billion funding request for his massive enforcement plan that includes a totally unnecessary and wasteful border wall, as well as more deportation agents and detention beds. Leaders in Congress are currently negotiating the budget for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2017.
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Hawaii became the first state to file a lawsuit against President Trump's new travel ban, CNN reports. Late Tuesday night, attorneys for the state filed a 40-page request asking a federal judge to issue a temporary restraining order blocking implementation of the new Executive Order (EO), which bans foreign nationals from six Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States for 90 days, and bans all refugees for 120 days. Hawaii argues that the new EO is "resulting in the establishment of religion in the state of Hawaii contrary to its state constitution; it is inflicting immediate damage to Hawaii's economy, educational institutions, and tourism industry; and it is subjecting a portion of the state's citizens to second-class treatment and discrimination."
Meanwhile, Senate Democrats introduced legislation-spearheaded by Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT)-to undercut President Trump's new EO by withholding funding to enforce it, reports The Hill. The bill would reportedly also state that the EO violates the INA, which bans discrimination against immigrants based on what country they come from. Democrats would need 60 votes for the bill to clear the Senate, which would require the support of at least a dozen GOP senators.
In other news, President Donald Trump's federal hiring freeze will not apply to immigration court judges under an exception for positions that are needed for national security and public safety, the Executive Office for Immigration Review told Reuters. U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions "determined that Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) positions can continue to be filled," an EOIR spokesperson stated. "As such, EOIR is continuing to advertise and fill positions nationwide for immigration judges and supporting staff."
Stay tuned to AILA's Featured Issue: Immigration 2017 for more updates related to the executive actions on immigration.
AILA provided a summary and analysis of President Trump's March 6, 2017, Executive Order (EO), "Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States," which is effective as of March 16, 2017, and revokes and replaces the EO with the same name dated January 27, 2017. The analysis includes both an executive summary and a section-by-section summary of the EO, as well as a chart explaining to whom the EO applies, to whom it does not apply, and who may be eligible for a waiver. AILA also issued an updated practice alert regarding the new EO's implementation.
Update from 3:00 pm (ET)
Earlier today, President Donald Trump re-issued his travel ban executive order entitled: Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States. The order revokes the Executive Order 13769 as March 16, 2017, the effective date of the new order.
AILA will be releasing a press statements shortly and publishing a new summary and analysis on today's the Executive Order, among other resources. All of this information will be posted on AILA's Immigration 2017 page.
Update from 10:00 am (ET)
The President is expected to sign a new travel ban on Monday, Reuters reported earlier today. According to a senior White House official, the new order would keep a 90-day ban on travel to the United States by citizens of six Muslim-majority nations - Iran, Libya, Syria, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen. Notably, Iraq has been removed from the list or targeted countries.
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In wake of the generally positive reception of President Trump's first address to a joint session of Congress, the administration has decided to delay issuing a new travel ban, CNN reported this morning. It also appears that top foreign policy advisors are calling on the president to remove Iraq from the list of banned countries. The White House earlier this week had indicated that the president would sign the new order today.
Last night's address touched on a number of issues, including healthcare, the economy, and immigration. On immigration, the president repeated his campaign promise to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border that will cost $21 billion; boasted about his enforcement strategies that damage our economy; continued to portray immigrants as criminals, when in fact they are less likely to commit crimes; and called for the United States to change its immigration system to "merit-based," which would reduce family-based and essential worker immigration to the United States.
On immigration reform, Trump said:
I believe that real and positive immigration reform is possible, as long as we focus on the following goals: to improve jobs and wages for Americans, to strengthen our nation's security, and to restore respect for our laws. If we are guided by the well-being of American citizens, then I believe Republicans and Democrats can work together to achieve an outcome that has eluded our country for decades.
"We agree, but how?" was AILA Advocacy Director Greg Chen's response on Twitter last night. The president did not offer any clarity on what his administration will do or whether it would support an immigration reform bill, even though just hours before the address, Trump had indicated that he was open to passing a bill that could grant legal status to millions of undocumented immigrants living in the United States.
Astrid Silva, a DREAMer and immigration activist, delivered the Democrats' Spanish response. Silva focused on the impact that the president's anti-immigrant rhetoric and interior enforcement order is having on both the American and immigrant communities, and called on the administration to focus on comprehensive immigration reform. Watch Astrid's response and read the English transcript on the Washington Post's website.
Over the weekend, several news outlets reported that President Trump will sign a new travel ban on Wednesday, a day after his first address to a joint session of Congress (but more on that below). The news of the new order comes on the heels of a leaked DHS intelligence report that found citizenship to be an "unreliable indicator of potential terrorist activity," challenging the president's core claim for banning the entry of citizens from seven predominantly Muslim countries.
AILA is monitoring the president's actions closely, and will provide a summary and analysis of any new immigration orders, which will be posted on AILA's Featured Issue: Immigration 2017 page.
On Tuesday, President Trump is expected to discuss immigration, his budget proposal to increase defense and security spending, his plan to cut taxes, and his plan to repeal the Affordable Health Care Act during his first address to a joint session of Congress. (It's known as an "address to a joint session," because traditionally a "state of the union" is given after at least a year in office.)
Democrats have invited immigrants and foreigners to attend the event, in order to focus on welcoming immigrants. In keeping with the theme, Astrid Silva, a DREAMer and immigration activist, will deliver the party's response in Spanish, along with former Kentucky Governor Steve Bashear. Make sure to follow AILA's Advocacy Director Greg Chen on Twitter (@GregChenAILA), who will be live tweeting during the address.
On Wednesday, the White House stated that a revised travel ban Executive Order (EO) would not be released until next week. Yesterday's announcement came a week after President Trump told reporters the new order would be issued this week, after his initial EO was blocked by a federal court.
Once the revised EO is issued, AILA will analyze and summarize the new travel ban, and produce a Quicktake video to inform AILA members and advocates of its contents. To stay updated, visit AILA's Immigration 2017 Featured Issue page, and follow AILA on Twitter (@AILANational).
In anticipation of the new travel ban, the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) is again organizing local airport networks. We encourage AILA chapters and members to reach out to their local airport network and organize before the ban goes into effect. Many of these teams are still in need of experienced immigration attorneys!
Today, the Department of Homeland Security released a pair of memos which outline the government's aggressive plan to implement President Trump's January 25 Executive Orders on interior enforcement and border enforcement. McClatchy News published previous versions of the memos over the weekend.
AILA's Advocacy Director Greg Chen told ProPublica that the government's enforcement plan would "effectively unleash a massive deportation force with extremely broad authority to use detention as the default mechanism for anyone suspected of violating immigration law." (Read this article in Spanish on Univision.) For an in-depth look into the implementation memos, read AILA's summary and analysis on both the interior enforcement memo and border enforcement memo, and watch AILA's Quicktake with Advocacy Director Greg Chen. These resources along with the text of the memos are posted on AILA's Immigration 2017 Featured Issues page.
Later this week, DHS Secretary John Kelly and State Secretary Rex Tillerson will visit Mexico and plan to meet with the President of Mexico Enrique Peña Nieto. No word on whether the new memos will be discussed.
In other news, CNN reports that the government is still drafting a new travel ban that would not impact green card holders and address concerns raised by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. AILA is monitoring the president's actions closely.
Earlier today, the Associated Press released a draft memo dated January 25, 2017, apparently under the authorship of DHS Secretary John Kelly. The leaked memo indicates DHS has considered mobilizing as many as 100,000 National Guard troops to be deployed for immigration enforcement. Today the White House stated that such a plan would not be implemented. The memo also calls for detaining virtually everyone entering or attempting to enter the country, including those seeking asylum, and for the expansion of expedited removal to the entirety of the United States.
In other news, the Justice Department told the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco that it would not seek a rehearing of a decision that blocked the president's travel ban. The DOJ's brief asserted that the president will repeal the order and issue a new one that would address constitutional concerns with the current executive order. At his press conference on February 16, 2017, President Trump stated that the new order would be issued next week. The president also indicated during the press conference that his administration would appeal the court's ruling. For more information, check out AILA's practice advisory.
In addition to a new travel ban order, the press has reported that the administration is considering additional immigration executive orders that would rescind DACA, restrict business-based visa programs, and limit social services for immigrants.
At his press conference yesterday, the president was asked whether he would in fact end DACA. In a befuddled litany, Trump announced that DACA recipients are "incredible kids," yet some are "drug dealers and gang members," but that "I love these kids" and will "deal with DACA with heart." Through all this, he did not offer any clarity as to what his administration will do with the more than 700,000 DACA recipients across the country.
AILA is monitoring the president's actions closely, and will provide a summary and analysis on any new immigration orders. Current resources on the executive orders on the travel ban, interior enforcement, and border are posted on AILA's Immigration 2017 Featured Issue page.
Earlier today, during a news conference, President Trump said he will issue a new immigration Executive Order (EO) to "protect our country" next week. The president also mentioned that the government would appeal the Ninth Circuit's ruling against his travel ban. When asked about rescinding DACA, the President again promised to "show great heart," adding that "DACA is a very, very difficult subject" for him. The press conference was scheduled to announce his new Labor secretary pick, Alexander Acosta. (Trump's first choice for Labor secretary, Andrew Puzder, withdrew his nomination on Thursday.)
Before the news conference, Senators Catherine Cortez-Masto (D-NV), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Mazie Hirono (D-HI), along with 17 other senators (all Democrats plus Vermont Independent Senator Bernie Sanders) introduced legislation that would rescind the president's EO on interior enforcement. AILA and the American Immigration Council concluded that the EO, which was signed on January 25, 2017, will massively expand interior enforcement, place all unauthorized individuals at risk of deportation, and ultimately undermine public safety rather than make our nation more secure.
A big THANK YOU to all the AILA chapters and members that urged their senators to support Cortez-Masto's bill last night and this morning. At the time of this posting, the bill was co-sponsored by: Democratic Senators Michael Bennet (CO), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Cory Booker (NJ), Chris Coons (DE), Tammy Duckworth (IL), Al Franken (MN), Kamala Harris (CA), Tim Kaine (VA), Pat Leahy (VT), Ed Markey (MA), Robert Menendez (NJ), Jeff Merkley (OR), Patty Murray (WA), Chris Van Hollen (MD), Elizabeth Warren (MA) and Ron Wyden (OR), along with Vermont Independent Senator Bernie Sanders.
Yesterday, DHS Secretary John Kelly stated that last week, ICE launched a series of targeted enforcement operations in the Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, San Antonio, and New York City areas, resulting in the arrests of more than 680 individuals. Secretary Kelly stated that the enforcement operations focused on individuals who posed a threat to public safety, had been charged with criminal offenses, and had committed immigration violations or had been deported and reentered the country illegally. He also asserted that the focus of the operations was consistent with the "routine, targeted arrests" carried out by ICE's Fugitive Operations teams on a daily basis. Today, Vox delved deeper into last week's events and provided historical context to an era of aggressive enforcement actions that started under George W. Bush and continued under the Obama administration.
If you have any information on confirmed round-ups or raids happening in your community, please use this form to share that information with AILA National. Visit AILA's Immigration 2017 featured issue page and check out AILA's practice alerts and pointers for further updates on any enforcement actions.
Last night, in a unanimous decision, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled to keep in place the temporary restraining order (TRO) barring the implementation of President Trump's Muslim and refugee ban. AILA welcomed the decision, with AILA Executive Director Ben Johnson stating that "the court acted swiftly and appropriately in accordance with its undeniable constitutional role as a check on executive power." In terms of next steps, the federal government could seek U.S. Supreme Court intervention, though five of the current eight justices would need to vote to overturn the panel decision.
Check out AILA's practice alert on DHS and DOS implementation of the president's Executive Order for additional information.
Earlier today, President Trump signed three Executive Orders (EOs) that would "crack down" on crime and public safety. AILA National is currently reviewing and analyzing the three EOs for their immigration impact. Once finalized, AILA's analysis will be posted on AILA's Immigration 2017 page.
The EOs were signed shortly after Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) was sworn in as Attorney General. The Senate confirmed Sessions on Wednesday night. The final vote was 52-47, which was split along party lines, with Senator Joe Manchin from West Virginia as the only Democrat to back Sessions' nomination. As the head of the Department of Justice, Sessions will be in charge of immigration courts and could turn his attention to targeting so-called "sanctuary cities." Read AILA and NIJC's Policy Brief on ICE's Detainer Program that summarizes the legal and constitutional requirements governing ICE's detainer practice and the ways in which ICE's current practice routinely violates these constraints.
Also today, Senator Durbin (D-IL), the Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, requested a series of hearings on the president's immigration Executive Orders on border and interior enforcement, signed on January 25, 2017, and the Muslim and refugee ban, signed on January 27, 2017. AILA has denounced the President's EOs on immigration and calls on President Trump to end these divisive policies that will undermine rights, weaken public safety, and revert to an era of indiscriminate prosecution and removal of immigrants, irrespective of their family ties or contributions to the community.
Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) introduced the Access to Counsel Act to guarantee access to legal counsel to anyone held or detained while attempting to enter the United States. AILA supports this bill and urges AILA members to thank the co-sponsors: Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Tom Carper (D-DE), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Ed Markey (D-MA), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit will hear oral arguments on the legality of the President's Executive Order banning Muslim nationals and refugees. The hearing, which will take place by telephone, will also be livestreamed on the court's website at 6:00 pm ET/3:00 pm PST.
The three judges on the Ninth Circuit Court who will decide the outcome are: William C. Canby Jr., who was appointed by President Jimmy Carter; Judge Richard Clifton, who was appointed by President George W. Bush; and Judge Michelle Taryn Friedland, who was appointed by President Barack Obama.
On Captiol Hill today, Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly testified before the House Homeland Security Committee. The committee questioned Kelly on the president's Executive Order banning nationals from seven predominantly Muslim countries, the border wall, and sanctuary cities, among other issues. Read The Hill's live coverage for the full rundown of today's hearing.
In other news, the Senate will vote tomorrow on Senator Jeff Sessions' nomination to serve as the U.S. Attorney General (AG), after the Senate voted to end debate. On Friday, February 3, 2017, AILA submitted a statement to the U.S. Senate on the nomination of Senator Sessions for AG, indicating that "AILA is deeply troubled by the likely confirmation of Senator Jeff Sessions for Attorney General." AILA also has a Take Action on its website urging AILA members to contact their members of Congress and request that they consider Sessions' troubling record on immigration policy.
On Friday, February 3, 2017, a nationwide temporary restraining order was issued from a U.S. District Court in Washington state after the states of Washington and Minnesota challenged President Trump's Executive Order (EO) banning Muslims and refugees. Judge James L. Robart wrote, "[T]he court finds that the States have met their burden of demonstrating that they face immediate and irreparable injury as a result of the signing and implementation of the Executive Order." The Department of Justice filed an emergency motion for an immediate administrative stay and motion for stay pending appeal. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals denied the DOJ's request for an immediate administrative stay and requested that both sides submit motions on behalf of their positions.
Until the Ninth Circuit decides further, all U.S. land and air ports of entry are prohibited from enforcing portions of the EO. For more information on how the Department of State, Customs and Border Protection, and the airlines are conforming their actions to be in line with the court decision, see AILA's Practice Alert. Stay tuned to AILA's breaking news page for more information on what the Ninth Circuit decides.
As early as tomorrow, a final confirmation vote could come for Attorney General (AG) nominee Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL). On Friday, February 3, 2017, AILA submitted a statement to the U.S. Senate on the nomination of Senator Sessions for AG, messaging that "AILA is deeply troubled by the likely confirmation of Senator Jeff Sessions for Attorney General." AILA also has a Take Action on its website urging AILA members to contact their members of Congress and request that they consider the following when casting their vote on Senator Sessions' nomination:
Today, AILA submitted a statement to the U.S. Senate on the nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) for Attorney General, stating that "AILA is deeply troubled by the likely confirmation of Senator Jeff Sessions for Attorney General." AILA members are encouraged to take action and urge their legislators to review Senator Sessions' long record of relentlessly eroding the Constitution and protections for immigrants when they decide whether to vote for his confirmation.
Also, earlier today a government attorney revealed that over 100,000 visas have been revoked as a result of the President's Executive Order, which banned travel from seven predominantly Muslim countries. Shortly thereafter it was reported that the State Department says the figure is closer to 60,000. Hours after the Executive Order was issued on January 27, federal courts issued injunctions against the president's Muslim ban in several jurisdictions across the country. (For more information, visit the litigation section on AILA's Immigration 2017 page.) The president's Muslim ban has been widely opposed by Republicans and Democrats. A broad range of voices, including AILA, have also denounced the unconstitutional Muslim and refugee ban.
With all the attention focused on the executive order banning refugees and Muslim nationals, there has been less attention focused on the first two executive orders, which unleash massive deportation plans at the border and the interior. AILA fully expects raids and other enforcement actions to begin immediately and is vigilantly monitoring actions through our chapters and membership. Please report raids and enforcement action to AILA National by completing this form.
It was a busy day in the Senate today. The morning kicked off with the Senate Judiciary Committee voting to confirm Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) as Attorney General, in an 11 to 9 vote along party lines. A Senate floor vote has yet to be scheduled. In the afternoon, the Senate then convened to approve Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State by a vote of 56-43. Tillerson joins the Department of State days after the agency issued a directive announcing the provisional revocation of all valid visas of nationals of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen, with certain limited exceptions.
This morning, the Senate Judiciary Committee met to vote on Senator Jeff Sessions' (R-AL) nomination for Attorney General. At the time of this post, the Committee members were still presenting statements in support or opposition to Sessions' nomination. On January 10, 2017, AILA submitted a statement to the Judiciary Committee, noting that Senator Sessions' record "raises serious concerns that he would be unwilling or unable to interpret the U.S. Constitution in a fair and neutral manner or exercise balanced judgment on immigration law."
Today's Judiciary Committee vote comes a day after President Trump fired acting Attorney General Sally Yates, after she ordered the Department of Justice to not defend the President's executive order (EO) that barred nationals from seven predominantly Muslim countries and refugees against legal challenges. In a White House statement, the administration accused Yates of betraying the Department of Justice and calling her "weak on borders and very weak on illegal immigration." The President replaces Yates with Dana Boente, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, who will serve as acting Attorney General until the nominee is confirmed. Also Monday night, President Trump appointed Thomas D. Homan as acting ICE Director, who replaced acting ICE Director Daniel Ragsdale.
The President's Muslim ban has been widely opposed by Republicans and Democrats. Democrats in the Senate and House introduced legislation to rescind Trump's EO. Additionally, a broad range of voices have also opposed the unconstitutional Muslim and refugee ban.
Over the weekend, thousands gathered in airports across the country to protest the President's Executive Order banning entry to foreign nations of predominantly Muslim countries. AILA members banded together with a number of non-profits to provide legal support to those detained at a number of point of entries. AILA National thanks all of our members who volunteered their legal expertise and their moral support! Please share your stories of clients and individuals who have been affected by the Order for advocacy purposes.
News outlets have reported that more immigration EOs are in the works. Among them is a draft EO entitled: "Protecting American Jobs and Workers by Strengthening the Integrity of Foreign Worker Visa Programs." Here are some of the most troubling aspects, the draft EO:
Much of the draft EO will require new and amended regulations to be proposed which will require a notice and comment period. Given the extremely restrictive approach to immigration policy contained in the EO's that have been issued to date, there is no doubt that the Trump Administration plans to make legal immigration as difficult and cumbersome as possible. New regulations that make it harder for an employer to get a visa for a skilled worker, for students to get Optional Practical Training or create additional requirements on business visitors will not help our economy and is not going to protect American jobs.
AILA and the American Immigration Council is working on a summary and analysis of the draft EO and will be posted on AILA's Immigration 2017 Featured Issues page.
Please make sure to take action against this draft EO and the current ban by urging your Senators and Representative to speak out against President Trump's actions which hollow out our nation's cherished values of welcoming immigrants and refugees and would hurt our economy.
AILA sent an email to all members explaining where things stand with regard to President's Trump's January 27, 2017, Executive Order, Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States, as well as how members can take action against the order, and what AILA resources are available to help.
Read AILA's email to members, titled "48 Hours Later, Where Things Stand on the January 27 Executive Order" (AILA Doc. No. 16012999).
News outlets are reporting that President Trump is expected to sign an executive order limiting the flow of refugees into the United States and instituting "extreme vetting" today at 4:30 pm at the Department of Defense. AILA provided a practice alert> with a travel warning for nationals of certain countries in anticipation of this Order. Among other provisions, Section 3 of the draft Executive Order, if implemented as written, would "suspend" the immigrant and nonimmigrant entry of nationals from certain designated countries for 30 days from the date of the order. The order also does not define what it means to be "from" a designated country. Thus, in an abundance of caution, it may be best to interpret the term broadly to include passport holders, citizens, nationals, dual nationals, etc. Additionally, after 30 days, travel is not automatically reinstated. Instead, DHS would be required to report whether countries have provided information "needed … for the adjudication of any … benefit under the INA … to determine that the individual seeking the benefit is who the individual claims to be and is not a security or public-safety threat." If not, the country would have 60 days to comply, or the travel ban would become indefinite. Attorneys should consider advising clients who might be affected by the Executive Order to refrain from traveling outside of the United States if they are already here, or try to return to the United States as soon as possible if they are outside of the country.
AILA members can use these Talking Points with media when asked about this draft Executive Order targeting Muslims and refugees.
Trump will instead sign executive actions tomorrow and Saturday, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said.
Today's Executive Order will concern voter fraud, White House press secretary stated.
For details from President Trump's January 25, 2017, executive orders on border and interior enforcement and previews upcoming executive orders watch this Quicktake with AILA's Director of Advocacy Greg Chen.
According to news sources, the next Executive Order on immigration, which pertains to visa issuance/screening and refugee resettlement, is expected to be signed tomorrow.
The Chief of the U.S. Border Patrol has left the agency that's in charge of securing America's borders with Mexico and Canada, the Associated Press reports. According to a U.S. official and a former official, Border Patrol agents have been told that Mark Morgan is no longer on the job. It was not immediately clear whether Morgan resigned or was asked to leave. Morgan's departure comes a day after President Donald Trump announced plans to build a wall at the Mexican border, hire 5,000 additional Border Patrol agents, immediately construct additional detention facilities along the southern border, and significantly expand expedited removal authority to cover anyone in the United States who entered without inspection within two years, among other things.
In addition, the entire DOS senior level of management officials resigned unexpectedly today, reports the Washington Post. Four DOS officials confirmed that Patrick Kennedy, who has been the undersecretary for management for nine years, has resigned, and that three of his top officials—Assistant Secretary of State for Administration Joyce Anne Barr; Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Michele Bond; and Ambassador Gentry O. Smith, director of the Office of Foreign Missions—are following him out the door. All are career foreign service officers who have served under both Republican and Democratic administrations.
Stay tuned to AILA's Featured Issue: Immigration 2017 page for more updates on the presidential transition.
Update from 4:00pm (ET):
BREAKING: The text of both of today's Executive Orders is now public:
President Trump just held a press conference on these orders, and here are some rough notes of what he said:
Congratulated General Kelly. Then recognized as "friends" Brandon Judd, the head of the National Border Patrol Council, and Chris Crane, National ICE Council President (longtime critic of Prosecutorial Discretion), saying they will be very busy doing their jobs.
DHS is a law enforcement agency. For too long, immigration officers and agents haven't been allowed to do their jobs. That is about to change. From here on out, I am asking you to enforce the laws of the United States of America.
Unprecedented surge from Central America is harming both Mexico and the U.S. Beginning today, we get back control of the borders. We will work in partnership with Mexico - creating safety and economic opportunity on both sides. Dismantling cartels and keeping illegal weapons and cash out of our country.
We understand that a strong and healthy Mexico is very good for the United States. Enhance cooperation between our two nations that we have not seen in a very long time.
I just signed two Executive Orders:
Update from 1:30pm (ET):
BREAKING: President Trump's Press Secretary Sean Spicer just announced two Executive Orders on immigration enforcement. Here are quick notes from the press conference:
The actual language of these executive orders is not yet available, though Spicer said he would get the orders to press "ASAP." Here are some questions asked by press, and how they were answered:
Update from 1pm (ET):
AILA received a leaked, unsigned copy of one of President Trump's Executive Orders on immigration. The order suspends: the issuance of visas for certain countries, refugee admissions for 120 days, Syrian refugee processing indefinitely, and the visa interview waiver program.
Want to participate in a "virtual march" on social media to register opposition to these executive orders? Here's what you can do: Tweet photos of yourself at @POTUS using the hashtag #SolidaritySelfie!
Here's how to make a #SolidaritySelfie:
Here are some suggested tweets, which could be used in various executive order scenarios:
Walls, division, bans don't have a place in America. @POTUS seeks to divide us all. #SolidaritySelfie
@POTUS, you shut down government social media accounts but we won't be silenced. #SolidaritySelfie
We need Washington to get out of the way of the cities and states that support and protect immigrants #OurCitiesStandTall
Trump's immigration orders will create chaos, destroy lives and cost a fortune. #NoBanNoWall #OurCitiesStandTall
Trump is taking a wrecking ball to our immigration system. We won't stop until we stop him. #NoBanNoWall #OurCitiesStandTall
Update from 10am (ET):
The Washington Post, Politico, the New York Times, and other news outlets report that President Trump will sign a series of executive orders beginning today that will likely have broad consequences for the immigration system and refugee processing. Details are still unclear, but the orders are expected to enable the construction of a southern border wall, crack down on so-called "sanctuary cities," temporarily disable the refugee program, among other things. For the very latest on what we're hearing about the content of executive orders both today and later in the week, see our Chasing Down the Rumors page - and continue to tune in to AILA's Featured Issues page: Immigration 2017 for more!
Today, President Donald Trump signed a total of five orders today regarding environment issues. The orders addressed advancing the Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines, as well as actions to expedite environmental reviews for high priority projects. Stay tuned for more executive action news.
Today, President Trump signed three presidential directives: one formally withdraws the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The second freezes hiring on non-military federal workers. The third prohibits U.S. aid to foreign NGOs that provide abortions.
In the immigration field, a major concern with the hiring freeze is whether it will affect immigration judge hiring. At the time of this post, the White House had not published the text of the order. The massive immigration court case backlog continues to grow, and the immigration system desperately needs more judges to operate efficiently and to ensure fair hearings that comport with due process. Congress has funded a total of 374 immigration judges, but the immigration courts currently only employ 296. Moreover, according to Human Rights First (HRF), that current funded level is not even enough. To eliminate the backlog by 2023, an additional 150 immigration judges would need to be hired on top of the 374 currently funded, for a total of 524 immigration judges. For a full analysis, read the American Immigration Council's blog from July 2016.
President Trump did not take any action today to withdraw from or renegotiate NAFTA, but during press Secretary Sean Spicer's press conference, he suggested there could be other actions on trade later this week and did not rule out action on NAFTA.
On the DACA program, a USCIS spokesperson told Politico that DACA applications and renewals continue to be processed normally. The Trump administration did not announce any actions to rescind DACA. When asked about it, Spicer said the President has articulated priorities (meaning enforcement priorities) that focus on people who have done harm, who have criminal backgrounds, or who have overstayed visas. On legislation to protect DACA recipients, he said that there is nothing in front of the President yet, and that they'll wait to see what Congress does. In December 2016, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) introduced the BRIDGE Act to provide temporary protection for DACA-eligible individuals. AILA supports the BRIDGE Act. Previously, White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus foreshadowed that President Trump did not have immediate plans to end DACA.
Donald Trump will be sworn as the 45th President of the United States this Friday. Last week, The Hill took a look at five areas that President-Elect Trump promised to act on in his first day, including immigration. On the campaign trail, Trump promised to deport undocumented immigrants and rescind President Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. On the latter issue, Trump has softened his tone in recent weeks telling "Fox & Friends" that he understands DREAMers' predicament and pledged a 'firm' immigration plan, with 'a lot of heart.'
AILA will be monitoring any executive action throughout the weekend and will respond as necessary to immigration policy changes. For an in-depth look at what executive branch action Trump can unilaterally and immediately revoke, check out Congressional Research Service Legal Sidebar: With the Stroke of a Pen.
In other news, AILA, along with other immigrant and civil rights groups, announced the filing of a complaint with the Department of Homeland Security's Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL)and the Office of Inspector General, which urged a prompt and thorough investigation into allegations that asylum-seekers were denied entry to the United States at ports of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border despite having asserted a fear of returning to their home countries. The complaint also requests CRCL to take immediate action and address this alarming new trend.
Over the weekend, The Washington Post delved deeper into the systemic denial of asylum seekers, sharing the stories of a few asylees, who have been turned away at the border. A U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesperson told the Post that there has been "no policy change" affecting asylum procedures. The United States' asylum procedure adheres to international law, which allows people being persecuted to seek asylum.
AILA has also joined 13 organizations in requesting a hearing during the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on measures taken by or at the request of the United States that impede access to asylum and interfere with the right to family life.
Yesterday, Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) reintroduced the "Bar Removal of Immigrants who Dream and Grow the Economy," or BRIDGE Act, which would provide DACA-eligible individuals the chance to apply for "provisional protected presence," or temporary protection from deportation similar to that provided by DACA. Employment authorization would be granted after recipients pay a fee and pass stringent background checks. The Senate bill is cosponsored by Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Kamala Harris (D-CA), and Chuck Schumer (D-NY).
The House companion bill led by Representatives Mike Coffman (R-CO) and Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) was introduced today, and is supported by Representatives Jeff Denham (D-CA), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Carlos L. Curbelo (R-FL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), and Judy Chu (D-CA).
"We don't want [Trump] to overturn the executive order from the prior administration, which he could do," said Representative Coffman during a press conference, reported The Denver Post. "This certainly sends a strong message, not just to our congressional leadership but also to the incoming administration, that this is a very important program that needs to be preserved."
AILA supports the BRIDGE Act and urges members of Congress to pass it.
Two big confirmation hearings were held yesterday for critical cabinet positions in the next administration. The Senate Judiciary Committee held the first day of hearings for Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL), nominee for Attorney General; and the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee held a hearing for General John F. Kelly, nominee for Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
For Senator Sessions, immigration came up again and again yesterday. But due process hardly came up at all. AILA had some critical questions for the Senator going into this confirmation hearing. Here's some of what Senator Sessions said on immigration during his first hearing:
Proposed Muslim Ban: In December 2015, in response to Donald Trump's proposal to ban Muslims from entering the U.S., the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 16-4 in favor of an amendment confirming that the U.S. should not block people from the entering the U.S. because of their religion. Senator Sessions was one of the "no" votes, and yesterday, Senator Leahy asked him why. I did not want to suggest that religion could not be a factor in vetting, Senator Sessions said. He confirmed that he does not support the idea of Muslims as a religious group being blocked from admission to the U.S. But later in the hearing, Senator Hirono asked again how religion could be a factor in the enhanced vetting he described. Senator Sessions clarified that religious views would be a factor "if their views encompass extremism" or "dangerous doctrines."
DACA and Immigration Reform: Some of the least responsive answers came on the subject of DACA. Early in the hearing, both Senators Graham and Durbin asked Senator Sessions a simple question: what would happen to the 800,000 Dreamers who have received DACA if DACA is suddenly rescinded? Here, Senator Sessions punted: it is the Attorney General's role to enforce the law, not to make it-the system overall is broken and Congress needs to fix it in a bipartisan way. The answer didn't satisfy Senator Durbin, who asked how Senator Sessions could possibly offer CIR as the solution when he had opposed every major bipartisan effort at immigration reform in the last decade. Senator Sessions pivoted to the need for prioritization: We're not able to seek out and remove everybody in country illegally, he said. Like President Obama, President-elect Trump has said those with criminal convictions should be a top priority. So let's fix this system in a bipartisan way, he suggested-and after the "lawlessness" has ended, enter into dialog about what to do about people been here a long time. When Senator Blumenthal raised concerns that it would violate fundamental fairness to use DACA recipients' confidential information for enforcement, Senator Sessions agreed that that cohort of individuals should not be a priority, but said any decision on that score would be for DHS, and he could not commit that the information would never be used. (He was not asked about the bills he sponsored in 2003 and 2015, for example, that would have made unlawful presence a crime-even for Dreamers.)
Abuse of the H-1B Visa System: Senator Grassley reiterated his call for an investigation in abuse of the H-1B program, expressing concern that firing a U.S. worker and replacing her with a cheaper foreign worker might be considered "de facto nationality based discrimination." Senator Sessions agreed that he believes this has been an abuse, and he was pleased to support Senator Grassley's legislation addressing it. It is wrong to think we are in a totally open world, he said, where any American with a job can be replaced by anyone in the world willing to take that job. We have borders, we have a commitment to our citizens. I would use such abilities as I have to address that, he stated.
Birthright Citizenship: Senator Hirono noted that people born here are U.S. citizens regardless of their parents' nationality-and she asked Senator Sessions if he believes there should be more required to be a US citizen. Far from providing a staunch and clear defense of the 14th amendment's principle of birthright citizenship, he left the door open on the question of whether Congress could change that without violating the Constitution. Under the current state of the law, it is accepted that those who are born here retain their citizenship, he said.
Due Process and Immigration Courts: There was hardly any discussion of due process for individuals facing removal. In fact, in 11 hours of testimony, only two questions even touched on the immigration courts. In response to one question regarding how the immigration courts would protect refugees, Senator Sessions deflected by saying that refugee admissions decisions were the purview of the State Department and the President, not the Department of Justice. In an answer to Senator Grassley's question about recent Board of Immigration Appeals decisions that had "gone too far," he suggested that he had not yet given much thought to whether or how an Attorney General could or would undo prior BIA decisions. Senator Coons did ask Senator Sessions about the need for legal counsel for children facing removal. His response was less than supportive. My understanding of the state of law is that the government cannot provide lawyers to "illegal immigrants," he said, and I don't believe it distinguishes between minors and adults. In general, I do not believe we can afford, nor should we undertake to provide free lawyers for everyone who comes in unlawfully, he continued, and Congress would need to decide what to do regarding children.
General Kelly's hearing was less contentious than Senator Sessions' hearing. Both sides of the aisle extended praise towards the General. He was introduced by Republican Sen. McCain, Democratic Sen. Carper, and former Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who served in both the Bush and Obama administrations. Gates praised General Kelly, calling him "one of the finest people I have ever known," also saying, "I would trust him with my life." Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, a Democrat from North Dakota, said the Senate committee had hit the "cabinet lottery," given Kelly's experience and openness to answering questions.
Border: As predicted General Kelly received a good amount of questions regarding the border. Sen. McCain specifically pressed on whether we need an actual physical wall lining the border. "A physical barrier in and of itself will not do the job. It has to be a layered defense," General Kelly said, calling for more assistance from drones, sensors, and other technology. Sen. Hoeven questioned General Kelly on the best way to measure border security. While he did not have a direct answer as to "how border security can be measured," he expressed the importance of allowing the law enforcement officials at the border to do their job "according to the law" -hopefully he stands by the "according to the law" part of that statement and adds oversight and accountability into the picture.
Arriving Central Americans: When asked why people from Central America are trying to enter the U.S., General Kelly replied, "They, most of the time, don't come here for any other purpose except to have economic opportunity and to escape violence." As head of Southern Command, General Kelly has personally seen the violence suffered by many Central American. He recognized the "horrific levels of violence," especially in Honduras. He spoke of the need to foster economic development and an improved police force in Central and South America, and the need to reduce our country's demand on drugs, but never acknowledge the right to asylum for those fleeing from violence. Hopefully, that changes if he is confirmed.
Muslim Databases and Surveillance: Sen. Gary Peters, Democrat from Michigan, highlighted the "great deal of fear" among Muslim Americans in this country and especially his state. He asked about the idea-one of Trump's proposals-of putting mosques under continuous surveillance and establishing Muslim databases. General Kelly said, "I don't think it's ever appropriate" to do those things. "I don't think it's ever appropriate to focus on something like religion as the only factor," General Kelly said. He stated that he doesn't agree with registering people based on religion or ethnic reasons.
DACA: The fieriest part of the hearing was when California's Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris grilled General Kelly on whether he wants to spend the DHS's limited resources on deporting children of undocumented immigrants who have spent their entire lives in the U.S. General Kelly noted that he will be required to enforce the law, but recognized the Department's limited resources and pointed out that "law-abiding individuals" of this sort "would not be at the top of the list" of priorities for deportation. General Kelly dodged the question of whether DACA recipients need to be concerned about their personal information, that they shared with the government when applying for deferred action, being shared with ICE. He stated that he would keep an open mind when looking at the topic of DACA confidentiality but he doesn't know where this next administration plans to take the program.
The 115th Congress has wrapped up its first week in session. Among the multiple bills introduced this week, there are two that relate to immigration.
First, on Wednesday, Representative Issa (R-CA) re-introduced the bi-partisan Protect and Grow American Jobs Act, H.R. 170, which seeks to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the definition of "exempt H-1B nonimmigrant." Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), who has been critical of Issa's bill, told CNN she would introduce her own proposals to change to how permanent visas are awarded under the H-1B program.
On Thursday, Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced the Protect American Families Act (S.54). "The bill would prevent President-elect Trump from implementing a program that would discriminate against people by country of origin or nationality," AILA's Director of Advocacy Greg Chen told the Washington Post. The bill was also co-sponsored by Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Ed Markey (D-MA), Patty Murray (D-WA), Bernie Sanders (D-VT), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), and Mazie Hirono (D-HI).
Next week marks the beginning of Senate committee hearings to approve President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet picks. First up, on Tuesday, is Senator Jeff Sessions' (R-AL) Attorney General nomination hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. AILA submitted a statement to the Judiciary Committee, noting that Senator Sessions' record "raises serious concerns that he would be unwilling or unable to interpret the U.S. Constitution in a fair and neutral manner or exercise balanced judgment on immigration law," and calling upon the committee's members to ask probing questions of the senator before voting to confirm him.
AILA members are encouraged to also take action to ensure Senator Sessions is not confirmed unless he pledges to:
(Check out Politico for a full rundown of upcoming hearings.)
Happy 115th Congress Day! Today, the new Congress gaveled in at noon. As expected, Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) was reelected as Speaker of the House for the 2017-2018 Congressional term by a vote of 239 to 189. Last November, Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was reelected as House Minority Leader. In the Senate, Mitch McConnell (R-KY) resumed his position as Senate Majority Leader, and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) began his new role as the Senate Minority Leader. The Elected Official Directory in AILA's Advocacy Action Center has been updated to include the new members of Congress.
In other news, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson in a letter to lawmakers urged federal authorities against the use of DACA recipients' personal information for deportation purposes. President-elect Donald Trump on the campaign trail promised to rescind DACA. However, last month Trump told Time Magazine he would "work something out" for DREAMers.
More DACA news….
A Georgia Superior Court decision released today states that DACA recipients in Georgia qualify to pay in-state tuition. Fulton Superior Court Chief Judge Gail Tusan wrote in her ruling that the University System of Georgia officials are "hereby compelled to perform their duty in applying the federal definition of lawful presence as it relates to students who are DACA recipients and to grant them in-state tuition status." Congratulations to AILA Past President Charles Kuck for representing the ten DACA recipients in the lawsuit.
Cite as AILA Doc. No. 15011390.
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he was taught as a child to manipulate the imagination, cognitive thought, and feelings to the point that it scares you. he can mimic the feeling of pain; for instance make you feel like you are being cut down the leg, arm, or body even feel like you have a bruise. in fact because im writing this he is threatening to do this.
he gives you your dreams, in which you are in a suggestive state. you believe what is happening is real no matter how bizarre a bad dream can effect your mood a bad dream will give you a bad day and vice verse.
he scares me with my imagination so i talk about it....he doesn't like that i talk about it so he scares me with my imagination....so i talk about it. its a vicious cycle....he just doesn't learn.he let me know it was the mk ultra-project monarch then told me he was not supposed to tell me that.
he can mimic all of your sences . he is able to let you feel objects that arent really there. like i can feel velvet. or wind that isnt there.let me smell anything he wishes. hear and see also. i will only post what he can do when he uses it against me!so, me posting this means he messed with my head again. he knows what will get me to stop talking about it. but he can erase short term memories. he might be able to erase long term memories too but idk. once again im letting him know this is his fault im writing this.he can alter your perception of reality. for instance he can warp the objects you see around you like make them look bubbly. all objects or just the one
they have ability to control your body in precise movements I.E. make you talk, walk and, even go limp . to make you think you are bipolar.
they all gain access through extremely low frequencies, probably emitted out of a satellite. im not sure what there plans are probably to spy on our own citizens. and there are a countless number of victims both in the military and not in the millitary, most of the ones that are not think they are schitzofranic.he has the ability to move my voice box. heighten my metabolism andcreate the sensation to hav to go to the bathroomthey have the ability to trick you in to thinking anything if you not careful. most just think they are schizophrenic, but there are those that think there are aliens they are talking to, or they themselves are aliens. anything you can imagine they can trick you into thinking, so if your hearing voices do not listen to what they say just know it is the government.
he can prevent me from thinking and make it difficult to think.once again i only post when he is an ass and uses my imagination against me!
he can give the sensation of coldness, heat, and numbness! he wants me to stop typing these but he has to stop first.
im not sure what the reason "they" have for seeing/hearing out of the eyes and ears of the citizens, but they can turn a person into a super soldier. i have not been told this but im sure it can be done.
they can completely paralyze you or just ine part of your body. focus/unfocus your eyes, and make you throw up on command
they can control your breathing too.
they can mimic the sound of your heartbeat to make you think it is speeding up.
he can even shift the objects in the room to look like something else. using there imagination
he cann give the sensation of heat and cold all or any part of the body.
he can actually make it feel like you are being burned or frozen
he can make it feel like there are needles poking into me.
with some of these abilities combined he create a person you can see hear and feel
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A little late, but here's what I managed to get through in 2012:
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
The Darkness 2
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
LittleBigPlanet Vita
Lollipop Chainsaw
Lord of the Rings: War in the North
Mass Effect 3
Metal Gear Solid 2
Papo & Yo
Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale
Resistance 2
Saints Row: The Third
Sly 2
Twisted Metal
I'm currently playing Borderlands 2 and XCOM: Enemy Unknown, both of which are fantastic. You want my game of the year? Toss up between XCOM and Mass Effect 3, staying strictly in games that were released in 2012. Mass Effect gave me that feeling you get when you finished Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings, and XCOM has managed to pull me into a genre I never thought I'd enjoy and get me thoroughly hooked. It's fantastic. You'll see reviews for it coming, and you'll notice a couple on here I haven't written up yet. They're coming.
A little disclaimer - I still haven't played Far Cry 3, Hitman: Absolution or Max Payne 3, not that I'm optimistic of those besting either of the two titles I mentioned earlier.
Looking onward, 2013 promises to be packed full of stuff. Despite the fact that the next generation of consoles could be here next holiday, we're seeing lots of new IP crop up. So what am I most excited about?
Let's get the little guy out of the way - my Vita has been getting plenty of playtime as I catch up on the notedly few titles out there for it, and fortunately for me, looks like there will be plenty of time to catch up. Ignoring Sony's cross-buy titles, Media Molecule's Tearaway is the only title really catching my eye, and in a really good way. This is one of my most anticipated of the year as a whole.
Onto the home console - what aren't I excited for? The spring is full of stuff that got bumped out of last year. Next week is the new Devil May Cry reboot, something I wasn't particularly interested in until I got a hold of the demo, and it looks like it's going to be fantastic. My only qualm is Ninja Theory producing on the narrative end. DmC has always been known for its combat, and I immediately fell in love, but if they try stretching this thing out over 14 hours, there better be a good reason.
Next on my list is Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch. I saw Spirited Away for the first time this year and I was surprised just how much I loved it, so it'll be cool to have Studio Ghibli's narrative chops behind a video game. This is another one that had a demo selling me - I've never played much of a true RPG a la Final Fantasy, so this will be my first adventure. Look for this January 22nd.
Man I wish Rayman Legends was coming to other consoles. It doesn't justify me buying a WiiU. I loved Rayman Origins, and Legends looks to be even more of the same.
March kicks off with Tomb Raider on the 5th. I'll be the first to admit I have limited experience with the old Lara Croft, but this new title is dripping with pretty. Sure, it's taken some blatant inspiration from the Uncharted series, but no one is complaining. Some survival aspects should keep it sufficiently different from the infallible Nathan Drake, not to mention the grittiness the trailer is oozing.
In like a lion, out like an...eagle? Bioshock Infinite has all my attention. Ken Levine is my kind of guy - an English major designing video games based on political philosophy. Doesn't it make your spine tingle? I love that this entry will maintain the spirit of Bioshock, but still be a completely different game. Barring any more delays, I expect everyone to be knee-deep in Columbia come March 22nd.
We get April to calm down, but then back in the fray come May with The Last of Us. Naughty Dog has been turning heads with Uncharted for a long time, and truth be told, I don't think The Last of Us will be much of a departure. We'll see what happens. If nothing else, Naughty Dog is putting together an absolutely beautiful game unlike anything we've seen thus far.
Into the stuff without release dates. Quantic Dream really won me over with Heavy Rain, and so I can't wait to see what they do with Beyond: Two Souls. David Cage is another guy in the business I have a lot of respect for. Very cool to see an actual actress completely immersed in the game, and I love Ellen Page.
I don't know a lot about Puppeteer, but it looks like it'll be doing some different stuff, and I've always loved different. It's easy to get burnt out on those action/adventure titles.
Remember Me is the first game from developer Dontnod. It's a new IP that promises a lot of ingenuity. Not only is the story promising something a little more personal than a bad guy taking on the world with all this memory mixing, but the personalized combat system also has my attention.
Next up, South Park: The Stick of Truth. I've never been a huge fan of South Park, so I'm certainly a bit tentative here, but it's cool to see Matt and Trey actually behind the scenes on a South Park game and the rippy-bits art style faithfully represented. With Obsidian at the helm, I think we're in for a strange and exciting, if not a little buggy, adventure.
Finally, there's Watch Dogs. There's not a lot of information out there on this either, but it looks like it'll be exploring some possible conspiracy theories surrounding modern technology and the dangers of connectivity. Another new IP with lots of promise.
From there, I'll be waiting it out for the inevitable PlayStation 4.
But certainly there's more than that coming out next year! Yeah, so let's talk about those real quick. If it's not on here, I'm pretty "meh" on it, and there are a few I'll talk about specifically.
Dead Space 3 - looks like Lost Planet (the third entry also coming out this year). I don't need a big monster shooter and I don't need a co-op partner. I play Dead Space for small corridors and being scared out of my mind. EA promises it'll still be scary, but...you know...EA.
The new Sly Cooper will be good, I'm sure, but I need to play the third before I decide whether or not I care.
Crysis 3 has a big focus on multiplayer, so I'm curious to see what happens from a single-player standpoint. I'm also a little sore about this budget not going to a TimeSplitters project...so there's that.
Metal Gear Rising looks nothing like Metal Gear Solid. I'm sure I'll play it at some point, but I'm not itching to get at this button-masher, especially until I know if it's going to do anything for the Metal Gear canon.
I'm all God of War'd out, and I haven't even played the Origins collection, so the last thing I need is another one with Ascension - especially one with a new-fangled multiplayer that will get played for a month after release before everyone goes back to whatever they were familiar with before.
I've never liked Grand Theft Auto. Sorry.
Oh, and if The Last Guardian even gets a trailer this year, you know, that'd be awesome, too.
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Star Worlds explores the future-oriented universe of online virtual worlds connected with popular science fictionaspecifically, with Star Wars and Star Trekathat have been inhabited for over a decade by computer gamers. The Star Wars and Star Trek franchises, both of which have shaped the dominant science fiction mythologies of the last half-century, offer profound conceptions of the tension between freedom and control in human economic, political, and social interactions. Bainbridge investigates the human and technological dynamics of four online virtual worlds based on these two very different traditions: the massive multiplayer online games Star Wars Galaxies; Star Wars: The Old Republic; Star Trek Online; and the Star Trek community in the non-game, user-created virtual environment, Second Life. The four astar worldsa explored in this book illustrate the dilemmas concerning the role of technology as liberator or oppressor in our post-industrial society, and represent computer simulations of future possibilities of human experience. Bainbridge considers the relationship between a real person and the role that person plays, the relationship of an individual to society, and the relationship of human beings to computing technology. In addition to collecting ethnographic and quantitative data about the social behavior of other players, he has immersed himself in each of these worlds, role-playing 14 avatars with different skills and goals to gain new insights into the variety of player experience from a personal perspective.... but doing it on a videogame system illustrates the differences in the experience , so I completed it on a PlayStation 2. ... popular videogames require manual dexterity and extensive practice with the particular interface the user employs to take ... While games differ from each other in how they assign actions to the buttons on the controller, the user does not have the freedom to customize the system.
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Series C Financing to Fuel Adoption of Predictive Analytics for Virtual Datacenter Management
Series C Financing to Fuel Adoption of Predictive Analytics for Virtual Datacenter Management
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA--(Marketwired - Jun 24, 2014) - CloudPhysics, who provides predictive analytics for virtual datacenter management, today announced it has secured $15 million in a Series C round of funding, led by venture capital firm Jafco Ventures with participation from the company's existing investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Mayfield. CloudPhysics, who has raised $27.5 million to date, will use the funding to invest further in developing its groundbreaking SaaS solution, which leverages Big Data analytics to enable IT to uncover hidden operational hazards before problems emerge and identifies radical efficiency improvements in virtualized IT operations management. The company will also use the funding to expand go-to-market activities and scale the company's business.
The company today also announced the general availability of Storage Analytics, a new release of its predictive analytics solution that dramatically simplifies the overwhelming complexities of managing storage resources in the virtual datacenter: http://www.cloudphysics.com/press_releases/cloudphysics-releases-storage-analytics-for-virtual-datacenters.
"This is a very exciting time for CloudPhysics as it brings to market a fundamentally new approach to IT operations management," said Jeb Miller, General Partner at Jafco Ventures and CloudPhysics Board Member. "Through Big Data analytics, CloudPhysics is shifting the focus of infrastructure management from reactive to predictive, enabling more intelligent and cost-effective IT. Jafco Ventures didn't want to miss this opportunity to invest in CloudPhysics and its vision, and we're excited to bring the full range of Jafco's resources into the mix to help the company ramp in the market."
CloudPhysics was founded in 2011 with the mission to continuously deliver insights to IT teams for actively managing the dynamics of their virtualized infrastructures. To that end, the company's servers collect a daily stream of more than 140 billion samples of configuration, performance, failure and event data from its global user base, with a total of 50+ trillion samples collected to date. This "Collective Intelligence," combined with CloudPhysics' patent-pending data center simulation and unique resource management techniques, empowers enterprise IT to drive Google-like operations excellence, using actionable analytics from a large, relevant, continually refreshed dataset.
"Big Data technology is used by companies across numerous industries to discover new ways to improve operations. Ironically, one industry that is missing from the list is IT itself -- and our vision is to remedy that," said John Blumenthal, CloudPhysics co-founder and CEO. "The new funding will help us accelerate product innovation as well as fuel our sales and marketing efforts, expanding our growing base of users and bringing the power of data-driven decision making to IT admins everywhere."
Since its initial product release at VMware's VMworld 2013, the company has garnered numerous awards and accolades in recognition of its innovation, which include being named a Top 10 Virtualization Company to Watch in 2014 by TechTarget SearchServerVirtualization, a Top 10 Big Data Startup to Watch by Network World and one of the 21 hottest startups by Business Insider. [http://www.cloudphysics.com/company]
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Intervention in public space
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Exquisite Gunpowder City 16 Shot was an extensive four month-residency project at the Chinese European Art Center in Xiamen, China. The project focuses around implosion and explosion as well as destruction vs. construction, as a reaction to modern-day frenzy in global architecture. This intervention at a ready-for-demolishing fishermans' village put the finger on the ugly spot, giving an immediate call for debate.


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A quarter of people claiming money for mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI) did not know companies acting for them take a fee, research shows.
In a survey of more than 2,000 people, 25pc admitted not knowing claims management companies (CMCs) charge, usually 25pc plus VAT.
Only half of people (49pc) knew that using a CMC would be no more successful than making the claim themselves.
Just over a quarter said the main reason they would use a CMC, if making a future claim, is that they would not know how to make a claim themselves.
More than half of people (53pc) who have used a CMC to get back mis-sold PPI said they would be unlikely to use one again.
The biggest complaint was about value for money, with 37pc of consumers unhappy.
The research was undertaken by MoneySavingExpert.com and Which? as they launch an advertising campaign to tell the public how simple it is to claim for themselves.
Also, the groups will hold a PPI summit with major banks and credit card providers today with the aim of working together to "restore trust" in the reclaiming process.
Which? executive director, Richard Lloyd, said: "This new research shows that many people don't realise there are simple, easy to follow steps to reclaim their money for free and so they're turning to claims management companies, too often unaware they charge a fee.
"It's encouraging that the banks are going to work with us to help put this situation right and help their consumers reclaim mis-sold PPI.
"It needs to be as easy as possible for people to get back their money. Many people have told us that free online claims forms, letter templates and helplines would help them to make a claim themselves, so we want to see action."
MoneySavingExpert.com's Martin Lewis said: "Sadly PPI has become a cash bonanza for unscrupulous claims companies, who through a series of lies and misdirection are persuading people they are the only option for getting their PPI money back.
"Even I've been texted to be told I'm owed £3,000 PPI – though I've never had the product.
"If people make a rational decision to give a huge 30pc of what they're due to a claims handling company in full knowledge they could do it themselves – I've no problem.
"Yet sadly very few are in that position.
"Many are persuaded under false pretences and the dire lack of regulation means it's tough to tell legit firms from the rest.
"And worse, if things do go wrong with claims companies, it's a nightmare to get any redress. This is a billion pound plus industry – it's too big to be left alone."


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quicksilver wrote:This came out of nowhere ( I think) as I don't recall ever hearing any talk of this. Sounds like Nick will be playing a few shows featuring the first 2 records. Guy Pratt is involved along with a few others. Cool idea as far as I'm concerned................
quicksilver wrote:They could easily do a 2 hour show with SOS & Interstellar Overdrive in the set. Why not bring out the old slides while they're at it? Nick may actually get a vocal as well with Corp Clegg.
quicksilver wrote:"Point Me at the Sky"
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Alec Taylor wrote:quicksilver wrote:"Point Me at the Sky"Dyolf wrote:"Point Me at the Sky"
Fuck me sideways.
Alec Taylor wrote:Too bad there was no "Remember a Day" or "Jugband Blues". Perfect chance to pay tribute to Rick and Syd.
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Ann Carol Parko, 94 passed away on Saturday June 17, 2017. Wife of the late Russell Parko.
Survived by Susan (Chuck)Wain, Sharon (Scott) Kameg and Gary Parko. Grandmother of; Kelly (David) McCarthy, Kandy Kameg, Kimberly (Tony) Fick, Kary Wain and Kristin (Erin) Wain. Great Grandmother of Tyler, Zac, Tristan, Logan, Indy, Ryker, Lily, Alexa and Flash.
Preceded in death by her husband Russell Parko and brother John Gyergyov.
Ann was a homemaker. Ann will lie in state at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday June 21, 2017 at St. Paul Tarsus Church, 41300 Romeo Plank Rd. Clinton Twp. MI 48038 until the time of mass at 9:30 a.m.