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Donations, re: Braintree

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  by  Joshua Turcotte

Hello, folks. This is Joshua, running all things tech here at NumbersUSA, with the first in a series of technical posts aimed at keeping you in the loop as we make changes to our online activism toolkit. I mean, I'm on social media (probably too much), and I'll admit to the occasional curse whenever a site I regularly visit does so much as move a button. But, in time, I often find the change really was better after all. (Rinse and repeat!) It was that it was unanticipated and unexplained that bothered me, more than anything else.

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AG Sessions Criticizes Federal Judge for Ordering DACA Restart

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AG Sessions criticized Federal Judge John Bates of the D.C. Circuit Court on Monday for ordering the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to start accepting new applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The judge delayed the effective date of the decision to August 23rd in order to give the Administration time to appeal his ruling.

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DOJ & DOL to Crack Down on Employers That Discriminate Against American Workers

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The Justice Department's (DOJ) Civil Rights Division and the Labor Department (DOL) released a memorandum of understanding Tuesday, announcing the agencies' joint effort to target companies that exhibit "unlawful discrimination" against American workers by hiring foreign labor. These employers, often times, hire cheap foreign labor through the H-1B and H-2B visa programs.

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Sens. Grassley, Tillis, and Cruz Urge Congress to Amend Flores Agreement

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Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) publicly called on Congress to amend the Flores v. Reno consent decree Sunday in an USA Today op-ed. The original Flores decree required the federal government to release Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) from detention facilities within 20 days, allowing them to live in open settings such as foster homes or other placements.

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DOJ Tells Agency to Use 'Illegal Aliens'

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The Department of Justice issued guidance this week, instructing U.S. attorneys offices to use the term "illegal alien" instead of "undocumented" when referring to a foreign national illegally residing in the U.S. The guidance states that the DOJ should use the term "illegal alien" because it is used in the U.S. Code to describe foreign nationals who reside in the country unlawfully.

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Oregon Voters to Decide Fate of States Sanctuary Law

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The Oregon Secretary of State's office announced that Initiative Petition 22 (IP 22), an anti-sanctuary initiative, will be on the November ballot, after garnering 111,000 signatures -- 22,816 more than the needed 88,184 signatures to secure a place on the ballot. The petition was championed by Stop Oregon Sanctuaries, a group opposed to the state's sanctuary law, and registered a 95.3% validity rate on the 111,000 signatures that were submitted two weeks ago.

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USCIS Issues Guidance Allowing Adjudicators to Deny Incomplete Visa Applications

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued guidance to USCIS adjudicators in a policy memorandum last week, instructing them to use their discretion to deny applications, petitions, and/or requests that are submitted without initial evidence or insufficient evidence of eligibility. The memorandum permits adjudicators to deny applicants who lack evidence of eligibility, without first issuing a Request for Evidence (RFE) or Notice of Intent to Deny (NOID).

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