Category: In the News

Local coalition to offer help with citizenship applications in Caldwell

By NICOLE FOY nfoy@idahopress.com  Dec 11, 2017 A coalition of local organizations will provide free assistance and legal help on Saturday to families and individuals applying for citizenship in Caldwell. In partnership with the Community Council of Idaho, the Mexican Consulate in Boise, Andrade Legal in Boise and other local organizations,

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Idaho immigration lawyers volunteering at Texas family detention center

Two Idaho immigration lawyers are going to Texas this summer, joining lawyers to assist asylum-seeking women and children detained near the U.S.-Mexico border. Benjamin Stein of Andrade Legal in Boise and Courtney LaFranchi of LaFranchi Immigration Law in Moscow will be travelling to the South Texas Family Residential Center in

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Immigration lawsuits filed against Canyon County

By EMILY LOWE and NICOLE FOY Idaho Press-Tribune Idaho Press-Tribune NAMPA — Two lawsuits have come to light, alleging that the Canyon County Sheriff’s Office and Sheriff Kieran Donahue unlawfully held and detained former inmates because of their immigration status and despite a judge’s release order. The lawsuits are challenging

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Idaho women arrested in D.C. during immigration reform protest

By NICOLE FOY nfoy@idahopress.com Jan 16, 2018 Two Idaho women were arrested in Washington, D.C. Tuesday along with several activists from around the country who gathered to protest on behalf of immigration reform. Estefania Mondragon of Nampa and Elizabeth Almanza of Boise were arrested during a United We Dream protest in

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