Weekly Roundup, August 15th

Sponsored by New York Immigration Coalition, the #ALLin4RELIEF campaign has New Yorkers and friends taking selfie instavideos, expressing why they support administrative relief from deportations. The campaign builds momentum for a Town Hall today on immigration reform.

“New Yorkers for Real Immigration Reform, a campaign coordinated by the New York Immigration Coalition, is gearing up for a big town hall on Tuesday, August 26th at Baruch College where immigrant New Yorkers, their families, friends and allies, joined by advocates and elected officials, will come together to share how deportations have impacted their communities and why the time is right for President Obama to provide administrative relief.”

You can see the selfie instavideos here

In immigration in the news this week:

The US Keeps 34,000 Immigrants in Detention Each Day Simply to Meet a Quota via The Nation

Advocates Seek to Delay Deportations for Millions via The New York Times

Expedited Immigration Hearings Basically a “Conveyor Belt to Deportation” via The New York Village Voice

Undocumented Minors Not Getting Due Process in Immigration Cases via The Tucson Sentinel

Child’s detention despite citizenship reveals immigration case woes via The Los Angeles Times

22 Iowa jails refusing immigration detainers via The Washington Times

How an Executive Order on Immigration Could Help Startups via Slate

The history of illegal immigration in the United States via Rare Vision