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Undocumented Youth Movement Illustrated in Documentary by Loyola Marymount Graduate

American DREAMers, directed by Jenniffer Castillo a 2011 graduate of Loyola Marymount University's Master of Fine Arts in Screenwriting program, and co-director Saray Deiseil, follows the journey of the Campaign for an American DREAM (CAD), a group of undocumented youth who walked 3,000 miles across America's heartland, from San Francisco to Washington D.C., to fight for the DREAM Act and immigrant rights.
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Faith Groups Join Call to End Family Detention

Last Thursday, May 21, a group of faith leaders met with White House Staff to call for the end to family detention, delivering a letter signed by nearly 1,500 faith leaders from around the country. These leaders join calls by a growing number of Congressional members, civil society groups, and advocates to end this inhumane practice once and for all.
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U.S. Bishops Committee Issues Report on Immigrant Detention, Calling for a “Transformation” of the System

The U.S. immigrant detention system, which treats vulnerable immigrant detainees as criminals, needs extensive reforms, said representatives of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and the Center for Migration Studies