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Governors Should Listen to Mayors on Syrian Refugees

November 16, 2015 State and city leaders are at odds on refugee immigration—another example of a growing gulf on civic priorities. The deadly attac...

Refugee Crisis in Syria Raises Fears in South Carolina

  September 25, 2016 This week, the mayors of 18 American cities, including Bill de Blasio of New York and Eric Garcetti of Los Angeles, sent a le...

18 U.S. Mayors To Obama: We'll Take Even More Refugees

  September 24, 2015 New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and 15 other cities are ready and willing to take in even more refugees than the Obama admini...

Birthright Citizenship is an American Institution

September 3, 2015 By Phoenix, Arizona Mayor Greg Stanton (D)Over 150 years ago, our nation was more divided than we could ever imagine today. The ...

Mayors Press Congress to Oppose Sanctuary City Bills

July 22, 2015 Nearly two dozen mayors representing some of the largest U.S. cities are pressing Congress to resist efforts to rein in sanctuary cit...

Cities Speak for Millions of Americans on Immigration Action

July 10, 2015 Today marks a milestone in the fight for common sense immigration reform in the United States. A federal court in New Orleans will he...

Cities, Counties Ask Appeals Court To Let Obama Immigration Programs Move Forward

April 6, 2015 WASHINGTON -- Leaders from more than 70 cities and counties, some going against their states, joined a legal brief filed Monday askin...

Mayors form coalition to support Obama’s immigration action

December 1, 2014 Twenty-five mayors from around the country have formed a coalition to support and help implement President Obama's executive acti...