In light of the recent announcement of an end to many TPS designations, this edition of Policy Beat explores the TPS programs, current countries of designation, and the history of TPS rescissions over the years, as well as the reasons for not extending those designations.
Read the ArticleThe Alliance for Strong Families and Communities, a national organization that represents hundreds of child welfare and juvenile justice service providers, is concerned that the tax reform plan moving through both chambers of Congress is setting up a perfect storm of funding troubles for nonprofits in the sector.
Read the ArticleLawmakers headed into the long Thanksgiving recess are in stark disagreement over how, and when, to provide legal cover for undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children — legislation both parties say they want after President Trump rescinded the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in September.
Read the ArticleRepresentative Kevin Yoder is sponsoring H.R. 392, which addresses the conflict between American competitiveness and the hundreds of thousands of individuals stuck for years in employment-based immigration backlogs due to the per-country limit.
Read the ArticleThis report looks at how immigration enforcement impacts family life in the U.S., both among immigrant and mixed-status families, and in their wider communities.
Read the ReportThe number of Central American youth arriving at the Mexican border has skyrocketed in recent months, up from about 10 a day to 75 per day, causing the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is aggressively recruiting for more beds.
Read the StoryICE is asking big tech names to help it conduct social media surveillance of visa holders deemed ‘high-risk’.
Read the ArticleSeveral people were removed Thursday after they attempted to block the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade as part of a protest to press lawmakers to pass legislation that would allow undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children to stay in the country without fear of deportation.
Read the StoryHaitians with what is known as Temporary Protected Status will be expected to leave the United States by July 2019 or face deportation.
Read the ArticleJose Antonio Vargas, NBC News (Nov 16, 2017)
To be eligible, we ask DACA recipients not just to go to school or to be enlisted in the U.S. military. We also ask them to point a finger at their parents, who risked everything to bring or send them to America, so that they might be safe.
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