Lawmakers 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immigrants brought to the country as children — legislation both parties say they want after President Trump rescinded the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in September.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 ArticleThe 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.
Read the ArticleThe Trump administration announced on Sunday Oct. 8th that it wants Central American children – even those fleeing for their lives – to be turned away at the US-Mexico border or quickly sent back to their home countries.
Read the ArticleThe United States Citizenship and Immigration Services agency reversed its decision to not accept nearly 100 applications to renew permits that were rejected due to a delay in the mail. All those that were rejected due to the delay can resubmit for their DACA renewals.
Read the ArticleThis author draws a connection between the high rates of child poverty in the U.S. and the nation’s immigration system, particularly its emphasis on family-preference immigration.
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