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As of 4 pm today, December 19, Dreamers are sitting in at the offices of a number of Congress members. For live coverage from inside the office, go here: http://weareheretostay.org/dreamact-sitins/ S…
Democratic Congressional leaders Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi still claim they’ll get “something on immigration” before the year ends, but they’ve backed off their threat to shut the government dow…
After six days of deliberation, on November 30 a San Francisco jury acquitted Mexican immigrant José Inez García Zárate of murder and manslaughter charges in the July 2015 shooting death of Kate Stei…
A House tax bill could push thousands of US graduate students out of careers in science and technology, weakening the US edge in those fields. Are Republicans hoping to replace them with immigrant sc…
“Not Forgotten”: Graves of people who died trying to cross the border. Photo: David Bacon U.S. Illegally Denying Immigrants Their Right to Seek Asylum at the Mexican Border, According to Lawsuit By R…
The Trump administration is forging ahead with its assault on immigrants. For example, White House chief of staff John Kelly, a man the New York Times once labeled “ sensible ,” continues to display…
Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images White House to Congress: we'll legalize DACA recipients if you crack down on most other immigrants Trump’s “priorities”: restrict asylum, limit family-based lega…
Talia Inlender, a senior staff attorney at Public Counsel, which advocates for immigrants, criticized the focus on sanctuary cities. “It’s clearly a political move that is not actually geared toward …
DACA supporters march in San Francisco. Photo: David Bacon President Trump had dinner with Democratic Congressional leaders Senator Chuck Schumer (NY) and Representative Nancy Pelosi (CA) the evening…
As expected, the Trump Administration announced on September 5 that it was rescinding the five-year-old Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, with a six-month delay before the cancel…
Multiple sources report that President Trump on September 5 will probably announce the cancellation of the popular Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, to take effect after a delay …
February protest in Seattle. Photo: Ted S. Warren AP Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is very much in the news this week. President Trump is expected to make an announcement about the p…
Immigration issues seem set to get renewed public attention next month. Ten rightwing state governments are suing to end DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, the popular program that grants …
Cartoon by Lalo Alcaraz On August 2 President Trump announced his support for a bill introduced into the Senate by Tom Cotton (R-AR) and David Perdue (R-GA), the Reforming American Immigration for a …
The president of the United States is explicitly encouraging police violence. By Dara Lind, Vox July 28, 2017 In a speech to law enforcement officials in Long Island on Friday, the president of the U…
Immigration is one area where the President can deliver, to a substantial extent, on his incendiary words, without Congress. …And the more Trump fails at other parts of his agenda, and the more he do…
PRESS RELEASE July 20, 2017 Migration Policy Institute Contact: Michelle Mittelstadt 202-266-1910 mailto:mmittelstadt@migrationpolicy.org MPI Estimates As Many As 1.5 Million DREAMers Could Get Legal…
