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This is what the White House wants in exchange for saving Dreamers from deportation By Anita Kumar, McClatchy DC Bureau September 26, 2017 WASHINGTON The White House is expected to ask Congress to a…
Pelosi Sorprendida Photo: Lea Suzuki, Associated Press Por Elvira Arellano, Sanctuary Movement 21 de Septiembre, 2017 ( English version follows below ) La congresista y lideresa de la bancada del P…
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…
By David Bacon, Working In These Times September 11, 2017 The "dreamers," young recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program—are the true children of the North Am…
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…
Activists have spent weeks coming up with emergency plans in case Trump eliminates or cripple DACA, which would make 800,000 young immigrants vulnerable to deportation. They’re now setting those plan…
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…
Meet at Columbus Circle (1 Central Park West) Wednesday, August 30 at 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Hosted by Make the Road New York, New York Immigration Coalition, DRUM, United We Dream, Women's March, 32B…
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 …
The White House is now cutting out part of the Central American Minors (CAM) program that the Obama administration set up in 2014 to admit some underage refugees fleeing violence in El Salvador, Guat…
Together We Can Protect DACA and Immigrant Youth! By United We Dream August 11, 2017 August 15th marks 5 years since 800,000 immigrant youth have been able to get legal protection, go to college, and…
Officials and politicians naturally expressed shock and horror at the deaths of 10 migrants crammed into a sweltering tractor-trailer in San Antonio the night of July 22. The political class blamed h…
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…
February protest in Seattle. Photo: Ted S. Warren AP A threatened lawsuit by anti-immigrant hardliners could put DACA on hold or even end it completely unless Congress takes action or the Trump admi…
A Ninth Circuit panel has ruled that the government needs to abide by its 1997 agreement to grant immigrant children bond hearings—for instance, the nine-year-old who was held in detention for 18 mon…
ICE continues its practice in New York of detaining immigrants when they make scheduled court appearances. In the latest case, ICE agents were spotted waiting near a special court intended to hel…
Damocles and the sword On June 16 the Trump administration rescinded Obama’s DAPA policy but left DACA in place, shielding some 800,000 younger immigrants from deportation for now. But the White Hous…
By Michael P. McKinney and Jorge Fitz-Gibbon, The Journal News June 9, 2017, updated June 10, 2017 OSSINING - A 19-year-old Ossining High School student was taken into custody by federal immigration …
On May 23 the Trump administration unveiled a more detailed version of its budget proposal. The New York Times noted that in addition to increasing funding for the detention and deportation of undoc…
