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As DACA deadline looms, lawmakers still face a partisan deadlock

As DACA deadline looms, lawmakers still face a partisan deadlock

by Stavros Agorakis | Feb 14, 2018 | Featured, Immigration, Politics

WASHINGTON — With only 19 days until protection for “dreamers” expires, Congress is more divided than ever in reaching a bipartisan fix that satisfies the demands of Republicans, Democrats and President Donald Trump on immigration. After a Senate vote on altering the...
Experts say temporary immigration program set to expire offers U.S. benefits

Experts say temporary immigration program set to expire offers U.S. benefits

by Priyanka Godbole | Feb 14, 2018 | Featured, Immigration

WASHINGTON – Ending a program that provides temporary legal immigration status for Salvadorans could have massive economic impacts on the U.S., immigration experts and advocates said Wednesday. “We have had a fruitful and very close relationship with the...
More “dreamers” should be able to enlist in the military, officials say

More “dreamers” should be able to enlist in the military, officials say

by Kristina Karisch | Jan 31, 2018 | Featured, Immigration

WASHINGTON — “Dreamers” – the young adults who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children and now face deportation – have valuable skills and should be eligible to enlist in military service, three retired military officials said in a press conference call...
Trump told Congress his new immigration package is bipartisan. That’s when the Democrats laughed.

Trump told Congress his new immigration package is bipartisan. That’s when the Democrats laughed.

by Stavros Agorakis | Jan 30, 2018 | Featured, Immigration, SOTU2018

WASHINGTON — During his first State of the Union address, several of President Donald Trump’s remarks Tuesday were met with silence or lukewarm applause from Democrats. None of them appeared to divide the House chamber more, though, than his immigration reform...
Expressing betrayal, DACA supporters blast Democrats after shutdown vote

Expressing betrayal, DACA supporters blast Democrats after shutdown vote

by Syd Stone | Jan 23, 2018 | Featured, Immigration, Politics

WASHINGTON—Young immigrants known as “dreamers” expressed their disappointment with the Senate Democrats’ actions to end the government shutdown Tuesday.    Several dozen activists from Make the Road Pennsylvania and “dreamers” who receive protection...

On anniversary of President’s travel ban, experts warn anti-Muslim bigotry is on the rise

by Erica Snow | Jan 23, 2018 | Featured, Immigration

WASHINGTON—The number of anti-Muslim hate groups and crimes in the United States have increased dramatically in recent years, experts told reporters in a conference call.   Organized by legal and educational group Muslim Advocates, the call highlighted the one-year...
Congressmen, Presidents’ Alliance urge Congress to pass DACA deal

Congressmen, Presidents’ Alliance urge Congress to pass DACA deal

by Caroline Vakil | Jan 17, 2018 | Featured, Immigration, Politics

WASHINGTON – A group of university presidents united with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus called on Congress Wednesday to pass a bill to protect “dreamers” from imminent deportation with the expiration of temporary visas provided by the Obama...
Protesters swarm Senate office building demanding a fix for DACA

Protesters swarm Senate office building demanding a fix for DACA

by Paola de Varona & Rachel Frazin | Jan 16, 2018 | Featured, Immigration

WASHINGTON – Hundreds of “dreamers” and supporters swarmed a Senate office building Tuesday, blocking the doors to a number of the senators’ offices and occupying others as the chanted “Dream Act now” and demanded that Congress pass legislation this week to let them...
House lawmakers offer DACA compromise after Senate bill stalls

House lawmakers offer DACA compromise after Senate bill stalls

by Erica Snow | Jan 16, 2018 | Featured, Immigration

WASHINGTON — After the Senate bipartisan effort to protect “dreamers” from deportation became mired in accusations of racist remarks by the president, three House members said Tuesday they have a solution that would extend protections to the 700,000 young immigrants...
DHS Secretary wavers on “shithole” remarks, emphasizes closing immigration loopholes in hearing

DHS Secretary wavers on “shithole” remarks, emphasizes closing immigration loopholes in hearing

by Mila Jasper | Jan 16, 2018 | Featured, Immigration, National Security

WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said that she did not hear President Donald Trump call Haiti and African countries “shithole” or “shithouse” nations during a White House meeting last Thursday on an immigration deal....
Supreme Court to hear case about immigrant detention

Supreme Court to hear case about immigrant detention

by Jason Mast | Nov 30, 2016 | Featured, Immigration

WASHINGTON – Little over two weeks after president-elect Donald Trump declared he would deport an unprecedented number of immigrants, the Supreme Court Wednesday hears oral arguments in a case that could limit the federal government’s ability to detain...
Uncertainty for undocumented immigrants protected by Obama’s executive action

Uncertainty for undocumented immigrants protected by Obama’s executive action

by Ross Krasner | Nov 28, 2016 | Featured, Immigration

There are over 11 million unauthorized immigrants in the United States. Here is one of their stories.
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