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Opinion: Time for Dreamers like me is running out
Unless Congress creates a pathway to citizenship soon, Colorado will lose thousands of workers and hundreds of millions of dollars of economic activity. By Estefani Pena Figueroa | The Colorado Sun | DEC. 21, 2022 | Photo by Drew Angerer The livelihood and prosperity of hundreds of thousands of immigrants ... -
Republicans dust off 'border first' excuses to derail immigration framework
By Gabe Ortiz | Daily KOS | DEC. 19, 2022 | Photo by AFP Getty The proposed immigration framework that would have put eligible young immigrants onto a path to legalization was reportedly dead in the water as of late last week, after Republicans failed to support it despite the carrot of harsh border ... -
Spending package won’t include ‘Dreamer’ protections
By Rafael Bernal | The Hill | DEC. 20, 2022 | Photo by Mandel Ngan The deal to fund the federal government through fiscal 2023 will not include protections for “Dreamers,” the name given to undocumented immigrants who arrived in the country as minors. Congress is set to vote this ... -
No immigration ‘fix’ and Congress isn’t really trying
Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf | CNN | DEC. 20, 2022 | Photo by Drew Angerer CNN — The strange reality of the dysfunctional, duct-taped US border policy is that a key portion was written by former President Donald Trump’s administration during the pandemic, enforced under pressure by the administration of President ... -
Schumer breaks Title 42 spending bill logjam with Sinema’s help
By Alexander Bolton | The Hill | DEC. 22, 2022 | Illustration by Lalo Alcaraz Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced Thursday morning that he’s reached an agreement with colleagues on amendments to the 4,155-page omnibus so the Senate can pass the bill later in the day and give the House ... -
Immigration reformers’ hopes dashed as Senate fails to act
By Andrea Castillo | Los Angeles Times | DEC. 22, 2022 | Photo by Mandel Ngan WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders who wanted to strike a deal on immigration reform before the end of the year saw their hopes dashed Thursday. Democrats saw the lame-duck session between the November election and the start ... -
Congress Has Once Again Failed Immigrant Youths
Opinion by Greisa Martinez Rosas | The New York Times | DEC. 22, 2022 | Photo by Drew Angerer Imagine what it’s like to live in a state of perpetual uncertainty — at any moment you could lose your job because you no longer have the right to work legally. ... -
Immigrants sue ICE for spying on their financial records
By Hamed Aleaziz | Los Angeles Times | DEC. 12, 2022 | Photo by Al Seib A U.S. senator recently revealed that for years Immigration and Customs Enforcement secretly spied on wire transfers of more than $500 to or from California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Mexico without probable cause or a ... -
DACA deal for “Dreamers” fizzling as Texas Republicans prioritize border security
The House passed the American Dream and Promise Act in March 2021, which would allow DACA recipients, or “Dreamers,” to apply for permanent residency and end the legal limbo that has repeatedly jeopardized their ability to stay in the United States. By Matthew Choi | Texas Tribune | DEC. 13, ... -
DACA and the Politics of Cruelty
If DACA is ended, the 590,000 young people currently protected would be pushed back into the shadows. By Andrew Moss | LA Progressive | DEC. 11, 2022 It wasn’t long ago that we awoke to images and stories of families separated at the border, of migrant children locked into dirty, ...