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Justice Department questions states’ standing to challenge DACA
The U.S. Justice Department has asked a federal court to dismiss a case challenging Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, citing a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling. By Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP | JUL. 20, 2023 Key Points: Additional Information: District Court Judge Andrew Hanen is hearing the DACA case after ... -
‘You do it or we do it’
By German Lopez | NYT Morning Newsletter | JUL. 31, 2023 | Photo by Todd Heisler Mexico has been one of America’s closest allies for years under both Democratic and Republican administrations, even Donald Trump’s. That may be changing. Republican officials and voters have not only expressed criticisms of Mexico ... -
‘Dreamers’ need not apply: DACA recipients still can’t work for Congress
Aspiring staffers stuck in limbo as lawmakers go ‘round and round in this circle’ By Justin Papp | Roll Call | July 27, 2023 | Photo by Bill Clark Edgar Vazquez came to D.C. in the summer of 2021 with a plan: complete his congressional internship and turn it into ... -
Years after a border separation, a family’s reunion was in a judge’s hands
By Kevin Sieff | The Washington Post | JUL. 21, 2023 | Photo by Johnie Izquierdo NASHVILLE — She sat on the edge of a picnic table outside the Comfort Inn and waited for the hearing to begin. “Hello?” Magdalena Hernández Pérez said into her phone. “Can you hear me?” ... -
‘Encouraging’ illegal immigration is not protected as free speech, Supreme Court rules
By David G. Savage | Los Angeles Times | JUN. 23, 2023 | Photo by Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a free-speech challenge to a long-standing immigration law that makes it a crime to “encourage or induce” a noncitizen to illegally enter or reside in this country. ... -
US citizenship test changes are coming, raising concerns for those with low English skills
By Trisha Ahmed | AP News | JUL. 4, 2023 | Video by The Associated Press https://apnews.com/130fdf24e54f431a9f1f9b38344638c8 ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The U.S. citizenship test is being updated, and some immigrants and advocates worry the changes will hurt test-takers with lower levels of English proficiency. The naturalization test is ... -
Latino Cabinet members tout Biden's immigration policies amid congressional impasse
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said encounters have dropped 70% at the southern border. By Sandra Lilley | NBC News | JUL. 13, 2023 | Photo by AP Latino members of President Joe Biden's Cabinet defended the administration's efforts on immigration and migration — particularly around the issue of unaccompanied ... -
Is "home" still home after 30 years away?
By Lori Lizarraga, Christina Cala & Leah Donnella | NPR | JUL. 12, 2023 | Photo by Dan Carino for LAist Brian De Los Santos reps Mexico hard. But for the vast majority of his life, that repping has been at a distance. That's because Brian is a recipient of DACA ... -
Democrats call for DACA health care expansion
By Rafael Bernal | The Hill | JUN. 23, 2023 | Photo by Carolyn Kaster A group of 80 Democratic lawmakers is calling on the Biden administration to implement a proposal to expand access to federal health care benefits for people in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. In a ... -
Supreme Court Allows Biden to Limit Immigration Arrests
Policy restricts arrests of undocumented immigrants to those deemed a threat to public safety or national security. Story & photo by Boundless Immigration | JUN. 23, 2023 The U.S. Supreme Court revived a Biden administration policy that restricts arrests of undocumented immigrants to those deemed a threat to public safety ...
Presidential Pardon for Dreamers
Campaign to seek a full, General Pardon for Undocumented people
