House Republicans on the Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services are holding a hearing attacking beneficiaries of one of the most popular and successful immigration programs in recent modern U.S. history.  The hearing, “Why Expanding Medicaid to DACA Recipients Will Exacerbate the Border Crisis,” is absurd on its... Continue »
Impeached Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton And GOP State AGs Are Blocking Roughly 400,000 Eligible Immigrants From Work Permits, Driver’s Licenses, And Deportation Relief While roughly 580,000 immigrants are currently protected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, the popular policy could have an even wider reach... Continue »
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients, DACA-eligible individuals, lawmakers and allies marked the 11th anniversary of the program on Thursday. While 580,000 immigrants are currently protected by DACA, impeached Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has led the extremist campaign to terminate these protections through the anti-immigrant judicial pipeline.... Continue »
•Biden extiende el TPS, pero no lo amplía a otros países •DACA cumple 11 años sin que se vislumbre una solución permanente para los Dreamers America’s Voice · La Semana en Inmigración – 6.16.23   ►La administración del presidente Joe Biden extendió el TPS por otros 18 meses para... Continue »
El 15 de junio se cumple el aniversario número 11 de la orden ejecutiva girada en 2012 por el entonces presidente demócrata  Barack Obama concediendo la Acción Diferida para los Llegados en la Infancia (DACA). Mucho ha cambiado para una parte de estos llamados Dreamers, pero lamentablemente poco ha sido... Continue »
Thursday, June 15, marks the 11th anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, an immigration policy won after years of relentless organizing. Since its implementation more than a decade ago, DACA has become one of the most successful immigration policies in modern U.S. history, allowing roughly... Continue »
DACA recipient Eliana Fernandez on years of GOP litigation: “Every time there is a hearing or as we await a verdict, I not only have to prepare myself but also my children, my parents, my brother and the rest of my family. This is exhausting and terrifying.” Juan Carlos... Continue »
Indicted Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton may currently be suspended as the state’s top lawyer pending an impeachment trial in the state Senate, but his anti-immigrant litigation continues to threaten hundreds of thousands of young people currently protected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Texas... Continue »
The Biden administration this week officially released its proposed rule expanding the Affordable Care Act (ACA) eligibility to include current Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients. The decision makes public health policy sense, because a healthier community means a healthier nation. It also acknowledges what we all know... Continue »
Republicans push racist zero-sum argument seeking to keep Dreamers in permanent second-class status    On April 13, 2023, the Biden administration announced that they are finalizing a proposed rule to expand healthcare coverage under the Affordable Care Ace (ACA) to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals  (DACA) recipients. While the... Continue »