Today's must-read top immigration news from around the country.
America’s Voice While Congress Bickers and Trump Tweets Past the DACA Deadline, the American People are Standing Up to Fight for Dreamers Trump’s Workplace Raids Will Hurt U.S. Businesses ICYMI: Time Magazine Profiles Lorain, Ohio Dreamer President Trump’s War on Immigrants Y el Oscar es para… los inmigrantes English... Continue »
Today is March 5, 2018, the day that Donald Trump and Jeff Sessions said was the legislative deadline for Congress to find a solution for Dreamers. Six months has passed since the Trump Administration ended DACA, and Congress has done nothing to ensure that Dreamers — young people who... Continue »
“I have a year and a half to do something,” told herself. Boston, MA – A Voice of America piece highlights the work of Doris Reina-Landaverde, a TPS holding 39-year old mother of three U.S. born daughters and custodian at Harvard University, for her co-founding of the Harvard TPS Coalition,... Continue »
AUSTIN– In a new op-ed published in the San Antonio Express News, Andrea Fernandez, a Dreamer and senior at the University of Texas at San Antonio outlined how Trump’s cruel termination of the DACA program, compounded by Congress’ inaction on the Dream Act, has jeopardized her future. Mario Carrillo, Director of... Continue »
In a profound loss for immigrants living in immigration detention — sometimes indefinitely — the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week they do not have a legal right to periodic hearings to determine if they should be released on bond. Many detainees are lawful permanent residents, asylum seekers, and/or... Continue »
As we arrive at Trump’s March 5th deadline with no resolution for Dreamers, DACA recipient and America’s Voice communications manager Juan Escalante writes a must-read HuffPost column on the uncertainty and fear that DACA recipients are facing, reminding us that the crisis facing Dreamers remains urgent and that Congress and President... Continue »
Y llegó el 5 de marzo, la arbitraria fecha de “expiración” para DACA que el presidente Donald Trump fijó artificialmente. Y aunque las recientes decisiones de tribunales, incluyendo la Suprema Corte de la nación, permiten que los beneficiarios de DACA sigan renovando sus permisos, quizá durante meses, la gran... Continue »
Today's must-read top immigration news from around the country.
America’s Voice Over 70 #DreamActNow Events Call on Congress to Protect Dreamers ICYMI: Voice of America: “Boston’s Salvadorans, Haitians Form Alliance Over Temporary Immigration Status” ICYMI: San Antonio Dreamer Andrea Fernandez: “It’s Time for Our Representatives to Protect America’s Legacy as a Welcoming Place” Supreme Court Upholds Practice of... Continue »
Last night in Kansas City, more than a hundred Dreamers, advocates, and community members turned out for a vigil and march in support of Dreamers, immigrants, and the need for #DreamActNow. As their event Facebook page said: Congress has failed to protect our immigrant youth once again after voting... Continue »
180 days podcast
This week’s edition of the America’s Voice podcast, “180 Days,” is now available. The weekly podcast covers what’s been happening in the weeks and months before the March 6, 2018 deadline for DACA. We cover the fight to protect Dreamers and pass the Dream Act – and other immigration... Continue »