Countdown to Somalia TPS Decision Deadline: 3 Days A recording of the press call is available here. On a press call earlier today, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), TPS holders, and immigration policy experts gathered to discuss the upcoming Somalia TPS decision deadline on July 19th. The Trump administration must... Continue »
273,000 Children at Risk of Deportation at the Hands of the Trump Administration Countdown to Somalia TPS Decision Deadline: 3 Days In an article for Roll Call, Camila DeChalus brings attention to yet another looming family separation crsis. TPS holder parents and their more than 273,000 U.S. citizen children... Continue »
Traditionally, USCIS is in charge of granting applications for legal immigration status, while ICE enforces immigration law, including orders related to deportation. These two functions have generally been kept distinct. The idea is that someone with a chance to confirm their legal status should be able to do so... Continue »
Since at least April of this year, Attorney General Jeff Sessions has been out across the country giving speeches that are helping to lay the foundation for an anti-immigrant political strategy in the 2018 midterms. Republicans have already made it clear that this is what they will run on... Continue »
The Trump administration’s family separations have inflicted a lasting trauma on thousands of children and families – as well as on our nation’s moral authority. While more than 2,500 minors remain separated from their parents as a direct result of Trump administration policy, dozens of children have been reunited... Continue »
Today's must-read top immigration news from around the country.
America’s Voice ICYMI: Roll Call, “More U.S.-Born Children Could Be Separated From Immigrant Parents” USCIS Methodically Transforming Itself From Immigration Benefit Agency to an ICE Deportation Feeder Operation The Jeff Sessions Campaign Tour: How the AG is Traveling Around the Country Demonizing Immigrants — And Candidates Are Echoing Him... Continue »
Who is White House adviser and white nationalist Stephen Miller? What ties does he have to extremists like Richard Spencer? Watch below. Continue »
Trump Administration is Forcing Temporary Protected Status (TPS) Holder Parents to Leave Their U.S. Citizen Children Behind Countdown to Somalia TPS Decision Deadline: 6 Days In a piece for the Miami Herald, columnist Fabiola Santiago exposes one of the most gut wrenching decisions a parent could make: forced family... Continue »
A recording of today’s call is available here On the heels of yet another busy week in immigration, lawyers and policy experts gathered to synthesize this week’s immigration developments, including family separation policies; the matter of a-b; alternatives to detention; and the growing abolish ICE movement. Jess Morales Rocketto,... Continue »
USCIS issued a memo on Wednesday that strong-arms adjudicators tasked with deciding the fate of thousands of asylum seekers to deny virtually all cases involving women fleeing horrific abuse, kids and others running from ruthless gangs, and most others claiming fear of persecution, where the persecution is not directly... Continue »