300,000+ Temporary Protected Status (TPS) Holders and Their 273,000 US Citizen Children the Next Victims of Forced Family Separations Countdown to Somalia TPS Decision Deadline: 10 Days In an op-ed for the Washington Post, Mark Schneider explains the dark reality 300,000 TPS holders will face when their status expires...
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It’s increasingly clear that the Trump administration is unable and unwilling to meet a Tuesday deadline, imposed by a federal judge appointed by George W. Bush, to reunite 102 children younger than 5 years old who remain separated from their parents. Not long ago, Trump administration officials reassured Congress...
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Over the past week, the Trump administration continued its efforts to dismantle immigration and refugee programs that reflect long-held American values. The policy changes, summarized below, include a draft regulation that makes it more difficult for those fleeing violence and persecution to apply for refugee status; an overhaul of...
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In an op-ed published in the New York Times, Efren Olivares, civil rights attorney and the Racial & Economic Justice Program director at the Texas Civil Rights Project, spoke of the work he and his colleagues have done in trying to reunite hundreds of the thousands of children who...
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58% Disapprove of Trump’s Immigration Record From Deportations, to Ending DACA, to Family Separations, Trump Administration Tries to “Make America Hate Again,” Americans Refuse Cleveland, OH — There are both practical and moral reasons why 58% of Americans disapprove of Trump’s handling of immigration (see recent Quinnipiac and Washington...
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Azar Blames Courts and Congress for Trump Actions on Child Separation Yesterday encapsulated how the Trump administration is more concerned about shifting blame than solving the family separation crisis of their own creation. During a press briefing with reporters, HHS Secretary Alex Azar embodied and underscored the mixture of...
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Trump Administration Launches Purge: 1) to Denaturalize Americans Who Have Sworn Allegiance to the Flag, and 2) to Discharge Immigrants from Military Who Are Prepared to Make the Ultimate Sacrifice It’s long been clear that President Trump rails against the specter of immigrant criminality to justify indiscriminate and sweeping...
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Non-Redesignation for Yemeni TPS Holders Means Uncertainty and Deportation For Many Earlier today, the Trump administration decided not to redesignate Yemen for Temporary Protected Status despite the country’s ongoing civil war and humanitarian crises. While those currently provided TPS were granted an 18 month extension, those who fled after...
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