This video shows California congresswoman, Linda T. Sánchez, as she leads the U.S. House of Representatives’ legislative efforts on immigration reform by introducing the Biden-Harris bill.
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February 26, 2021
This video talks about two bills passed by lawmakers in the House of Representatives. These bills will establish paths to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants, including those brought to the country unlawfully as children and agriculture workers.
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March 19, 2021
This article outlines the top occupations and industries among working immigrant women.
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Sofia Carratala, Nicole Prchal Svajlenka, and Sarah Jane Glynn
March 10, 2021
In this article, experts discuss how the Biden administration can make important changes and improvements to America’s current immigration system.
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Matthew Brown and Sarah Elbeshbishi
June 4, 2021
This article contains bar graphs and data to summarize key facts about immigration policies, and notes how the Biden administration will impact immigration.
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Jens Manuel Krogstad and Ana Gonzalez-Barrera
March 22, 2021
This article discusses how the Biden administration is moving to create a more fair, humane, and workable immigration system, and asserts that they should use every avenue possible to put undocumented immigrants on a pathway to legal status.
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Silva Mathema, Nicole Prchal Svajlenka, and Sofia Carratala
May 27, 2021
DACA is a federal government program created by President Obama that allows people who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children the temporary right to live, study, and work in America. On September 5th, 2017, President Trump announced that he would begin ending DACA.
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Joanna Waters
September 17, 2017
President Trump announced that he will “wind down” DACA, which protects hundreds of thousands of young immigrants who were brought to the United States illegally as children. There is new legislation proposed to project young immigrants.
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9/6/2017
Since President Trump took political action to try to end DACA, Dreamers have been alternatively crushed and hopeful about their prospect of legally remaining in the United States. In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the administration did not have sufficient justification for terminating DACA.
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Miriam Jordan
6/18/2020
The Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration could not immediately shut down DACA. This decision upholds the belief that our immigrants and our citizens deserve a good government that they can trust.
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Qian Julie Wang
6/18/2020
If DACA was ended, tens of thousands of talented young people could be deported, and this would negatively impact the economy. Ending DACA would also disrupt families and break a commitment to Dreamers, who applied and paid a fee in order to have temporary protection from deportation and the right to work legally in the United States.
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Janet Murguia
Immigration advocacy groups call for permanent legislation to replace the temporary DACA program. Even though the Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration cannot immediately end DACA, Dreamers still face uncertainty about the future and deserve a permanent solution.
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Rafael Bernal
6/19/2020
In 2012, President Obama created DACA, which protected young immigrants without legal documentation from being deported and allowed them to pursue education and job opportunities. President Trump tried to remove DACA protections, which put Dreamers at risk for deportation.
Read ArticleVox
9/6/2017
Miriam Gonzalez, a 6th-grade teacher, was a plaintiff in the DACA case recently brought before the Supreme Court. She is in a mixed-status household, meaning that some of her family members are American citizens, and some do not have legal documentation.
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Shereen Marisol Meraji
6/19/2020
