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Utah Business Leaders Unite to Reaffirm Support for Principles of Utah Compact on Immigration
Salt Lake City, UT — On Thursday, March 21, 2019, Utah business and civic leaders will officially reaffirm their support of the Utah Compact on Immigration, a set of key principles outlining the need for smart immigration policies to drive Utah’s economy forward. Initially adopted in 2010, the Utah Compact on Immigration includes the signatories […]
Read MoreTopeka Capital-Journal Opinion: Rev. Bobby Love Sr.: Imagine infusing politics with moral principle
Before the midterm elections, a number of anti-immigrant advertisements aired on television around Kansas that seemed to fan the flames of division. U.S. News and World Report called our state’s races “some of the ugliest of the year,” saying that the Republican Congressional Leadership Fund super PAC spent more money here than anywhere else in […]
Read MoreAn Update on TPS: A Promising New Bill, More Lawsuits, and an Uncertain Future
More than 300,000 Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders whose status was due to expire in the coming months have new reasons to be hopeful. On the legislative front, Congress proposed a new bill to provide permanent status in the United States for many TPS holders and Dreamers. Separately, the Trump administration gave TPS holders from […]
Read MoreDallas News Opinion: Beyond the wall: Why fewer foreign students are coming to Texas
The fallout from the immigration debate doesn’t end at the border wall. President Donald Trump’s words and policies are affecting legal immigration, too, and the consequences are evident at U.S. universities. Last year, applications to graduate programs from international students declined for the second year in a row, and even fast-growing Texas colleges have not been immune. In […]
Read MoreFederal Judge Rules Government Must Reunite Thousands More Separated Families
In recent weeks, alarming stories have surfaced indicating that thousands more children were forcibly separated from their parents at the southern border than originally thought. In response to this and earlier reports that the government had begun separating parents as early as 2017, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) asked a federal judge to expand […]
Read MoreAfter Shutdown Loss, Trump Doubles Down on Immigration in His New Budget
After weeks of tense negotiations, Congress averted a second government shutdown last month by reaching a bipartisan agreement on the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 budget—a budget which gave President Trump very little of his border demands. Undeterred, the president made a budget request for the next fiscal year on Monday. He called for $8.6 billion […]
Read MoreAmerica’s Asylum System Must Ensure the Protection of LGBTQ People
A group of drag queens—clad in feathered boas and wigs—gathered at a stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas last week to protest construction of President Trump’s border wall. Lip-syncing to the tunes of Lady Gaga, they hoped to raise money in support of LGBTQ asylum seekers. Though the performance was meant to be lighthearted, […]
Read MoreHighlighting the Economic Contributions of Immigrant Women
In celebration of the International Women’s Day, we shine a light on the many ways that immigrant women in the United States are contributing to the economy and American society. In 2017, about 23 million immigrant women lived in the United States, making up 7.1 percent of the country’s total population and 51.7 percent of […]
Read MoreDHS Secretary Denies Responsibility for Family Separation, Asks Congress to Limit Asylum Protections
In a combative hearing before Congress on Wednesday, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen testified for the first time since Democrats became the majority in the House of Representatives. During the House Homeland Security Committee hearing, Nielsen refused to admit culpability in family separation, denied reports that asylum seekers are being turned away […]
Read MoreFederal Court Certifies Two Nationwide Classes Challenging Delays in Detained Asylum Seekers’ Cases
A federal district court in Seattle, Washington has certified two nationwide classes of detained asylum seekers who are challenging the government’s delays in providing asylum interviews and bond hearings.
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