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Removing Barriers: Expanding In-State Tuition for Dreamers in South Carolina
Employers and communities across South Carolina are facing critical worker shortages with no end in sight. In fact, the state’s unemployment rate of 3.2 percent ranks below the national average. It is imperative that state policies leverage local talent toward a robust workforce by ensuring that every graduate of South Carolina’s high schools can access […]
Read MoreAn Economic Opportunity: Removing Barriers to Higher Education for Dreamers in Arkansas (Update)
This week, Governor Asa Hutchinson signed House Bill 1684 into law, granting DACA recipients access to in-state tuition at Arkansas public colleges and universities. With the unemployment rate at a near record low of 3.8 percent, increasing the local talent pool by ensuring that Arkansas’ DACA recipients can access higher education will help businesses address […]
Read MoreThe Pentagon Is Transferring $1 Billion to Trump’s Border Wall at the Expense of Military Readiness
In an ongoing battle over President Trump’s border wall, the Pentagon is authorizing the transfer of $1 billion from planned military readiness projects to build fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border. Acting Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan announced the decision Monday evening. The Department of Defense (DOD) funds will now go to construction contracts. The Pentagon gave […]
Read MoreRichmond Times Dispatch Opinion: Dreamers deserve the opportunity to live without fear of deportation
A year ago today, I was shaken to my core. March 5 was the day when Congress failed to meet the deadline to save the program that gave young immigrants like me, who were brought to this country as children, the right to work and live without fear of deportation. Suddenly, everything I had known […]
Read MoreCourt Filing Seeks Information Regarding Retaliation Against Immigrants’ Rights Attorneys at Southern Border
The Southern Poverty Law Center, the Center for Constitutional Rights, and the American Immigration Council filed a motion late last week seeking information regarding possible U.S. government harassment and retaliation against the leadership of the immigrants’ rights organization Al Otro Lado.
Read MoreIowa Business Leaders Launch the Iowa Compact on Immigration, Announce Key Principles That Will Drive Immigration Reform in Iowa
DES MOINES, IA — Today, business leaders gathered at the Des Moines Capitol to announce the Iowa Compact on Immigration, a set of principles outlining the need for smart immigration policies at the state and federal levels to drive Iowa’s economy forward. The Iowa Compact on Immigration recognizes and supports the positive impact that immigrants have […]
Read MoreWorkers Detained in Massive Tennessee Immigration Raid Sue ICE
Workers who were detained during the first large-scale workplace immigration raid under the Trump administration filed a class action lawsuit against the government on Thursday. The raid, which took place in April 2018, decimated a meat processing plant in Bean Station, a rural community outside of Knoxville, Tennessee. The raid by U.S. Immigration and Customs […]
Read MoreBorder Towns Are Among the Safest in the United States
On Monday evening in El Paso, Texas, two very different images of the U.S.-Mexico border emerged. President Trump held a rally to make the case for his border wall again, repeating his usual talking points on the supposed dangers lurking in the region. Just a block away, former Democratic Representative from El Paso, Texas Beto […]
Read MoreTrump’s State of the Union Speech Reflects a Fundamental Misunderstanding of Immigration
Speaking before Congress and the nation Tuesday evening, President Trump once again promised bipartisanship and instead delivered division. When it came to immigration, the president neither offered an olive branch nor acknowledged the devastating effects of his administration’s actions to date. Rather than offer solutions to the actual problems facing immigrants across the country, his […]
Read MoreHow Trump Can Use Immigration to Make the State of the Union Stronger
Immigration will undoubtedly be a central issue during President Trump’s State of the Union address. However, it’s unlikely that any of the proposals the president advances will move us closer to a policy breakthrough. It’s more likely the president will propose ideas that make our immigration system less effective and do little to keep us […]
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