Executive Action

Executive Action

A New Vision for Immigration Creates a Welcoming and Inclusive Immigration System

A New Vision for Immigration Creates a Welcoming and Inclusive Immigration System

President Joseph R. Biden announced a welcoming and inclusive vision for immigration in a legislative proposal that provides a path to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants who call the United States home. Read More

The Biden Administration and Congress Must Guarantee Legal Representation for People Facing Removal

The Biden Administration and Congress Must Guarantee Legal Representation for People Facing Removal

The Biden administration should take steps immediately upon entering office to expand federally funded legal representation programs for people facing removal. Here's why. Read More

How Biden Can Reform Immigration Enforcement and Detention

How Biden Can Reform Immigration Enforcement and Detention

This article is part of the Moving Forward on Immigration series that explores the future of immigration in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election.  When the Biden administration takes office on January 20, it will have both the opportunity and responsibility to begin the difficult work of reforming immigration… Read More

Comment on CBP Proposed Rule To Drastically Expand the Use of Facial Recognition Technology

Comment on CBP Proposed Rule To Drastically Expand the Use of Facial Recognition Technology

The Proposed Rule would drastically expand the use of unproven facial recognition technology at ports of entry throughout the United States. Read More

What to Expect for the J-1 Exchange Program Under Biden

What to Expect for the J-1 Exchange Program Under Biden

The Trump administration has used the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse to curtail many immigrant and nonimmigrant visa programs, including J-1 cultural exchange visitors. But with vaccines on the immediate horizon and a new Biden administration soon to take office, what should we expect for programs like the J-1… Read More

Foreign Student Admission Restrictions Hurt America’s Leadership in Innovation

Foreign Student Admission Restrictions Hurt America’s Leadership in Innovation

The proposal would negatively impact American colleges and universities and foreign students seeking a higher education degree in the United States and have long-term effects for the legal immigration system. Read More

Summary of Proposed Changes to Student and Exchange Visitor Admissions Process by DHS

Summary of Proposed Changes to Student and Exchange Visitor Admissions Process by DHS

This document provides a summary of the Department of Homeland Security’s September 25, 2020, Proposed Rule, “Establishing a Fixed Time Period of Admission and an Extension of Stay Procedure for Nonimmigrant Academic Students, Exchange Visitors, and Representatives of Foreign Information Media.” The summary explains the changes DHS is proposing… Read More

The Trump Administration Expands Legal Immigration Ban, Using COVID-19 Pandemic as Excuse

The Trump Administration Expands Legal Immigration Ban, Using COVID-19 Pandemic as Excuse

The Trump administration has banned foreign nationals on certain employment-based nonimmigrant visas from entering the United States. The new ban begins June 24, at 12:01 am ET. The administration also extended its April 23 ban on the entry of certain immigrants, which would have expired on June 22. These… Read More

The Supreme Court Gave DACA a Lifeline. Now Trump and Congress Need to Create a Path to Citizenship for Dreamers.  

The Supreme Court Gave DACA a Lifeline. Now Trump and Congress Need to Create a Path to Citizenship for Dreamers.  

The Supreme Court issued its long-anticipated decision in DHS v. Regents of the University of California—the case challenging the administration’s attempt to dismantle the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative. The Court ruled on June 18 that the administration did not adequately explain its decision to end… Read More

What You Need to Know About Trump’s Proposal to Eliminate the US Asylum System

What You Need to Know About Trump’s Proposal to Eliminate the US Asylum System

In sweeping new proposed regulations announced on June 11, the Trump administration took the first step toward administering a final blow to the U.S. asylum system. The proposed rules, which impose nearly a dozen new bars to asylum, would rewrite asylum law to exclude nearly all people seeking refuge. Read More

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