Stories tagged: "immigration rights"


susana lujano
Senators Re-Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Give Dreamers a Pathway to Citizenship

"We are encouraged by the bipartisan renewal effort by Sen. Durbin and Sen. Graham to legalize Dreamers."

asylum seeker
Where Refugees to the US Come from, and Why

In the first two years of Biden’s presidency, only approximately 37,000 refugees were admitted into the US—less than any president since the US refugee resettlement program began in 1980.

Photo by Drake Presto/Cronkite Borderlands Project
Migrants Stuck in Southern Mexico Still Rely on Money From Family To Live

For the estimated 30,000 migrants scattered around Tapachula who are waiting to continue their migration journeys, there are the limited avenues for survival – selling goods without a permit, joining the long lines of people seeking government assistance or collecting remittances from home.

(Photo by HERIKA MARTINEZ / AFP) (Photo by HERIKA MARTINEZ/AFP via Getty Images)
America Is Failing Its Non-Citizen Veterans

The Biden Administration has committed reunite deported veterans with their families and help immigrant service members obtain US citizenship.

border separated families
400 Migrant Children Separated By Trump Administration Have Been Reunited With Families

"We still haven’t located nearly 200 families. I think the Biden administration would agree that there’s a lot of work yet to be done."

supreme court immigration deportation policy
Supreme Court Rules Against Biden’s Deportation Policies. Here’s Why That’s Dangerous.

"We're seeing that the Supreme Court is still more aligned with items that President Trump wanted to execute."

A person holding bags walking toward a "to Mexico" sign
Supreme Court Says ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy for Asylum Seekers Can End

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Thursday said the Biden administration can terminate a Trump-era policy that let the US turn away asylum seekers at the southern border and force them to wait in Mexico for their court proceedings. In its final ruling of the term, the 5-4 court said the Biden administration was within...