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4 Feb 2021

Biden’s early immigration orders will review Trump policy

Biden on Tuesday will establish a task force to reunite separated families, but officials say his early executive actions on immigration remain constrained by Trump's tangle of executive orders and administrative restrictions on immigration, as well as by public health concerns amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Biden on Tuesday will establish a task force to reunite separated families, but officials say his early executive...

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1 Jan 2021

Trump extends immigration restrictions, citing pandemic’s impact on labor market

President Donald Trump extended certain restrictions on legal immigration and on visas that allow immigrants to temporarily work in the United States on Thursday, just hours before those restrictions were set to lapse. Trump extended the restrictions through March 31, two months after he will leave office.
President Donald Trump extended certain restrictions on legal immigration and on visas that allow immigrants to...
22 Dec 2020

COVID-19 vaccine: Undocumented immigrants fear getting dose

As the COVID-19 vaccine makes its way throughout the United States, immigration activists and lawmakers are rallying to ensure that the 11 million undocumented immigrants at the heart of the nation's food production and service industry sectors are not left out.
As the COVID-19 vaccine makes its way throughout the United States, immigration activists and lawmakers are...
5 Nov 2020

Kristin Urquiza’s Father Died From COVID, Feeling Betrayed by Trump, and Then She Helped Turn Arizona Blue

Urquiza became one of the stars of the convention and then did something under the radar: She got to work on turning her home state of Arizona blue and spoke to Newsweek after helping to accomplish
Urquiza became one of the stars of the convention and then did something under the radar: She got to work on turning her...
6 Oct 2020

Pence ordered borders closed after CDC experts refused

Two former U.S. health officials tell AP that Vice President Mike Pence in March directed the nation’s top disease control agency to use its emergency powers to effectively seal the borders against immigrants and asylum seekers over the objections of its scientists
Two former U.S. health officials tell AP that Vice President Mike Pence in March directed the nation’s top disease...

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10 Sep 2020

Trump Admin Finalizes Virus Immigration Restriction Rule

A final rule that empowers the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to restrict immigration in response to the COVID-19 pandemic was left largely intact since it was first announced in March, despite hundreds of public comments challenging its legality.
A final rule that empowers the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to restrict immigration in response to the...

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14 May 2020

House aid package contains key immigration measures

The latest coronavirus relief package unveiled Tuesday by House Democrats contains a handful of immigration-related provisions very likely to become flashpoints during negotiations. A couple, however, may have a fighting chance at bipartisan support. The bill contains provisions allowing immigrant physicians engaged in U.S. work related to COVID-19 to bypass a long wait for a ...
The latest coronavirus relief package unveiled Tuesday by House Democrats contains a handful of immigration-related...
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Stephen Miller: The campaign to cut immigration to the United States amid the coronavirus pandemic

In a late-night tweet last month, President Donald Trump teased a sweeping executive order that would suspend immigration to the United States due to the coronavirus pandemic, building up anticipation among allies who for years have urged Trump to reduce levels of immigration. But the text of the proclamation, released days later, fell far short of the President's promise.
In a late-night tweet last month, President Donald Trump teased a sweeping executive order that would suspend...
21 Apr 2020

Scant Testing in US Migration System Risks Spreading Virus

The Trump administration’s failure to test all but a small percentage of detained immigrants for the novel coronavirus may be helping it spread through the United States’ sprawling system of detention centers and then to Central America and elsewhere aboard regular deportation flights, migrants' advocates said Friday.
The Trump administration’s failure to test all but a small percentage of detained immigrants for the novel coronavirus...
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11 Apr 2020

Immigrant doctors face challenges to work, even in coronavirus pandemic

Doctors and other health care workers who are not U.S. citizens are facing a second challenge as they fight one of the worst pandemics the nation has ever seen: Ensuring their paperwork will allow them to work in the United States.
Doctors and other health care workers who are not U.S. citizens are facing a second challenge as they fight one of the...
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9 Apr 2020

U.S. Immigration Officials Evaluate Vulnerable Detainees for Possible Release Amid Pandemic

U.S. immigration officials said on Tuesday they are considering releasing some detainees at high risk for coronavirus infection as detainees and workers have tested positive for the resulting COVID-19 illness.
U.S. immigration officials said on Tuesday they are considering releasing some detainees at high risk for coronavirus...
7 Apr 2020

Immigration Lawyers Sue to Keep Foreign Nationals in Lawful Status

The American Immigration Lawyers Association filed suit against U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today seeking the immediate suspension of immigration benefit deadlines and the maintenance of status for individuals on nonimmigrant visas, a group that includes students and exchange scholars and foreign healthcare workers with temporary visas. “This Court should declare
The American Immigration Lawyers Association filed suit against U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today seeking...

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2 Apr 2020

DACA: Will SCOTUS let Trump deport 27,000 healthcare workers despite coronavirus?

Medical and healthcare associations warned the high court last year that in a pandemic, the US healthcare worker shortage would be greatly exacerbated by the Trump administration's decision to rescind Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA.
Medical and healthcare associations warned the high court last year that in a pandemic, the US healthcare worker...
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24 Mar 2020

$2 Trillion Coronavirus Aid Package Stalls in U.S. Senate

A far-reaching coronavirus economic stimulus package remained stalled in the U.S. Senate on Monday as Democrats said it contained too little money for states and hospitals and not enough restrictions on a fund to help big businesses.
A far-reaching coronavirus economic stimulus package remained stalled in the U.S. Senate on Monday as Democrats said it...

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