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1 Apr 2021

No Ruling in Case Deciding Fate of DACA Immigration Program

HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge did not immediately rule Tuesday on a closely watched case over the fate of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which confers limited protections on hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought into the U.S. as children.
HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge did not immediately rule Tuesday on a closely watched case over the fate of the...
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23 Dec 2020

Federal judge in Texas weighs legality of DACA, putting the program at risk again

Just weeks after a federal court ordered that Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals be restored, a judge in Texas heard arguments in a case challenging the legality of the program, which shields hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants who came to the US as children from deportation.
Just weeks after a federal court ordered that Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals be restored, a judge in Texas heard...
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8 Dec 2020

Court’s DACA ruling welcome news, but immigration reform needed, advocates say

Local immigrants and advocates Saturday hailed a federal judge’s order for the Trump administration to restore a program designed to protect young undocumented people from deportation, but warned that legislative action was urgently needed to reform the nation’s outmoded immigration system.
Local immigrants and advocates Saturday hailed a federal judge’s order for the Trump administration to restore a...
3 Dec 2020

After four years of uncertainty, Minnesota DACA recipients seek more than a return to normal.

What will Joe Biden do for DACA recipients? Minnesota Dreamers might be able to work, study, and travel with a return to 2012 rules. But Rep. Ilhan Omar and others want comprehensive immigration reform.
What will Joe Biden do for DACA recipients? Minnesota Dreamers might be able to work, study, and travel with a return to...
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24 Nov 2020

Biden plans big changes in immigration system

Nearly 15 years ago, then-Senator Joe Biden voted to fund hundreds of miles of new fencing along the border with Mexico. He was joined by Senators Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and other Democrats. One of the first things President-elect Biden said he will do after being sworn in on January 20 is halt the construction of President Donald Trump's
Nearly 15 years ago, then-Senator Joe Biden voted to fund hundreds of miles of new fencing along the border with Mexico....

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17 Nov 2020

Judge says acting DHS secretary appointment unlawful, invalidates DACA suspension

A federal judge ruled on Saturday that acting Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Chad Wolf was unlawfully appointed, thus invalidating his suspension of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (
A federal judge ruled on Saturday that acting Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Chad Wolf was unlawfully...
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Federal judge says new DACA rules are invalid

Chad Wolf was not legally serving as acting Homeland Security secretary when he signed rules limiting applications and renewals for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, and those rules are now invalid, a federal judge ruled Saturday.
Chad Wolf was not legally serving as acting Homeland Security secretary when he signed rules limiting applications and...
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14 Nov 2020

Trump immigration policies won’t be easy for Biden to reverse

Family separations. The travel ban. The wall. Gutting the asylum and refugee systems. Pushing to abolish DACA.Those policies implemented by President Donald Trump helped define his legacy, fulfilling some of his campaign promises while enraging many Americans and further isolating the U.S. from the world. President-elect Joe Biden has vowed to reverse most of those restrictionist policies, but it could take months, or even many years, to do so.
Family separations. The travel ban. The wall. Gutting the asylum and refugee systems. Pushing to abolish DACA.Those...
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29 Aug 2020

DACA recipients challenge latest Trump administration attempt to gut program

Participants in the Obama-era program shielding undocumented immigrants who came to the US as children from deportation are challenging the Trump administration's latest effort to limit the program, the first targeted challenge against the full set of new rules.
Participants in the Obama-era program shielding undocumented immigrants who came to the US as children from deportation...
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26 Aug 2020

DACA program faces uncertainty amid 2020 election

On Monday, the Trump administration announced new guidance for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.  The new guidance denies any new applicants from applying for DACA along with making current DACA recipients renew their permits every year instead of every two years. DACA recipients are also not able to leave the U.S. without permission.
On Monday, the Trump administration announced new guidance for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. ...
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26 Aug 2020

USCIS Issues Guidance Limiting DACA

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on Monday issued guidance detailing how it will implement a policy change by Acting U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf curbing the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which provides protection from deportation and work authorization to certain young immigrants who were brought to the U.S. without
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on Monday issued guidance detailing how it will implement a policy change by...
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31 Jul 2020

AILA: Trump’s Wind-Down of DACA Once Again Throws Dreamers’ Lives into Turmoil

AILA President Jennifer Minear and AILA Executive Director Benjamin Johnson respond to the Trump administration announcement that it will begin to wind down legal protections for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients while it conducts a review of the program.
AILA President Jennifer Minear and AILA Executive Director Benjamin Johnson respond to the Trump administration...
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31 Jul 2020

With election looming, Trump hardens stance against ‘Dreamer’ immigrant program

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, bolstering his tough immigration stance in an election year, said on Tuesday it will reject any new applications for the so-called 'Dreamer' immigrant program and shorten the deportation protections of those whose eligibility is soon to expire.
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, bolstering his tough immigration stance in an election year, said on...
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8 Jul 2020

Trump expected to refile paperwork to end DACA this week

President Trump is expected to refile paperwork this week to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that offers protections for thousands of young immigrants, according to multiple people familiar with the
President Trump is expected to refile paperwork this week to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)...
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28 Jan 2020

Supreme Court: John Roberts should see this video before ruling on DACA

Matthew Albence, acting director of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said on Thursday that ICE will deport immigrants in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program if the Supreme Court strikes it down later this year. That statement seems tocontradict Chief Justice John Roberts's understanding that such deportations will not happen.
Matthew Albence, acting director of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said on Thursday that ICE will deport...
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28 Dec 2019

Immigration Stories To Watch In 2020

The pace of change in immigration policy over the last three years can feel staggering, even for those of us tasked with reporting and understanding those changes.
The pace of change in immigration policy over the last three years can feel staggering, even for those of us tasked with...
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14 Nov 2019

Dreamers, Democrats Rally Behind DACA as U.S. Top Court Mulls Program’s Fate

Immigrants known as :Dreamers" and senior Democrats rallied behind the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program on Tuesday as the U.S. Supreme Court considered whether to let President Donald Trump end it.
Immigrants known as :Dreamers" and senior Democrats rallied behind the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals...
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15 Jun 2019

HUD Admits It’s Denying Housing Loans To DACA Recipients

Secretary Ben Carson denied in congressional testimony earlier this year that the Department of Housing and Urban Development was denying federally backed loans to certain immigrants. The Trump administration has admitted for the first time that young undocumented immigrants who were brought to the US as children are being turned down for federally backed housing loans, after Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson denied it in congressional testimony earlier this year.
Secretary Ben Carson denied in congressional testimony earlier this year that the Department of Housing and Urban...
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14 Jun 2019

HUD: DACA recipients ineligible for U.S.-backed mortgages

Beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program are ineligible for mortgages backed by the Federal Housing Administration, a top Housing and Urban Development official said, ending months of confusion about the policy for immigrants who were brought here as children.
Beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program are ineligible for mortgages backed by the Federal...
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14 Jun 2019

Kamala Harris’ immigration plan aims to protect migrants, DACA

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has unveiled her plan for immigration, which would use executive authority to guard 6 million undocumented migrants from deportation and offer Dreamers a path to citizens.
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has unveiled her plan for immigration, which would use executive...

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20 Feb 2019

DACA recipients remain in limbo following government spending bill

With the partial government shutdown avoided, one group was left out from the compromise. DACA recipients won't be receiving any benefits for their status and continue to be in limbo. That effects people like Osiris Badillo, a Valley millennial, who is enrolled in college and has a steady income working at a McAllen hotel. "My mom brought me here when I was 15 days old, so basically [the Valley] is my home,” Badillo said. Badillo is originally from Tampico, Mexico.
With the partial government shutdown avoided, one group was left out from the compromise. DACA recipients won't be...
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20 Jan 2019

Exclusive: Trump plans shutdown compromise

Officials say Jared Kushner and Mike Pence have led the crafting of this deal. The offer is expected to include Trump’s $5.7 billion demand for wall money in exchange for the BRIDGE Act — which would extend protections for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) — and also legislation to extend the legal status of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders, according to a source with direct knowledge.
Officials say Jared Kushner and Mike Pence have led the crafting of this deal. The offer is expected to include...
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20 Jan 2019

Supreme Court unlikely to hear Trump DACA appeal

The U.S. Supreme Court took no action Friday on the future of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. It now appears likely that the court will not take up the issue during its current term, which would require the government to keep the program going for at least ten more months.
The U.S. Supreme Court took no action Friday on the future of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. It now...
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1 Sep 2018

Federal judge rules against Texas request to end Dreamers program

A federal judge on Friday denied a request by Texas and other states governed by Republicans to immediately end a program launched by Democratic former president Barack Obama that protects immigrants brought to the United States illegally as children.
A federal judge on Friday denied a request by Texas and other states governed by Republicans to immediately end a...
18 Aug 2018

DC Judge: For Now, No Need to Accept New DACA Applications

A federal judge in Washington who ruled against the Trump administration's plans to end a federal program that shields some young immigrants from deportation won't require the administration to process new applications while it appeals his ruling.
A federal judge in Washington who ruled against the Trump administration's plans to end a federal program that shields...
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13 Jun 2018

Justice Department won’t defend DACA in Texas lawsuit

The Justice Department won't defend the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in a federal lawsuit that Texas and six other states filed last month challenging the constitutionality of the program.
The Justice Department won't defend the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in a federal lawsuit that Texas...
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24 May 2018

Three reasons moderate Republicans are backing an immigration vote to protect dreamers

They’ll need 25 Republicans and all Democrats to force a vote. Some of the lawmakers represent competitive districts in traditionally blue states, such as California and New York. Three are from heavily Hispanic areas in South Florida. Others occupy more conservative seats.
They’ll need 25 Republicans and all Democrats to force a vote. Some of the lawmakers represent competitive districts...
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18 May 2018

DACA: House GOP leaders promise vote on conservative bill

As House Republican leadership furiously searched for a way out of competing immigration uprisings from both ends of their own party, they committed Thursday to hold a vote on a conservative bill that has been demanded by their right flank for months.
As House Republican leadership furiously searched for a way out of competing immigration uprisings from both ends of...
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17 May 2018

Judges hear arguments, ask questions on immigration program – The Washington Post

Federal appeals court judges appeared skeptical Tuesday of the Trump administration’s claim that courts don’t have the power to review the president’s decision to end a program that shields young immigrants from deportation.
Federal appeals court judges appeared skeptical Tuesday of the Trump administration’s claim that courts don’t have...
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15 May 2018

DACA Recipients Scared to Renew Status, Report Says

Despite multiple court rulings that have blocked efforts by the Trump administration to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, several DACA recipients remain nervous about renewing their status, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Despite multiple court rulings that have blocked efforts by the Trump administration to end the Deferred Action for...
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10 May 2018

Dreamers ask to defend DACA program against Texas legal assault

A group of young immigrants asked a U.S. federal court on Tuesday for permission to have a judge consider their interests in a lawsuit filed last week by Texas and six other states to force an end to the program that protects some immigrants who arrived illegally as children from deportation.
A group of young immigrants asked a U.S. federal court on Tuesday for permission to have a judge consider their...
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4 Mar 2018

Congress immigration push sputters as guns grab attention

WASHINGTON (AP) — It has taken just two weeks for Washington's immigration battle to fade from blistering to back-burner. Lawmakers now seem likely to do little or nothing this election year on an effort that’s been eclipsed by Congress’ new focus on guns, bloodied by Senate defeats and relegated to B-level urgency by a Supreme Court ruling.
WASHINGTON (AP) — It has taken just two weeks for Washington's immigration battle to fade from blistering to...
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4 Mar 2018

Top Democrat Says Election Will Decide DACAs Fate

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., has long led the push to provide a permanent legal status for DREAMers — young adults in the United States illegally. This election, the election of new members to the House and Senate, will decide the fate of this issue, Durbin told NPR's All Things Considered on Wednesday.
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., has long led the push to provide a permanent legal status for DREAMers — young adults in the...
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2 Mar 2018

11,000 people renewed DACA in weeks after judges ruling

HOUSTON (AP) — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services says about 11,000 people renewed protections under a program shielding young immigrants from deportation in the weeks after a judge partially reopened it.
HOUSTON (AP) — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services says about 11,000 people renewed protections under a program...
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18 Feb 2018

The Business World Is Livid Over Trumps Immigration Train Wreck

The presidents DACA sabotage is doing him no favors in corporate America. Despite claiming over and over that he has a big heart where DACA recipients are concerned, that he wants to come up with a solution before the March 5 deadline he set, and that if lawmakers came to him with an agreement, I will be signing it, Trump this week chose to torpedo Congress best stab at a bipartisan deal.
The presidents DACA sabotage is doing him no favors in corporate America. Despite claiming over and over that he has a...

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17 Feb 2018

AILA – Senate Bipartisan Efforts to Save Dreamers Destroyed by Veto Threat

AILA expressed deep disappointment in the failure of the Senate to pass commonsense reforms to protect Dreamers. At the same time, AILA commends the many senators who stood firm against the nativist voices demanding legislation to gut legal immigration and make our country weaker.
AILA expressed deep disappointment in the failure of the Senate to pass commonsense reforms to protect Dreamers. At the...
17 Feb 2018

Trump lawyers press Supreme Court to act fast on Dreamers and abortion dispute

The Supreme Court weighs two unusually aggressive appeals from Trump's lawyers, who urge the justices to leapfrog the lower courts and rule quickly on the fate of the Dreamers and on an abortion dispute involving young migrants.
The Supreme Court weighs two unusually aggressive appeals from Trump's lawyers, who urge the justices to leapfrog the...
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16 Feb 2018

Supreme Court will meet behind closed doors Friday on DACA

The Supreme Court will meet behind closed doors Friday to decide whether to take up a lower court opinion that temporarily blocked President Donald Trumps effort to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals immigration program.
The Supreme Court will meet behind closed doors Friday to decide whether to take up a lower court opinion that...
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8 Feb 2018

Courts, White House Sow Confusion About March 5 DACA Deadline

When the Trump administration chose to terminate President Obamas Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in September, it gave it gave Congress until March 5 to come up with a way to protect the program’s nearly 700,000 young immigrants from deportation. After months of negotiations, there is no deal in sight
When the Trump administration chose to terminate President Obamas Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program...
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8 Feb 2018

Pelosis Dreamers protest leaves some Democrats underwhelmed

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi spoke on the House floor Wednesday for a record-breaking eight hours, vowing to speak — and stand — until Republicans concede protections for so-called Dreamers. But for some members on both ends of her caucus who tuned in, the daylong protest did little to repair the fissure pitting lawmakers against one another on immigration and budget talks.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi spoke on the House floor Wednesday for a record-breaking eight hours, vowing to speak...
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8 Feb 2018

Republican Graham says temporary immigration protections likely

Republican U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham said on Tuesday he believed Congress would likely agree to a temporary continuation of protections for so-called Dreamers who were brought to the United States illegally as children.
Republican U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham said on Tuesday he believed Congress would likely agree to a temporary...
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27 Jan 2018

White House Framework on Immigration Reform & Border Security–Nothing Reasonable here…

Securing the Southern and Northern border of the United States takes a combination of physical infrastructure, technology, personnel, resources, authorities, and the ability to close legal loopholes that are exploited by smugglers, traffickers, cartels, criminals and terrorists.
Securing the Southern and Northern border of the United States takes a combination of physical infrastructure,...
25 Jan 2018

Actually, DREAMers do not have until March 5

For months, the White House has pushed a false talking point that March 5, 2018 is the key deadline to pass a permanent congressional solution to ensure a group of Dreamers do not fall at risk of deportation.But that date doesn’t actually mean anything.
For months, the White House has pushed a false talking point that March 5, 2018 is the key deadline to pass a permanent...
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