The House of Representatives has just passed the American Dream and Promise Act 2021. The bill, sponsored by California Democratic Representative Lucille Roybal-Allard, would provide a pathway to citizenship for DREAMers, Temporary Protected Status recipients, and Deferred Enforcement Departure beneficiaries. Up to 4.4 million individuals might be eligible for permanent residence under the bill. All House Read More
HHS Will Use Dallas Convention Center As Temporary Migrant Housing
The Biden administration now plans to use Dallas’ Key Bailey Hutchison Convention Center to temporarily house over 2,000 migrant teenagers. Director of the Dallas Office of Emergency Management Rocky Vaz described the facility as a “decompression center.” It will be housing boys ages 15 to 17. The facility will offer migrant children access to educational, medical, mental health, and recreational services. The US Read More
DHS Enlists Help of FEMA
This past Saturday, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas directed the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to help process the high levels of unaccompanied minors arriving at the border. The 90 day government-wide effort will safely receive, shelter, and transfer children. The Department of Homeland Security also announced that the federal government is working to move children from U.S. Read More
Biden Administration Halts Enforcement of 2019 Public Charge Rule
This Wednesday, the Biden administration announced the end of the 2019 “public charge” restrictions following the reinstatement of a federal court order blocking the policy. The Department of Homeland Security determined the legal battles the policy incurred to be an inefficient use of government resources, and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas described the 2019 policy as “not in keeping with Read More
TPS and DED: Venezuela
Recently, Biden’s Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas designated Venezuela for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). This allows Venezuelan nationals and individuals without nationality who last resided in Venezuela to file TPS applications. It is only open to individuals who can prove continued residence in the United States since March 8th, 2021. There will be a 180-day registration period. TPS Read More
House of Representatives Delays Vote On U.S. Citizenship Act
The House of Representatives has delayed the vote on Biden’s U.S. Citizenship Act until April. The vote was originally scheduled for March, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi expressed concern about the shortage of necessary votes. Arizona Representative Tom O'Halleran said the bill was “just not quite ready yet” and House Judiciary Chair Jerry Nadler mentioned the need to “engage in some consultations with key Read More
A Judicial Loss In The Fight Against Deportation
The Supreme Court has just further complicated the lives of many immigrants, putting them at a disadvantage in the fight against deportation. Tuesday’s 5-to-3 ruling placed the burden of proof on undocumented immigrants seeking to challenge deportation orders. The ruling came in the case of Clemente Pereida, who used a fake Social Security card to get a job as a janitor. He pled no contest to the crime of “attempted Read More
The Fight For Family Reunification In the United States
This Monday, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced a new policy regarding family reunification. Separated migrant families will now have the option to be reunified in either the United States or their home countries. Furthermore, the Biden administration plans to offer families reuniting within the United States more support and opportunities to stay in the country. The decision came from Read More
President Biden Ends Trump-Era Green Card Freeze
President Joe Biden lifted Trump’s temporary freeze on green cards this past Wednesday. Former president Trump had halted the issuance of green cards last spring in response to the pandemic. In his 2020 proclamation, Trump deemed immigrants a “risk to the U.S. labor market.” This original order applied to the entirety of 2020, and was later extended to the end of March. Trump’s freeze blocked the majority of legal Read More
Biden Scraps Trump-Era Changes to Citizen Test
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services confirmed their plan to scrap Trump’s citizenship test this past Monday. In early December 2020, Donald Trump made several changes to the U.S. Citizenship Test that complicated the exam. Its length was doubled, the number of possible questions increased, and some answers were altered with a conservative bias. Furthermore, very little notice was given in advance of Read More
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