What Immigrants Need to Know About the New Medicaid Eligibility Restrictions
Published Oct 1, 2026 Congress has introduced Medicaid eligibility restrictions for immigrants who have experienced domestic violence and human trafficking, among others.
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New DACA Survey Results Confirm Gains for Recipients, Highlight Risks of Uncertainty as Cases Head to the Supreme Court
New DACA Survey Results Confirm Gains for Recipients, Highlight Risks of Uncertainty as Cases Head to the Supreme Court
Published Sep 25, 2019 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) has provided approximately 825,000 immigrant youth with work permits and temporary protection from deportation since 2012. In September 2017, the Trump administration announced it was rescinding...
I spent a week at the border with families seeking asylum. Here’s what they’re facing.
I spent a week at the border with families seeking asylum. Here’s what they’re facing.
Published Sep 13, 2019 Last week I was sitting on the floor of a stiflingly hot building in Tijuana with an 18-month-old girl. We were scribbling in a coloring book. She was sprawled on her stomach with a concentrated look on her tiny face, handing each crayon back...
How ICE Blurs the Line between Enforcement of Civil Immigration Violations and Enforcement of Criminal Laws
How ICE Blurs the Line between Enforcement of Civil Immigration Violations and Enforcement of Criminal Laws
Published Aug 27, 2019 When Congress heads back to Washington, DC, after its long August recess, it will resume the ongoing debate over how many taxpayer dollars the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) should be allocated to do its work. Much of that debate...
3 Things You Should Know about Trump’s Immigration Wealth Test
3 Things You Should Know about Trump’s Immigration Wealth Test
Published Aug 20, 2019 The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently published its final set of regulations on “public charge,” which amount to a racially-motivated wealth test on immigrant families and individuals pursuing a healthy, stable future in...
How ICE Uses Driver’s License Photos and DMV Databases
How ICE Uses Driver’s License Photos and DMV Databases
Published Aug 6, 2019 Local, state, and federal law enforcement, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), have long relied on driver’s license databases to obtain information (such as addresses) about drivers and car owners. For many years, the...
HUD’s “Mixed-Status” Rule Is the Latest Attack on the Immigrant Community
HUD’s “Mixed-Status” Rule Is the Latest Attack on the Immigrant Community
Published Jul 8, 2019 From family separations at the border to a proposed “public charge” rule that would punish immigrant families for using health, housing, and nutrition programs, the Trump administration has been issuing policies that strike fear within...
Hard Work by Brave People Made House Passage of the Dream and Promise Act Possible, but Much Work Remains
Hard Work by Brave People Made House Passage of the Dream and Promise Act Possible, but Much Work Remains
Published Jun 7, 2019 The coming-of-age experience of someone with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), like me, is very different from that of someone who is fully undocumented. Though my family did have to come up with an almost prohibitive sum of money...
Trump Demands Border Wall in the Face of Evidence Documenting Harms to Migrants, Border Communities, and the Environment
Trump Demands Border Wall in the Face of Evidence Documenting Harms to Migrants, Border Communities, and the Environment
Published May 7, 2019 In February, President Trump declared a national emergency so that he could allocate $6.7 billion in taxpayer dollars, without congressional appropriation, to construct more wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. In February, a 16-state coalition...
Research Shows a Citizenship Question Would Suppress Participation among Latinxs and Immigrants in the 2020 Census, Undermining Its Reliability
Research Shows a Citizenship Question Would Suppress Participation among Latinxs and Immigrants in the 2020 Census, Undermining Its Reliability
Published Apr 22, 2019 The U.S. Constitution requires a decennial census of all persons living in the country, and our nation has carried out this duty since 1790. Specifically, the census must count all people living in the U.S. and record where they live. These...
Worksite Immigration Raids Terrorize Workers and Communities Now, and Their Devastating Consequences Are Long-Term
Worksite Immigration Raids Terrorize Workers and Communities Now, and Their Devastating Consequences Are Long-Term
Published Apr 11, 2019 Early in the Trump administration, U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials promised to increase worksite enforcement actions that specifically target immigrant workers. Subsequently, raids conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs...
Congress Adds its Voice to the Fight Against the Muslim Ban
Congress Adds its Voice to the Fight Against the Muslim Ban
Published Apr 10, 2019 More than two years have passed since the Trump administration implemented the first version of its Muslim ban, and communities continue to suffer its consequences. The version of the ban currently in effect prevents nationals of five...
Dream and Promise Act: An Important Step Forward for Our Communities
Dream and Promise Act: An Important Step Forward for Our Communities
Published Mar 14, 2019 Earlier this week, a bill — the Dream and Promise Act of 2019 — was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives that would provide long-overdue, permanent relief to people who have become even more vulnerable since President Trump and...
House “Medicare for All” Bill Tears Down Walls
House “Medicare for All” Bill Tears Down Walls
Published Feb 27, 2019
Don’t Be Fooled: Funding for ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Is Funding for Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Agenda
Don’t Be Fooled: Funding for ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Is Funding for Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Agenda
Published Feb 8, 2019 While the public may think that Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) focuses primarily on national security and transnational crime, HSI is also responsible for certain immigration enforcement functions inside the U.S. (known as “interior...
Redacted National Vetting Center Implementation Plan Raises More Concerns Than It Answers
Redacted National Vetting Center Implementation Plan Raises More Concerns Than It Answers
Published Jan 31, 2019 The Trump administration recently released a redacted version of its implementation plan (dated August 2018 but not released until December 2018) for a newly created National Vetting Center (NVC). The NVC project was first announced by...
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