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    Language Access and Civil Rights: Analyzing the Impact of the Executive Order Claiming to Make English the Official National Language

    Language Access and Civil Rights: Analyzing the Impact of the Executive Order Claiming to Make English the Official National Language

    Joanna E. Cuevas Ingram and Ben D’Avanzo

    Mar 24, 2025 On March 2, President Trump issued an executive order, “Designating English as the Official Language of the United States.” This commentary reviews preexisting law and policy regarding language access in the United States, how this...

    5 Things You Should Know About Trump’s Alien Enemies Act Proclamation

    5 Things You Should Know About Trump’s Alien Enemies Act Proclamation

    Raha Wala

    Mar 17, 2025 President Trump’s proclamation invoking the Alien Enemies Act is an affront to democracy, human rights, and the rule of law. We intend to take swift action to mobilize in the streets, in Congress, and in the courts to quash this dangerous...

    Data Shows Sanctuary Policies Make Communities Safer, Healthier And More Prosperous

    Data Shows Sanctuary Policies Make Communities Safer, Healthier And More Prosperous

    Isobel Mohyeddin

    Mar 5, 2025 The Trump administration is threatening to revoke federal funding for cities and localities that limit local officials’ role in federal immigration enforcement – a coercive tactic to get local officials to cede their power and bend to a...

    Planes de registro de Trump: lo que sabemos hasta ahora

    Planes de registro de Trump: lo que sabemos hasta ahora

    Heidi Altman and Jessie Hahn

    Mar 4, 2025 La administración de Trump anunció que exigiría que algunos inmigrantes indocumentados se registraran ante el gobierno federal. Esto es lo que sabemos hasta ahora (a partir del 4 de marzo de 2025):...

    Trump Registry Plans: What We Know So Far

    Trump Registry Plans: What We Know So Far

    Heidi Altman and Jessie Hahn

    Mar 4, 2025 The Trump administration announced it would require some undocumented immigrants to register with the federal government. Here’s what we know so far (as of March 4, 2025).

    Five Things to Know About the Executive Order Targeting Immigrants and Federal Assistance Programs

    Five Things to Know About the Executive Order Targeting Immigrants and Federal Assistance Programs

    Ben D’Avanzo

    Feb 20, 2025 On Feb. 19, President Trump signed an executive order order that claims to take aim at undocumented immigrants’ access to social services and other government assistance. However, as NILC noted in our statement, it scapegoats immigrants while...

    Existing Restrictions on Immigrants’ Eligibility for Federal Assistance Leave Little Left to Cut

    Existing Restrictions on Immigrants’ Eligibility for Federal Assistance Leave Little Left to Cut

    Ben D’Avanzo

    Feb 10, 2025 Congressional leaders are considering legislation that would increase the deficit due to higher spending on immigration enforcement and defense programs while renewing and expanding tax...

    This Bill Would Slash City and State Funding for Not Facilitating Mass Deportations

    This Bill Would Slash City and State Funding for Not Facilitating Mass Deportations

    Ben D’Avanzo

    Jan 23, 2025 Congress is soon expected to consider the “No Bailout for Sanctuary Cities” Act. NILC urges Members of Congress to vote no on this harmful legislation.

    Analysis of Trump Day 1 Executive Orders: Unconstitutional, Illegal, and Cruel

    Analysis of Trump Day 1 Executive Orders: Unconstitutional, Illegal, and Cruel

    Jan 21, 2025 The second Trump administration began with a slew of executive orders designed to terrify and devastate immigrants, their families, and communities across the United States.

    Entering Trump’s Second Term, Let’s Heed this Call from Dr. King

    Entering Trump’s Second Term, Let’s Heed this Call from Dr. King

    Sheila Miller

    Jan 17, 2025 On January 20, 2025, we commemorate civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The date coincides with the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump.

    5 cosas que debes saber sobre la Ley Laken Riley

    5 cosas que debes saber sobre la Ley Laken Riley

    Heidi Altman

    Jan 10, 2025 El proyecto de ley Laken Riley no es una medida de seguridad pública, sino más bien un ataque a las protecciones constitucionales establecidas que no contribuiría nada a la seguridad de las comunidades si se promulgara como...

    Five Things to Know about the Laken Riley Act

    Five Things to Know about the Laken Riley Act

    Heidi Altman

    Jan 6, 2025 The Laken Riley Act exploits personal tragedy to fuel anti-immigrant rhetoric. This bill is not a public safety measure, but rather an attack on established constitutional protections that would do nothing to keep communities safe if enacted...

    Budget Reconciliation and Immigration Policy: Potential Areas of Impact for 2025

    Budget Reconciliation and Immigration Policy: Potential Areas of Impact for 2025

    Heidi Altman and Ben D’Avanzo

    Dec 13, 2024 Republican leadership has stated they plan to move two major bills on reconciliation. This analysis provides an overview of the reconciliation process from the lens of policies that impact immigrants, highlighting the potential and limits of...

    Standing Up For Immigrants’ Health and Wellbeing

    Standing Up For Immigrants’ Health and Wellbeing

    Ben D’Avanzo

    Dec 9, 2024 With a new Republican-controlled White House and Congress taking power in January, champions for immigrants' health and well-being are concerned about the many ways policymakers may attempt to restrict or deter immigrants from accessing federal...

    Health Insurance Enrollment for DACA Recipients is Here!

    Health Insurance Enrollment for DACA Recipients is Here!

    Isobel Mohyeddin

    Nov 1, 2024 In May 2024, the Biden-Harris administration made the major announcement that DACA recipients...