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Trump-McConnell Bill Is an Anti-Immigrant Wish List
Published Jan 23, 2019 For over a month, President Trump and Senate Majority Leader McConnell have remained at the helm of what is by far the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. Both Trump and McConnell are responsible for holding the paychecks of...
Trump Can Try to Rebrand It, but the New Refugee and Muslim Ban Is Still Illegal
Published Mar 9, 2017 On January 27, President Trump tried to sell the country on a losing (and unconstitutional) idea: that banning vulnerable refugees and people from certain Muslim-majority countries was somehow a matter of national...
In his final months in office, will the president choose compassion or more deportations?
Published Jun 30, 2016 The Supreme Court tie in U.S. v. Texas was a frustrating setback for millions of immigrant families, but the fight must continue and another question of historical significance for immigrants looms large: Will President Obama, in the final...
COVID-19 Doesn’t Discriminate — Neither Should Congress’s Response
Avideh Moussavian and Manar Waheed
Published Apr 2, 2020 Congress’s third bill addressing the impacts of COVID-19, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, was a necessary attempt to respond to this public health crisis, but its exclusion of immigrant communities is downright...