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    Trump Wants to Lock Immigrants Out of their Bank Accounts. Here’s What to Know.

    Yarely Martinez-Lopez

    Published Aug 13, 2026 While current banking laws remain in place, new federal guidance aims to make it harder for immigrant families to manage their money.

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    The Impact of Immigration Enforcement and Anti-Immigrant Policies on K-12 Schools, Educators, and Immigrant Youth and Families

    Published Aug 4, 2026 This report summarizes a timely national qualitative case study documenting the acute structural and emotional shocks rippling through America’s public education system due to heightened federal immigration enforcement...

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    Tell Your Representatives in Congress to Support the Dream and Promise Act Discharge Petition

    Stephanie Olvido

    Published Jul 23, 2026 Across the country, immigrants with TPS and DACA are losing the ability to work, drive, and ultimately continue their lives in the United States. Join us in urging your House representative to sign the Dream and Promise Act discharge petition...

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    Hundreds of Thousands of Immigrants are Losing Health Care and Food Aid, Thanks to Congress

    Ben D’Avanzo and Yarely Martinez-Lopez

    Published Jul 15, 2026 A year after H.R. 1 passed, hundreds of thousands of immigrants are likely to lose essential food and health care aid, following the bill’s new restrictions on their eligibility for SNAP, Medicaid, subsidized care on the Affordable Care Act...

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    How States Are Fighting Back Against Trump’s Mass Deportation Machine

    Published Jul 9, 2026 This report captures pro-immigrant state laws enacted in 2025 and bills signed in the first five months of 2026 to address immigration enforcement.

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    Immigration Relief Legislation – Table

    Published Jul 8, 2026 The tables below include new immigration relief options in proposed legislation primarily introduced in the 119th Congress. These tables only address and compare the legalization provisions in each bill; please note that most of these bills...

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    What’s the Alternative? Instead of Detention Centers, Use Warehouses for Communities

    Published Jul 7, 2026 ICE wants to use abandoned warehouses to jail immigrants on a mass scale for indefinite periods. This resource highlights alternatives uses for these spaces—from libraries to office parks—that would strengthen communities...

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    The US Must Keep its Promises to LGBTQ+ Immigrants

    Elizabeth Choo

    Published Jun 22, 2026 The government’s refusal to provide humanitarian relief to transgender immigrants is just one of the ways the Trump administration is attacking the LGBTQ+ community.

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    The Legacy of Slavery Continues in Modern Immigration Law

    Kat Lundie

    Published Jun 18, 2026 To truly honor Juneteenth, we must acknowledge how the American history of anti-Black bias continues in today's approach to immigration laws and policies.

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    What’s in Congress’s New ICE Funding Law?

    Heidi Altman and Ben D’Avanzo

    Published Jun 11, 2026

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    Tell USCIS You Don’t Want Increased Immigrant Surveillance

    Sarah Krieger

    Published Jun 10, 2026 Updating an address should not require people to share unrelated personal and financial information with the federal government. Public comment is open until July 6 to oppose the change to Form...

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    Dignified Health Care Shouldn’t Stop With ICE Detention

    Jennifer Ibañez Whitlock and Matthew Lopas

    Published Jun 9, 2026 Health care workers and advocates deserve tools that can help them navigate the rising presence of ICE in hospitals, which is why we put together our new resource: Advocating on Behalf of Patients in Immigration Custody....

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    Advocating On Behalf of Patients in Immigration Custody: A Resource for Health Care Providers and Medical Staff

    Published Jun 9, 2026 This resource provides guidance for health care professionals on how to advocate and care for their patients with ICE and CBP agents present.

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    Community Alert: What we know about the new USCIS Policy Manual change on Deferred Action

    Published Jun 2, 2026 This resource explains important information about the recent changes to the USCIS Policy Manual on Deferred Action and how they may affect different people.

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    States Are Saying No to ICE in Hospitals & Schools

    Matthew Lopas

    Published May 15, 2026 In the last six months alone, legislators have introduced safe locations bills in 23 states....