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Re-examining the Medical Needs of Unaccompanied Children
Published Oct 20, 2016 Now that the school year has begun and classrooms are filled with children eager to learn, we are reminded of the various inequities affecting low-income immigrant children. One particular inequity—the lack of access to affordable, quality...
Chicagoan Joins New Yorker in Fighting Texas Injunction Against DAPA and Expanded DACA
Published Oct 12, 2016 For too long, immigrant families in one part of the country have seen the federal courts in another part of the country rule—time and time again—against DAPA and the expansion of DACA, immigration programs that restore some fairness to our...
States Reject Immigration Enforcement Measures and Advance Inclusive Policies in 2016
Published Oct 6, 2016 This resource highlights the key victories and challenges faced by the immigrants' rights movement in 2016.
At Age 23, I Still Don’t Know What it’s Like to Call ‘My Doctor’
Published Oct 5, 2016 My palms are sweating as I sit outside the school nurse’s office waiting for my turn. Should I tell her about the symptoms I’m feeling so that maybe she can help? Will she tell me I need to see my...
The List That Can Take Your Life
Published Sep 27, 2016 Today, in California, you can be placed on a secret list, with life-threatening implications, and never even know your name was added. The only reason I found out about this hidden database, called CalGang, is because being on the list nearly...
Lawsuit Win Could Make DAPA and DACA+ Available in States That Weren’t Parties to Texas v. U.S.
Published Sep 22, 2016 Today, the first hearing was held in Batalla Vidal v. Baran, et al., a very important court case. The plaintiff in the case, Martin Batalla Vidal, is suing in New York federal district court to restrict the reach of an injunction issued early...
New Lawsuit Challenges Arizona’s Discriminatory Denial of Licenses to Domestic Violence Survivors and Others
Published Sep 14, 2016 Marcos had had an Arizona driver’s license for years, so he was shocked when he went to the Motor Vehicles Division (MVD) to renew it. Because Arizona would no longer accept his valid federal employment authorization document (EAD) as proof...
Expanded Joint Policy Provides New Protections for Immigrant Workers Who Allege Employment Discrimination
Published Aug 31, 2016 When workers decide to come forward to make complaints about labor violations in their workplaces, they face many risks—being isolated from coworkers or retaliated against by their employers, losing their jobs, or even being blacklisted so...
Images Ordered Released Confirm Immigrants’ Stories of Abusive Practices by U.S. Border Patrol
Published Aug 19, 2016 For years, we’ve heard accounts of inhumane conditions at the U.S. Border Patrol’s processing facilities, or hieleras (Spanish for iceboxes) as these short-term detention facilities have come to be known. Detainees described being held in...
Reflections on the 20th Anniversary of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
Published Aug 19, 2016 Someone handed me a megaphone, and I took a turn leading the chant, “No contract on America!” It was 1995 or ’96, and my sister and I were among the thousands of demonstrators in San Francisco protesting the “Contract with...
Stressed About Your DACA Renewal? Here Are Some Steps You Can Take
Published Aug 10, 2016 Jobs are stressful enough as it is—pressure to perform, difficult bosses, not getting paid enough, and the constant worry of getting laid off and not being able to pay the bills. The last thing any worker needs is one more worry, but that,...
Politicians fail to connect the dots on health care and immigration
Published Aug 3, 2016 Recently the Republican and Democratic parties held their respective national conventions, giving each a primetime opportunity to make its case to the American people as to why its presidential nominee should be picked to lead our country when...
Expanded Medi-Cal for undocumented kids: What it means and how to apply
Published Jul 28, 2016 This summer, California kids have access to more than the state’s famous beaches. Under a new law that took effect this spring, all low-income California residents under age 19 are eligible to receive comprehensive health care through...
The Ties That Bind: The Supreme Court and the U.S. v. Texas Deadlock
Published Jul 19, 2016 There’s an oft-quoted aphorism about the United States Supreme Court written by the late Justice Robert H. Jackson: “We are not final because we are infallible, but we are infallible only because we are final.” The words reflect Justice...
New Study Confirms That DACA Provides Concrete Benefits to Both Immigrants and Native-Born
Patrick O’Shea and Ignacia Rodriguez Kmec
Published Oct 26, 2016 This past September, the National Immigration Law Center joined forces with United We Dream, the Center for American Progress, and Professor Tom Wong of the University of California, San Diego to conduct a survey on how having Deferred Action...