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    Blazing a Trail: The Fight for Right to Counsel in Detention and Beyond

    Blazing a Trail: The Fight for Right to Counsel in Detention and Beyond

    Published Mar 1, 2016 Making the right to counsel a reality is an imperative for all immigrants in removal proceedings, but the situation is even more critical for detained immigrants. As this report shows, the very circumstances of detention make that right a legal...

    Immigrant-inclusive State and Local Policies Move Ahead in 2014–15

    Immigrant-inclusive State and Local Policies Move Ahead in 2014–15

    Published Dec 6, 2015 After a landmark year in 2013, the immigrant-inclusive state measures enacted that year were implemented and gained ground in 2014–15. This report dives into what happened next.

    Texas v. United States: The Federal District Court Decision Regarding the DACA and DAPA Initiatives

    Texas v. United States: The Federal District Court Decision Regarding the DACA and DAPA Initiatives

    Published Feb 17, 2015 On February 16, 2015, a federal district court in the Southern District of Texas temporarily blocked the implementation of the immigration actions announced by President Obama on November 20, 2014. This resource breaks down what this decision...

    Texas v. Estados Unidos: La decisión de la corte federal de distrito con respecto a las iniciativas de DACA y DAPA

    Texas v. Estados Unidos: La decisión de la corte federal de distrito con respecto a las iniciativas de DACA y DAPA

    Published Feb 17, 2015 El 16 de febrero de 2015, una corte federal en el Distrito Sur de Texas bloqueó temporalmente la implementación de las acciones de inmigración anunciadas por el presidente Obama el 20 de noviembre de 2014. Este recurso explica qué significa...

    Summary of H.R. 15: Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013

    Summary of H.R. 15: Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013

    Published Oct 20, 2013 This resource features a summary of the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013.

    Inclusive Policies Advance Dramatically in the States

    Inclusive Policies Advance Dramatically in the States

    Published Oct 6, 2013 The 2013 state legislative sessions witnessed a significant increase in pro-immigrant activity, gaining considerable traction for immigrant-inclusive policies.

    Verification Nation: How E-Verify Affects America’s Workers

    Verification Nation: How E-Verify Affects America’s Workers

    Published Aug 8, 2013 In this report, we analyze the findings of a USCIS-commissioned study about the E-Verify program and examine the adverse impacts on workers that would result from a national E-Verify...

    Strengthening Our Country and Promoting Shared Prosperity: Workers’ Rights Priorities for Immigration Reform 2013

    Strengthening Our Country and Promoting Shared Prosperity: Workers’ Rights Priorities for Immigration Reform 2013

    Published Feb 14, 2013 This resource provides a description of the workers’ rights priorities that will guide us in our fight for immigration reform in 2013.

    Deportation Without Due Process

    Deportation Without Due Process

    Published Sep 6, 2011 This report determined that DHS agents administering the “Stipulated Removal” program provided legally inaccurate portrayals of the opportunities to remain in the U.S. in order to boost deportation...

    Facts About Federal Funding for States to Provide Health Coverage to Immigrant Children and Pregnant Women

    Facts About Federal Funding for States to Provide Health Coverage to Immigrant Children and Pregnant Women

    Published Aug 12, 2010 This resource highlights key elements of new coverage available for children and pregnant women.

    Facts About IRS No-Match Letters

    Facts About IRS No-Match Letters

    Published Jul 20, 2009 Increasingly, employers are using the receipt of an IRS no-match letter as an excuse to take adverse employment action against workers. This factsheet explains what an IRS no-match letter is and what advocates need to know about...

    A Broken System: Confidential Reports Reveal Failures in U.S. Immigrant Detention Centers

    A Broken System: Confidential Reports Reveal Failures in U.S. Immigrant Detention Centers

    Published Jul 6, 2009 This report presents the first-ever system-wide look at the federal government’s compliance with its own standards regulating immigrant detention facilities, a view based on previously unreleased first-hand reports of monitoring inspections....