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... cropped 800x456px.jpg Looking back on the first year of the Biden administration, we remember that there was ... and restoring immigrant rights. The administration began by undoing many of the Trump administration’s racist and draconian immigration policies , including fortifying Deferred Action ...
January 24, 2022
Commentary
... in 2021 will not automatically result in bold new immigration reform or even a comprehensive unwinding of the hundreds of policy attacks perpetrated by the current administration. While President-Elect Biden ...
December 8, 2020
Webinar
... created the conditions for the long term sustainability of immigrant serving organizations. In a critical election ... year, over 60 anti-immigrant bills have been introduced in state legislatures nationwide. Immigrant advocacy groups – ... CosponsorS Logos 240725.jpg registration Register by 5pm PT on Wednesday, July 24th transparency commitment ...
July 25, 2024
Webinar
... has met four years of resistance to his policies from state and local governments and Congress, a second Trump term ... protections in the US, but a Trump administration buoyed by re-election and with a 6-3 Supreme Court will do all that ... a vaccine. To be clear: there is no public health or economic recovery without immigrants and immigration. And ...
October, 2020
Analysis
... detention and deportation have become the entirety of America’s immigration enforcement strategy. This will strike many, ... effective, way to enforce immigration law. As a result of ICE’s unprecedented mass deportation agenda, the United ...
December 2, 2020
Commentary
... his famous wall, Trump has cut the flow of foreigners by executive fiat. This fiscal year, the United States is on ... beginning saves both the applicant and the agency time and resources.”) Likewise, forms expire with little or no ... if their courses meet in-person, even during a pandemic. State Department data show that issuance of student visas ...
November 10, 2020
News Article
President-elect Biden has promised a new course on immigration policy in his Administration. The challenges ... but so are the opportunities to reaffirm the importance of immigration to American society, American culture, and the ... for the 11 million undocumented, a modernization of our legal immigration system, and sensible immigration ...
November, 2020
Issue Brief
... for GCIR's webinar "Building a Multi-Racial Democracy by Investing in Immigrant and Refugee Movements Before, ... shared. Materials: Building a Multi-Racial Democracy by Investing in Immigrant and Refugee Movements Before, ...
August, 2024
Program Materials
America needs a 21st-century immigration system that advances the economic, security, and societal interests of all Americans. It must strike the proper balance between ...
November 11, 2020
Commentary
President-elect of the United States Joseph Biden called for national unity ... the election. Read the full commentary at the link below. Immigration Advocates Can Have a Role in Advancing National ...
December 2, 2020
Commentary
With the election of a new president, Congress has the opportunity to correct ... is too restrictive, which leads to violations of the law by immigrants who fail to qualify, lengthy wait times for ... both. Second, the system is too inflexible to adapt to new economic or social conditions, allowing initially small or ...
November, 2020
Analysis
... expected to quickly start dismantling President Trump's immigration agenda. After Mr. Biden is sworn-in in January, ... and immigration restrictions on 13 countries, most of which are African or predominantly Muslim. Read the full ... article at the link below. Biden plans sweeping reversal of Trump's immigration agenda, from deportations to asylum ...
November 11, 2020
News Article
... Joe Biden pledged during the campaign to reverse some of the most restrictive immigration actions undertaken during ... Effective long-term solutions to deal with mixed flows of economic and humanitarian migrants entail processes to ... fair, efficient processing of asylum cases, including by having the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ...
November, 2020
Issue Brief
... new immigration reform or even a comprehensive unwinding of the hundreds of policy attacks perpetrated by the current administration. President-elect Biden has ... increasingly burdened by fatigue. While public health and economic responses to the pandemic will necessarily be top ...
December, 2020
Funding Recommendations
... Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) and the University of San Francisco, compiles the most egregious policies ... four years, the report breaks down how every aspect of the immigration system is being dismantled: preventing people ... eliminating process protections in how people are treated by the immigration agencies; detaining, deporting and ...
November, 2020
Report
Before COVID-19 hit, President Trump was abusing immigration powers delegated to him by Congress to such an extent that the rest of the statutory law was quickly becoming obsolete. Once the ...
December 2, 2020
Commentary
Led by the Immigration Hub and America’s Voice, more than 100 organizations have worked together over a period of 9 months to develop detailed policy prescriptives, ... instructions for implementation, and a clear vision of our expectations. The 2021 Immigration Action Plan is a ...
August, 2020
Report
Collection of essays and policy proposals around immigration reform put forth by the Niskanen Center. Read the full report at the link ...
November, 2020
Report
Immigration detention was dangerous before President Trump ... detention has expanded in the past decade, driven largely by large private prison companies such as CoreCivic and GEO ... medical experts, and organizers have built mountains of evidence that reveal the dark reality of immigration ...
December 2, 2020
Commentary
This article is part of the Moving Forward on Immigration series that explores the future of immigration in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential ...
December 2, 2020
Commentary