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... 2020 U.S. presidential election is over, and the will of the people has prevailed. After four tumultuous years, ... to years of tireless organizing efforts—particularly by Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) ... demographic change. As initial steps in rolling back anti-immigrant policies, President-elect Biden has pledged a ...
November 10, 2020
Statement
... “I Voted” sticker for the short walk home. At the time of the publication of this message, many races remain in the ... immigrant groups with intersectional identities (including Black migrants, LGBTQ migrants, Indigenous migrants, migrants ... communities at the local and state levels. Join us next month as we offer crucial recommendations for grantmakers who ...
November 11, 2022
President's Message
... cropped 800x456px.jpg Looking back on the first year of the Biden administration, we remember that there was ... great promise and early progress toward advancing immigrant justice and restoring immigrant rights. The ... reporting new variants and viruses, and demonstrates anti-Black racism that the administration must resolve in its ...
January 24, 2022
Commentary
In recent decades, detention and deportation have become the entirety of America’s immigration enforcement strategy. This will ... two decades of the 21st century as in the entire previous history of the United States. 2 The brutality and enormous ...
December 2, 2020
Commentary
... White House, Joe Biden will likely seek to reverse much of President Donald Trump’s immigration legacy and push ... months or years to undo. Here is what to expect from Biden in six key immigration policy areas: 1. IMMIGRATION REFORM ... RESTRICTIONS 4. SKILLED FOREIGN WORKERS 5. REFUGEES 6. THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER Read the full article at the link below. ...
November 7, 2020
News Article
... advances the economic, security, and societal interests of all Americans. It must strike the proper balance between ... American economy without harming the economic interests of those already here. A working immigration system can help ...
November 11, 2020
Commentary
... to him by Congress to such an extent that the rest of the statutory law was quickly becoming obsolete. Once the pandemic hit, a blizzard of executive actions buried the immigration statutes that now ...
December 2, 2020
Commentary
... situation more dire. Immigration detention has expanded in the past decade, driven largely by large private prison ... care for those in U.S. government custody. For years, immigrant rights groups have documented the deplorable ... 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 election. President-elect Joe Biden’s plan on immigration stands in stark contrast to the ...
December 2, 2020
Commentary
Progressive Democrats in Congress are calling for President-elect Joe Biden to dismantle the federal government’s deportation machine, broaden immigrants’ access to social ...
December 11, 2020
News Article
President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. has said that one of his first priorities will be rolling back his predecessor’s restrictive immigration policies . To do it, he may have to overhaul the Department of Homeland Security, which has been bent to President ...
November 15, 2020
News Article
President-elect of the United States Joseph Biden called for national unity in his victory speech on November 7. He said , “It’s time to put away the harsh rhetoric. To lower the ...
December 2, 2020
Commentary
... transition team this week announced its Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agency review team, and it would ... to take that swing away from the Trump administration once in office. The agency review teams are formed to evaluate the ... in office. Read the full article at the link below. Biden's picks for transition team the latest sign of a radically ...
November 13, 2020
News Article
... and nonprofits supporting immigrant rights, the Black Lives Matter movement, and other progressive causes are ... staff members. Rajasvini Bhansali, executive director of the Solidaire Network, said her organization has been ... donors and foundations, started its own security fund last month with $1 million, using money from a $20 million ...
October 22, 2020
Philanthropic News
... the COVID-19 public health crisis and its impact on the U.S. economy will preoccupy President-elect Joe Biden during his first weeks in office, the incoming Democratic administration is also ... and immigration restrictions on 13 countries, most of which are African or predominantly Muslim. Read the full ...
November 11, 2020
News Article
... under pressure to repudiate and rescind many, if not most, of the more than 400 executive actions President Trump has used to tighten the U.S. immigration system. But Biden also will start his term in a bind that could make such changes difficult to ...
December 2, 2020
News Article
... that could make it more difficult and marks the latest in a string of actions intended to alter the citizenship process. Last ... the full article at the link below. Trump administration's revisions to the naturalization exam could make the test ...
November 12, 2020
News Article
In the middle of his first year in office, President Trump endorsed a ... rates may rise further under rules introduced this month that impose stricter requirements for high-skilled ... “nation of immigrants,” of course, had a long, ugly history of demonizing immigrants well before the Trump ...
November 10, 2020
News Article
... Joe Biden on being elected as the 46th President of the United States. We also congratulate Kamala Harris on ... Vice President—and first woman Vice President of color—in the nation’s history. There is an enormous amount of work to be done to ...
November 12, 2020
Statement
December 2, 2020
News Article