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... cropped 800x456px.jpg Looking back on the first year of the Biden administration, we remember that there was ... policies , including fortifying Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), rescinding the Muslim Ban, and ... (ICE) arrests increased by 30 percent, from 110,000 in 2016 to 143,000 in 2019. Status In 2021, the Department of ...
January 24, 2022
Commentary
... with a points-based program , awarding immigrants points for criteria such as age and “extraordinary ... to admit half the number of legal immigrants it did in 2016. This would bring levels of legal immigration down to ... beginning saves both the applicant and the agency time and resources.”) Likewise, forms expire with little or no ...
November 10, 2020
News Article
... A record number of people cast their votes, not just for the next president of the United States but also for the ... now and for the long haul. It also requires us to center racial equity, understand the complex interplay ... to receive and resettle refugees, and more. Also expand resources for education, workforce development, health care, ...
November 10, 2020
Statement
... While the last four years have been devastating for immigrant, refugee, and asylum seeker communities, the ... new immigration reform or even a comprehensive unwinding of the hundreds of policy attacks perpetrated by the current ... have a much broader policy and infrastructure agenda for supporting the community. Movement leaders are eager to ...
December, 2020
Funding Recommendations
... – an elementary school, the local firehouse, a community center – and was especially grateful for the volunteers who ... co-governance models, and narrative strategies. Young people are the key to victory. Many progressive wins ... who believe in sustained investment in community resources, a humane immigration system, and workers’ rights ...
November 11, 2022
President's Message
Description While the last four years have been devastating for immigrant, refugee, and asylum seeker communities, the ... new immigration reform or even a comprehensive unwinding of the hundreds of policy attacks perpetrated by the current ... Hafiz , Policy Director, Immigrant Legal Resource Center Aaron Reichlin-Melnick , Policy Counsel, American ...
December 8, 2020
Webinar
... pandemic and measures put in place to stop the spread of the virus have severely limited mobility, longer-standing questions about how best to manage regional migration remain as important as ... and those fleeing persecution, with many families and unaccompanied children among them, and how to facilitate the ...
November, 2020
Report
Find all program-related materials for the webinar, "Election Scenario Planning," including ...
September, 2020
Program Materials
Since the first moments of his campaign when he came down the escalator, nothing has ... in the U.S., and many millions of them have been here for decades. Nearly 8 million U.S. citizens live with an ... change and creating an immigration system that upholds the best of America’s promise requires making this a priority ...
October, 2020
Analysis
... a collaboration between the Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) and the University of San Francisco, compiles the most egregious policies ... the country; denying legal status to those who apply for it; taking away legal status from those who had it; ...
November, 2020
Report
In the Immigrant Legal Resource Center’s Blueprint for the Next Administration , they identify policies that ... – they call on the next administration, regardless of the election outcome, to not only restore what has been ...
September, 2020
Report
... Joe Biden pledged during the campaign to reverse some of the most restrictive immigration actions undertaken during ... halt deportations, reinstate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, increase refugee ... near-total shutdown of asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border, for example, does not represent a long-term strategy nor is ...
November, 2020
Issue Brief
Resource from Bolder Advocacy that details actions private foundations can take given a contested election.
November 10, 2020
Philanthropic News
Collection of essays and policy proposals around immigration reform put forth by the Niskanen Center. Read the full report at the link below. Redefining ...
November, 2020
Report
... system that advances the economic, security, and societal interests of all Americans. It must strike the proper balance between respect for our laws and border security and treating immigrants with ...
November 11, 2020
Commentary
The Migrant Justice Platform is a roadmap of Executive and Legislative actions from grassroots voices ... strategy that has defined immigration politics for two decades. It is a unity blueprint intended as a launching point for an open-source effort that centers grassroots voices on ...
June, 2019
Analysis
... make it more difficult and marks the latest in a string of actions intended to alter the citizenship process. Last ... exam in 2009, "which implemented standardized test forms for both the English and civics test requirements," according ... to the naturalization exam could make the test harder for immigrants seeking citizenship ...
November 12, 2020
News Article
... undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children from deportation, halting Mr. Trump's unsuccessful ... 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
President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. has said that one of his first priorities will be rolling back his ... . To do it, he may have to overhaul the Department of Homeland Security, which has been bent to President ... after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, has helped enforce some of Mr. Trump’s most divisive policies, like separating ...
November 15, 2020
News Article
... staff members. Rajasvini Bhansali, executive director of the Solidaire Network, said her organization has been ... up computer virus protection and provide security guards for highly visible movement leaders who have been the victims ... and other groups have been on the rise since the 2016 election cycle, and concerns have grown more acute in ...
October 22, 2020
Philanthropic News