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With the election of a new president, Congress has the opportunity to correct the two fundamental flaws that plague the current U.S. system. First, the system is too restrictive, which leads to violations of the ...
November, 2020
Analysis
President-elect Biden has promised a new course on immigration policy in his Administration. The ... undocumented, a modernization of our legal immigration system, and sensible immigration enforcement priorities ... Reform the H-2B visa program Create a Start-Up visa for immigrant entrepreneurs Give states and localities a role in ...
November, 2020
Issue Brief
... While the last four years have been devastating for immigrant, refugee, and asylum seeker communities, the transition to a new administration in 2021 will not automatically result in bold new immigration reform or even a comprehensive unwinding of ...
December 8, 2020
Webinar
... the most of the region’s human capital. Read the full report at the link below. Building a New Regional Migration System: Redefining U.S. Cooperation with Mexico and Central ...
November, 2020
Report
... a law enforcement strategy. View the full article below. A New Paradigm for Humane and Effective Immigration Enforcement ...
December 2, 2020
Commentary
... disenfranchised communities overcame blatant voter intimidation and suppression to make their voices ... demographic change. As initial steps in rolling back anti-immigrant policies, President-elect Biden has pledged a ... anticipation of Biden’s executive actions , to support new and renewal DACA applications, prepare to receive and ...
November 10, 2020
Statement
... President Trump has used to tighten the U.S. immigration system. But Biden also will start his term in a bind that ... Biden’s administration will inherit an enforcement system cracking under the strains of the coronavirus ... plans to spurn Trump immigration restrictions, but risk of new border crisis looms ...
December 2, 2020
News Article
... some incredible wins, including significant gains for immigrant communities, at the city and county levels: In Cape ... investment in community resources, a humane immigration system, and workers’ rights – that prevailed. And those ... and communities of color – including gerrymandering and voter suppression – and the continued use of migrants as ...
November 11, 2022
President's Message
... of America. The President took a long failed immigration system and weaponized it. A campaign built on promises to ... ban all Muslims from entering the U.S. , and usher in a new era of virulent anti-immigrant xenophobia birthed a presidency that has been a ...
October, 2020
Analysis
... great promise and early progress toward advancing immigrant justice and restoring immigrant rights. The ... although DHS indicated it would train its agents on the new guidelines, advocates note that enforcement actions will ... of the variant, discourages countries from reporting new variants and viruses, and demonstrates anti-Black racism ...
January 24, 2022
Commentary
This report, a collaboration between the Immigrant Legal Resource ... the report breaks down how every aspect of the immigration system is being dismantled: preventing people from even ...
November, 2020
Report
America needs a 21st-century immigration system that advances the economic, security, and societal ... interests of those already here. A working immigration system can help unite our country through our common ...
November 11, 2020
Commentary
... has wholly replaced the normally operating immigration system that Congress crafted over the past seven decades. ...
December 2, 2020
Commentary
... that have defined many past administrations. Read the full report below. 2021 Immigration Action Plan ...
August, 2020
Report
... reform put forth by the Niskanen Center. Read the full report at the link below. Redefining Immigration Reform: How ...
November, 2020
Report
... proposals that could begin to shape a U.S. immigration system that advances the national interest going forward. The ...
November, 2020
Issue Brief
Commentary looking at how immigration advocates can play a role in fostering national unity.
December 2, 2020
Commentary
... upon President-Elect Joe Biden to implement a powerful new vision for immigration. AILA stands ready to work with ...
Issue Brief
... of their respective agencies and to ensure that the new administration is set up in a correct posture to achieve ...
November 13, 2020
News Article
... President Trump endorsed a bill so radically anti-immigrant that even most Senate Republicans couldn’t ... the bill would create a “merit-based immigration system that protects U.S. workers and taxpayers.” The ... Security official quoted in Jean Guerrero’s chilling new biography of Miller, “Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, ...
November 10, 2020
News Article