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Biden to Prioritize Legal Status for Millions of Immigrants
President-elect Joe Biden will announce legislation his first day in office that provides a path to citizenship for millions of immigrants in the United States illegally
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Watchdog: DOJ Officials Were Driving Force Behind Family Separation
After a scathing new report from the Justice Department’s watchdog blamed top department officials for being the “driving force” behind the Trump administration’s 2018 migrant family separation policy, former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein issued a statement of regret and current DOJ official Gene Hamilton blamed the president for the policy.
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US Judge Blocks Trump Administration's Sweeping Asylum Rules
A U.S. judge has blocked the Trump administration’s most sweeping set of asylum restrictions less than two weeks before President-elect Joe Biden takes office
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First New DACA Applications Approved in Final Weeks of 2020
The U.S. government says it has approved the first new applicants in several years to the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program for immigrants brought to the U.S. as young people.
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Trump Extends Visa Ban; Court Clears Health Insurance Rule
President Donald Trump has extended pandemic-related bans on green cards and work visas to large groups of applicants through March 31
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Trump Leaves Mark on Immigration Policy, Some of It Lasting
The Trump administration was more hostile to immigration than any administration in decades.
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Trump Administration Speeds Up ‘Midnight Rule-Making,' Creating Hurdles for Biden
Since Election Day, the Trump administration has completed dozens of new regulations in a final flurry of rule-making, including restrictions on access to asylum, reduced wages for guest farmworkers and a rejection of stricter limits for soot emissions, despite a growing body of evidence that soot pollution is contributing to premature death, NBC News reports. The White House has made…
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‘Half Brothers' Tackles the Immigrant Experience with Heart and Humor, Says Star Luis Gerardo Méndez
“Half Brothers” is a comedy about two very different men — one Mexican and one American — who are brought together on a road trip by their father. Star Luis Gerardo Méndez joined LX News to explain why the empathy at the movie’s heart is especially important right now.
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How BeautyyBird's Yasmin Maya Went from Facing an Immigration Crisis to Becoming a Beauty Entrepreneur
Yasmin Maya, known as BeautyyBird to her 1.1 million Instagram followers, began her first-ever beauty vlog while she was in crisis – living in Mexico and separated from her family to resolve her status as an undocumented immigrant. Now, the YouTube star tells LX News she is using her platform to empower Hispanic millennials and to advocate for immigration rights.
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‘All We Can Do Is Carry On' — Brits Describe Life Under Lockdown as New Covid Strain Shatters Holiday Plans
Just days before Christmas, millions of Brits are feeling anxious, angry and alone as a new Covid strain spreads across the nation.
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Biden Says Reversing Trump Border Policies Will Take Months
President-elect Joe Biden says it will take months to roll back some of President Donald Trump’s actions on immigration.
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No Immediate Ruling After Hearing on Fate of DACA Program
A federal judge didn’t immediately issue a ruling following a court hearing on the fate of a U.S. program shielding immigrants brought to the country illegally as children
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Migrant Women File Class-Action Lawsuit for Alleged Medical Abuse at ICE Detention Center
About 40 migrant women who were held at a Georgia detention center have filed a class-action lawsuit alleging they were subjected to medical abuse through nonconsensual or unnecessary procedures while in the facility, NBC News reports. The complaint, filed late Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, also claims women at the Irwin County Detention…
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US Plans Family Deportations, Including Girl With Broken Arm
Lawyers say the U.S. government is preparing to deport more than a dozen children and their parents held at a Texas immigration detention center, including a 4-year-old girl with a broken arm that requires surgery.
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DACA Faces New Court Challenge in Texas
A federal court will consider whether to invalidate a program that shields from deportation immigrants brought to the United States as children, potentially creating complications for the incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden
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Immigration Reform Should Be Done One Step at a Time, Advocate Says
Over the years, both Democrats and Republicans have talked about comprehensive immigration reform but have often failed to find consensus. Laz Ayala, who immigrated while fleeing violence from El Salvador, says reform may be had one piece of legislation at a time, starting with how foreign laborers are let into the country.
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Migrants in US on Temporary Status Get 9-Month Extension
The Trump administration says it’ll allow migrants from six countries to extend their legal U.S. residency under a temporary status for nine months while courts consider its effort to end the program
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US Fully Restores Protections for Young Immigrants
The Trump administration has fully restored the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program for immigrants brought to the U.S. as young people, complying with a federal judge’s order.
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Federal Judge Reinstates DACA, Orders Homeland Security to Accept New Applicants
A New York federal judge on Friday restored the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program — which President Donald Trump has tried to end — in a court ruling that would swiftly grant thousands of immigrants whose parents brought them to the U.S. as young children the ability to continue to work and study in the country. U.S. District Judge...
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What Biden Can Do Quickly Once He Takes Office
When President-elect Joe Biden takes office on Jan. 20, he’ll be facing a deadly pandemic, a possibly divided Congress and a large chunk of the populace questioning his legitimacy due to President Donald Trump’s baseless claims about election fraud. Still, there are a few issues that observers expect Biden to address right away, and he has said he will...