Action to protect so-called Dreamers from deportation has stalled indefinitely, with neither President Trump nor Democrats and Republicans in Congress feeling pressure to compromise as the midterm elections approach. “A lot of the air is out of the balloon here in the Capitol and people don’t sense its urgency,” Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, […]
DACA deal likely to be included in new funding bill
February 27, 2018 By
Republican senators are predicting that a fix for the DACA program will end up in next month’s government funding bill, as they search for ways to break a months-long stalemate. That’s probably the most likely thing, when we write the funding of the government bill we’ll extend DACA legislatively, making it legal for a year or two […]
Supreme Court delivers a blow to the Trump administration on DACA
February 26, 2018 By
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear the Trump administration’s challenge to a lower court ruling temporarily blocking it from ending the DACA program. The court’s decision delivers a blow to the administration, which argues that DACA is unconstitutional. It also could ease some pressure on Congress to quickly come up with a legislative […]
What is next for DREAMers and DACA?
February 20, 2018 By
Both “DREAMers” and their employers are worried about how the wind-down of DACA will affect them, as a Trump administration deadline to find a deal on the young immigrant’s fate approaches. The Senate failed to pass a replacement to the program last week, leaving Congress with few legislative options before the March 5 deadline. However, recipients of the program, who were brought to the […]
Supreme Court to decide today whether it will review DACA
February 16, 2018 By
The Supreme Court will meet behind closed doors today to decide whether to take up a lower court opinion that temporarily blocked President Trump’s effort to end DACA. Last month the Justice Department decided to take the rare step of asking the Supreme Court to review the ruling by federal District Judge William Alsup of […]
As immigration debate takes place second judge blocks Trump’s decision to end DACA
February 14, 2018 By
A second federal judge has blocked President Trump’s decision to cancel DACA, dealing another blow to the president’s efforts to end protections for nearly 800,000 undocumented young people who came to the U.S. as children. The injunction issued Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis in Brooklyn mirrors a separate ruling handed down last month in California. […]
Uncertainty is keeping undocumented California students from applying for financial aid
February 13, 2018 By
Each year, California invites students who are in the country without legal status to apply for the same financial aid as other students, but officials once again are concerned that fears are keeping students from seeking help. “We’re 20,000 students behind,” said Lupita Cortez Alcalá, executive director of the California Student Aid Commission, the organization […]
Immigration debate begins today, but no clear vision of where its headed
February 12, 2018 By
The Senate begins a rare, open-ended debate on immigration and the fate of the DREAMers today, and Republican senators say they’ll introduce President Donald Trump’s plan. Though his proposal has no chance of passage, Trump may be the most influential voice in the conversation. If the aim is to pass a legislative solution, Trump will […]
Speaker Paul Ryan says people should not doubt his commitment to DACA
February 9, 2018 By
Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Thursday had a message for his critics who don’t think he’s serious about protecting hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants: Don’t doubt me. “I know that there is a real commitment to solving the DACA challenge in both political parties. That’s a commitment that I share. To anyone who doubts my […]
Pelosi delivers an 8-hour speech on DACA
February 8, 2018 By
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi spoke for a little more than eight hours to oppose the budget deal to lift spending caps and avert a government shutdown, because the plan does not address immigration issues. “I have had the privilege of reading the testimony from Dreamers, I still have more,” she said, receiving applause […]
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