More than 250,000 dependent visa holders in the U.S. are at risk of deportation after “aging out” of qualifying for lawful status under their parents’ visas. Thousands have already voluntarily left the country, while some have been able to stay under temporary visas. Laurens Van Beek was born in the Netherlands but was raised in […]
Thousands of Documented DREAMers Are at Risk of Deportation After Aging Out of Their Visas
July 7, 2022 By
Biden Administration Moves to Protect DACA
September 28, 2021 By
Today, the Biden administration plans to publish a proposed rule to preserve the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which protects hundreds of thousands of young undocumented people from deportation and allows them to work in the U.S. The proposal is especially significant due to a recent decision by the Senate parliamentarian to not […]
After years of uncertainty DACA recipients finally heading to Oxford with Rhodes Scholarship
September 2, 2021 By
The first DREAMer to be awarded a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship will attend the University of Oxford after years of uncertainty about whether the U.S. would allow him to return home as a DACA recipient. Last week, Federal immigration officials approved Jin Park’s application to travel to England in the coming weeks. Park, whose family migrated […]
DACA Ruling Causes Frustration and Devastation for DREAMers Once Again
July 20, 2021 By
After living undocumented in the U.S. for 17 years, Yazmin Bruno- Valdez was accepted in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program less than a month ago, granting her long-awaited protection from deportation and opening potentially new doors for her future. Bruno-Valdez’ sense of security vanished last week when U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen […]
Senators Reintroduce Immigration Reform Bill Protecting Dreamers
February 5, 2021 By
Just yesterday, Senators Dick Durbin and Lindsey Graham introduced the latest duplication of the Dream Act which is a part of a new immigration reform. The proposed legislation which was first introduced in 2001 would give some young undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children the opportunity to pursue a path toward […]
DACA At Risk; Texas Challenges Legality of DACA
December 22, 2020 By
Texas along with 8 other Republican-led stated will ask a federal court today to rule the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program unlawful, this program protects from deportation young immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as children. In 2017, the Trump Administration first attempted to end DACA, but their attempts were blocked by the […]
Federal Judge Orders DACA to be Restored
December 8, 2020 By
The Department of Homeland Security announced that it will begin to accept new applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program which protects undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children from deportation. On Friday December 4th, Federal Judge Nicholas Garaufis, ordered the Trump administration to restore DACA which is a […]
Federal Judge Invalidates New DACA Rules
November 17, 2020 By
In July, 2020, Chad Wolf, Homeland Security secretary, decided to issue a memo claiming that the new application for DACA, a program that protects undocumented immigrants who arrived to the U.S. as children from deportation, would not be accepted and renewals would be limited to only one year instead of two. Just a few days […]
Supreme Court blocks Trump Administration’s effort to end DACA
June 18, 2020 By
Today the Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to dismantle the program protecting undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children, a reprieve for nearly 650,000 recipients known as DREAMers. The 5 to 4 decision was written by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and joined by the court’s four liberals. It was the […]
Democrats gear up to fight back against GOP senators on DACA
May 29, 2020 By
Democrats and Latino-focused outside groups are preparing to use the forthcoming Supreme Court ruling on the fate of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program against vulnerable Senate Republicans. The high court is poised to rule any week now on whether President Trump’s termination of DACA was lawful. If the justices come down on […]
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