(CNN) — House Democrats are taking up two separate bills on immigration Thursday, marking the first time Congress will vote on a pathway for citizenship for undocumented immigrants since Democrats won slim majorities in both chambers of Congress with President Joe Biden in the White House. In the first vote, the House passed H.R. 6, […]
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The White House announced a sweeping immigration bill, it would shorten the path to citizenship from 13 to 8 years for immigrants who arrived by January 1st, 2021. It would also lift hurdles for workers to legally immigrate to America, expand the Diversity-visa Program and change the word “alien” in law with “non-citizen”. The bill’s […]
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California is planning to bring a new challenge to the recent changes the Trump administration made to the Obama-era program that shields certain undocumented immigrants who came to the US as children from deportation. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced in a court filing Tuesday that the state and others “expect to bring challenges” to a new […]
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Just two months ago, local DACA recipients were cheering as the Supreme Court ruled against the Trump administration’s reason for ending the program. The Supreme Court said the administration had to restore protections and benefits for DREAMERS and begin accepting new applications. However, it’s not what happened. “These people are now afraid and frustrated,” Claudio […]
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The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, an Obama-era program that protects hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the US as children from deportation. The 5-4 ruling was written by Chief Justice John Roberts and joined by Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Elena Kagan, Stephen Breyer and Sonia […]
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Apple is taking a public stand against the Trump administration’s position on one of America’s thorniest immigration issues. In an unusually direct show of support for Dreamers from a major public company, Apple and CEO Tim Cook said undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children have made an outsize contribution at Apple. […]
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President Donald Trump will roll out a two-pronged immigration proposal on Thursday that would make sweeping changes to the legal immigration system — including requiring a civics test — and enhance border security, senior administration officials said Wednesday. The plan, which Trump is expected to announce during an afternoon speech, avoids some of the most […]
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Coachella, CA Millions of people watched President Trump’s State of the Union Address, but perhaps none with as much interest as one woman in Coachella. She lives in fear. She considers herself invisible. She is a dreamer. One of many here in the valley. A dreamer who wants her voice to be heard. A voice that is […]
