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President Biden’s Immigration Executive Actions: A Recap President Biden signs executive orders on immigration on Feb. 2, 2021, in the Oval Office of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz) In his first weeks in office, President Biden issued several executive actions focused on reevaluating and unwinding the panoply of protectionist immigration policies former President Trump set in place through executive branch action. Some actions, like the Task Force on the Reunif...

Biden immigration reform: New citizenship bills and border closures and what that means for citizenship CNET 3/23/2021 © Provided by CNET The Biden administration has big plans for immigration reform. Angela Lang/CNET Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas on Sunday said that the US southern border is closed. The news comes days after the House of Representatives signed off on two bills that seek to clear a path for certain migrants to receive permanent resident status.  "Our m...

Attorney General Mark Herring and several other attorneys are fighting for the rights of nearly 400,000 Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders in the U.S.

PDA Announces New Refugee & Immigrant Advocacy Grant Opportunities February 26, 2021 People from Cameroon, Haiti and the Democratic Republic of Congo held in immigration detention centers because they put their trust in the U.S. as a place of safety only to be denied due process and ordered deported. Asylum seekers from Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and dozens of other countries who were turned back at the U.S. border only now being admitted. Refugees who have been waiting for years overseas...

Toggle open close The Issue The U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 (USCA) is the most radical piece of immigration legislation ever introduced in America and seeks to reward illegal aliens at the expense of American citizens. The legislation is a bold attempt to trade American national security, sovereignty, and well-being for perceived political benefit. America deserves immigration laws that prioritize Americans, lawful immigrants, U.S. sovereignty, and national and economic security, not illegal a...

Tracking Trump’s notable immigration policy changes By Zoë Watkins Published February 10, 2021 Share this story President Donald Trump had a specific immigration agenda when he entered the White House in 2017: Stem the flow of immigrants — both legal and undocumented. He implemented measures that cut legal immigration by nearly 50% and banned residents of mostly Muslim countries from entering the U.S. He began to build a wall between Mexico and the Southwest U.S. and increased border...

Biden immigration reform: New citizenship bills and border closures and what that means for citizenship CNET 11 hrs ago © Provided by CNET The Biden administration has big plans for immigration reform. Angela Lang/CNET Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas on Sunday said that the US southern border is closed. The news comes days after the House of Representatives signed off on two bills that seek to clear a path for certain migrants to receive permanent resident status.  "Our ...

Biden wants $4bn aid to central America to reduce migration Associated Press © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo Mexicos president Andrés Manuel López Obrador said that Joe Biden told him the U.S. would send $4 billion to help development in Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala - nations whose hardships have spawned tides of migration through Mexico toward the United States. López Obrador, who spoke Friday with Biden by phone, said the two discussed immigration and the...

Farm workers and undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. children would be placed on an expedited pathway to U.S. citizenship.

Until we have a legislative solution, the Biden administration must use all available tools to provide stability and protection for long-residing immigrants