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It is time to ‘invest in transformative justice that begins with cross racial dialogue and community-building,’ said one expert.
By Amy Lieu - March 17, 2021
‘It does not take that long to process children,” said Jenn Budd, former agent-turned-immigration activist.
By Amy Lieu - March 17, 2021
Activists and advocacy groups expressed devastation over the news, saying it is ‘unconscionable’ to deport people in the middle of a pandemic.
By Amy Lieu - March 16, 2021
The extreme bill calls for all immigration to be halted for four years and for the southern border wall to be fully funded.
By Amy Lieu - March 16, 2021
One watchdog group called the ruling a win for transparency.
By Amy Lieu - March 15, 2021
One expert calls it a ‘good first step,’ but says more needs to be done.
By Amy Lieu - March 11, 2021
The program could help reunite some 2,400 children with their families.
By Amy Lieu - March 11, 2021
‘Losses due to gender and racial wage gaps are devastating for AAPI women and their families,’ one group warned. ‘This pandemic threatens to deepen these inequities.’
By Amy Lieu - March 09, 2021
Clemente Pereida, a father of three, sought a waiver to halt his deportation. The court’s conservative justices said no.
By Amy Lieu - March 09, 2021
Donald Trump-appointed judges deported people in a whopping 69% of immigration cases, according to a new report.
By Amy Lieu - March 09, 2021
Experts call the amendments ‘poison pill’ proposals intended to both target already struggling immigrant communities and derail the much-needed relief legislation.
By Amy Lieu - March 05, 2021
Despite xenophobic claims by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and GOP lawmakers, immigrants detained at the border are not being released ‘untested’ into the country.
By Amy Lieu - March 05, 2021
‘Farmworkers can’t wait any longer.’
By Amy Lieu - March 04, 2021
The former attorney general played a key role in Donald Trump’s zero tolerance policy.
By Amy Lieu - March 03, 2021
Passing the NO BAN Act would prevent future presidents from banning people on the basis of their religion under the guise of national security, experts say.
By Amy Lieu - March 03, 2021
GEO Group, which gave to Donald Trump in the 2016 election and profited off his immigration policies, is under fire again following the death of a 74-year-old man at one of its detention facilities.
By Amy Lieu - March 02, 2021
The Trump administration’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ program forced thousands of immigrants back across the southern border into inhumane conditions as they awaited asylum.
By Amy Lieu - February 25, 2021
‘At least 87%’ of undocumented immigrants would be protected from deportation under the Biden administration’s new criteria, according to an immigration expert.
By Amy Lieu - February 24, 2021
The previous administration’s citizenship test significantly slowed the approval process by as much as three times, according to an immigration expert.
By Amy Lieu - February 23, 2021
The goal: to make sure at least something gets passed.
By Amy Lieu - February 23, 2021
One state lawmaker described the Jan. 6 Capitol riots as ‘the final straw.’
By Amy Lieu - February 19, 2021
Democratic lawmakers say using the vaccines as leverage ‘is vile.’
By Amy Lieu - February 18, 2021
GOP officials say their goal is to make ‘a big deal’ out of the issue to win back suburban voters.
By Amy Lieu - February 17, 2021
Ninety percent of voters support background checks, according to one poll.
By Amy Lieu - February 16, 2021
Republican-controlled state legislatures are refusing to hold their own members accountable.
By Amy Lieu - February 16, 2021
‘It has been infuriating how casually our community continues to be dismissed,’ one expert says.
By Amy Lieu - February 15, 2021
Donald Trump ranked lower in approval than every other U.S. president in history in a recent poll.
By Amy Lieu - February 15, 2021
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she would introduce legislation to award Goodman and his fellow Capitol Police officers who responded to the Jan. 6 riots.
By Amy Lieu - February 12, 2021
Julie Su has fought to protect low-wage workers for 17 years, freeing enslaved Thai workers in 1995.
By Amy Lieu - February 11, 2021
‘The pandemic made a bad situation worse, with women and people of color paying the price.’
By Amy Lieu - February 11, 2021