Biden Must Make Immigration a Priority, Not Give in to GOP Demands

Biden Must Make Immigration a Priority, Not Give in to GOP Demands

Editorial credit: OogImages / Shutterstock.com By The Editorial Board | January 16, 2024 | Inquirer Republicans have forced the Biden administration to the negotiating table on immigration, holding aid for Ukraine hostage in a bid to enact draconian measures that would further upend the asylum process and pave the way for the kind of anti-immigrant […]

Commentary: An Opportunity for New York to Lead on Immigration Policy

Commentary: An Opportunity for New York to Lead on Immigration Policy

By Murad Awawdeh Gov. Hochul, let’s show the nation how to shape a morally sound, economically beneficial response to the migrant crisis. As 2024 sets in, immigrant communities all over are bracing for a year of attacks and policy proposals that threaten to eliminate crucial protections and resources.  President Joe Biden and congressional leaders are considering cruel […]

Denver Mayor’s Faith Guides Him on Immigration Issue as City Grapples with Migrant Crisis: ‘Not Sustainable’

Denver Mayor’s Faith Guides Him on Immigration Issue as City Grapples with Migrant Crisis: ‘Not Sustainable’

By David Rutz | January 12, 2024 | MSN Democratic Denver Mayor Mike Johnston says his city is on an unsustainable fiscal path due to an influx of migrants that’s greater per capita than any other major American city. But he tells conservatives who are angered at the country’s mounting border crisis that his Christian faith […]

Pelosi Calls for Reform of ‘Broken Asylum System’ to Secure Border: ‘Must Honor Our Responsibilities’

Pelosi Calls for Reform of ‘Broken Asylum System’ to Secure Border: ‘Must Honor Our Responsibilities’

Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com By Jenny Goldsberry | January 7, 2023 Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) suggested a revamped asylum system would help secure the southern border amid record crossings. Pelosi appeared on This Week Sunday to respond to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection report, stating that it processed more than 302,000 people at the U.S.-Mexico border in December alone. […]

Leading Voices Highlight That on Immigration: Republicans Don’t Want a Deal, They Want a Political Issue

Leading Voices Highlight That on Immigration: Republicans Don’t Want a Deal, They Want a Political Issue

By America’s Voice | January 5, 2024 Washington, DC — As America’s Voice has been pointing out and multiple Republicans have themselves been admitting, the GOP is more interested in driving a political message hammering Biden and Democrats on immigration than they are in enacting serious policy to address the issue. Key observers have been making the same point, including: […]

Alongside DOJ Lawsuit vs. Texas, Reminders Why U.S. Citizens’ Civil Rights Are At Stake

Alongside DOJ Lawsuit vs. Texas, Reminders Why U.S. Citizens’ Civil Rights Are At Stake

Editorial credit: Vic Hinterlang / Shutterstock.com By America’s Voice | January 4, 2024 Washington, DC — Yesterday, the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Texas’ SB4 (also known as “show me your papers”) law, which would escalate the state’s ongoing anti-immigrant crackdown by empowering every law enforcement officer to question the citizenship of any Texas resident […]

Resisting SB4: Voices from Houston on Texas’ Controversial Immigration Bill

Resisting SB4: Voices from Houston on Texas’ Controversial Immigration Bill

Editorial credit: Katherine Welles / Shutterstock.com By Nakia Cooper | December 22, 2023 | Ethnic Media Services HOUSTON, Texas – Texas is currently at the center of a heated debate with the introduction of Senate Bill 4 (SB4), a piece of legislation spearheaded by Governor Greg Abbott that has sparked vigorous discussions across the state and […]

Schumer and McConnell say Senate will Take Up Immigration and National Security Package in the New Year

Schumer and McConnell say Senate will Take Up Immigration and National Security Package in the New Year

Editorial credit: Consolidated News Photos / Shutterstock.com By Morgan Rimmer, Kristin Wilson and Jack Forrest | December 19, 2023 | CNN CNN — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell issued a joint statement Tuesday acknowledging that senators will not reach a deal on immigration this week, pushing negotiations over the larger national security package with aid for Ukraine and […]

DHS Publishes Federal Register Notice Announcing the Extensions of Re-Registration Periods for Temporary Protected Status for El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua and Sudan

DHS Publishes Federal Register Notice Announcing the Extensions of Re-Registration Periods for Temporary Protected Status for El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua and Sudan

Editorial credit: christianthiel.net / Shutterstock.com WASHINGTON – Consistent with its September announcement, the Department of Homeland Security today published a Federal Register notice reiterating the extensions of the periods to re-register for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) under the existing designations of El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, and Sudan. As previously announced, the re-registration period for each […]

SCOTUS to Decide When Courts Can Review Decisions about Immigration Relief… Again

SCOTUS to Decide When Courts Can Review Decisions about Immigration Relief… Again

By Suchita Mathur | December 15, 2023 | Immigration Impact Families are complicated. Especially during the holidays, that’s something we can all agree on. But most of us can’t – or will never have to – imagine being forcibly separated from our closest relatives because an overworked immigration judge (IJ) misapplied a legal standard in deciding whether […]

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