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Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
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ImmigrationProf Blog
Civil Disobedience, Employer Sanctions, and the Likely End of DACA
FriendsA few years ago when Trump threatened to end DACA, I wrote this piece encouraging employers to engage in civil disobedience if DACA was terminated and to stand up for…
ImmigrationProf Blog
DACA recipients “self-deport” as immigration status remains in limbo
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy has been in limbo for several years after the Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration's attempt to rescind the policy. ABC News' Devin…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Senators Durbin and Graham Introduce the Dream Act of 2023
Senator Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) The first version of the DREAM Act, which would provide relief to young undocumented people, was introduced in Congress in 2001. Yes, 2001. Here we go again. A…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, South Carolina, West Virginia, Kansas, and Mississippi Seek 2-Year DACA Wind-Down
Photo of Judge Andrew Hanen courtesy of Wikimedia CommonsThe Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) saga continues. Britain Eakin for Law360 writes on the latest episode in the attempts of…
ImmigrationProf Blog
New Member of Congress: A Daughter of Guatemalan Immigrants, Husband a DACA Recipient
Only in America! Here is a good story to start the new year.The daughter of working class Guatemalan immigrants with a husband who is a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals…
ImmigrationProf Blog
2023 May Be Decisive for US Immigration Policy
Voice of America predicts that "2023 May Be Decisive for US Immigration Policy." There, of course, many different immigration issues before the nation, including the Title 42 order, the future…
Inside Business Immigration
GT Immigration Policy Briefings | December 2022
By Laura Foote Reiff ‡, Rebecca B. Schechter ‡
FOR THE WEEK OF DEC. 6, 2022 Legislative Update On the Omnibus front, Sens. Thom Tillis and Kyrsten Sinema have leaked a potential DACA/Border fix. It looks like the time to…
Inside Business Immigration
GT Immigration Policy Briefings | November 2022
By Laura Foote Reiff ‡, Rebecca B. Schechter ‡
FOR THE WEEK OF NOV. 7, 2022 Election Eve and Congress Immigration continues to be a key issue in the 2022 mid-term elections. The results of the election could determine…
ImmigrationProf Blog
LA Times Podcast on DACA
Put into place by the Obama administration in 2012, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy has seen ups-and-downs in the decade sense. This Los Angeles Times podcast notes…
Immigration Blog
New DACA Rule Reflects Court’s Limitations
The new Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) final rule is in effect – to the extent permitted by court orders. DACA allows temporary protection from deportation for undocumented immigrants…