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Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
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Updated Practice Advisory on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
The American Immigration Council’s Legal Action Center (LAC) has released an updated practice advisory on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. This advisory includes the latest information about DACA adjudication trends…
ImmigrationProf Blog
On Living off the Grid and Legalization
Alexandra Starr, A Catch for Undocumented Immigrants in Recent Reforms, touches on a problem that is arising with the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) that previously arose with the "amnesty program"…
ImmigrationProf Blog
DACA’s First Birthday
Tomorrow is the one-year anniversary of the announcement of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. After organizing by immigrant youth and their allies, President Barack Obama announced on…
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Immigration Articles of the Day: Immigrant Assimilation into U.S. Prisons, 1900-1930 by Carolyn M. Moehling and Anne Morrison Piehl and Response, In Defense of DACA, Deferred Action, and the DREAM Act by Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia
Immigrant Assimilation into U.S. Prisons, 1900-1930by Carolyn M. Moehling Rutgers University, Department of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)and Anne Morrison Piehl Rutgers University - Department of Economics; National…
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House Votes to Defund DACA Program for DREAM Students
InsideHigherEd.com reports that the House of Representatives voted 224-201 yesterday to end the Department of Homeland Security's "Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals" (DACA) program, which allows noncitizens who were brought to the…
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Steve King Attempts to Terminate DACA
From the Immigrant Legal Resource Center:THE IMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER OPPOSES EFFORTS TO END THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DACA PROGRAMSan Francisco, CA, June 6, 2013 — Today, the U.S. House…
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Feinstein Fails, Immigration Reform Advances
From Chinese for Affirmative Action:Last week the Senate Judiciary Committee voted in support of legislation to fix our country’s broken immigration policies.The bill now moves to the full Senate and…
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Happy Memorial Day from America’s Voice
Van Le on America's Voice reminds us of what is important on Memorial Day:This Memorial Day, America’s Voice and America’s Voice Education Fund would like to take time to honor…
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Immigration Article of the Day: Defining American: DREAMers, Immigration Reform and Citizenship by Elizabeth Keyes
Defining American: DREAMers, Immigration Reform and Citizenshipby Elizabeth Keyes University of Baltimore - School of LawApril 18, 2013Nevada Law Journal, Forthcoming Abstract: The grassroots movement propelling the DREAM Act and…
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District Court Finds Arizona Denial of Driver’s Licenses to DACA Recipients “Likely” Irrational, Refuses to Grant Preliminary Injunction
The Nation reports on Arizona's continuing efforts to deny driver's licenses to immigrants who have been provided relief under the Obama administration's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Arisona Governor…