Your voting plan in 4 easy steps
We have just 50 days until Election Day, and it’s imperative that every eligible voter safely casts their ballot amidst the ongoing pandemic. As
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The Impact of COVID-19 on Noncitizens and Across the U.S. Immigration System
By Jorge Loweree, Aaron Reichlin-Melnick and Walter Ewing, Ph.D., American Immigration Council
The COVID-19 (the novel coronavirus) pandemic, and the federal government’s response, has …
Challenging Customs and Border Protection’s Unlawful Practice of Turning Away Asylum Seekers
By American Immigration Council
This case challenges the government’s policy – the Turnback Policy – of turning away asylum seekers at ports of entry …
Diversity Visa Ban Struck Down by Judge
By Katy Murdza, Immigration Impact
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to resume issuing diversity visas on September 5. Each year, the State Department uses a lottery …
USCIS Wants To Increase the Amount of Biometric Data It Collects by Over 60%
By Jorge Loweree, Immigration Impact
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced plans to dramatically expand the personal information that it collects in support of immigration …
Citizenship Backlogs at USCIS Will Block Hundreds of Thousands from Voting in the 2020 Election
By Melissa Cruz, Immigration Impact
Hundreds of thousands of immigrants might be prevented from voting in the 2020 election—even though they are just one…
ICE whistleblower: Nurse alleges ‘hysterectomies on immigrant women in US’
Border Patrol Federal Agent Gear on a bulletproof vest. Includes radio, patch, bullet magazine, and other police tools. – Palm Springs, CA / USA …
2020 Census Countdown to our Future: Last Chance for NYC to Secure its Political and Economic Future
NEW YORK, N.Y. – City officials, elected officials, and major citywide community advocates and leaders will gather in Manhattan and Brooklyn on Wednesday, September …
New Poll Shows America’s Parents, Teachers Want ‘Safety First’ on School Reopenings
Trump and DeVos’ Ruinous Agenda Rejected, Comfort with Return to Brick-and-Mortar Schools Significantly Higher when Protections, Funding in Place
WASHINGTON—The nation’s teachers and parents are seeing through the Trump administration’s chaos and disinformation over reopening schools this fall, new polling shows. And …
HUD Urges Localities To Prevent Evictions By Using Grant Funds
Rental assistance to prevent evictions is an allowable use of the $7 billion in HUD CARES Act funds
Sign in front of the Department of Housing and Urban Development in downtown Washington, DC on December 26, 2014. – WASHINGTON, DC – DECEMBER
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