DACA 10 years on: ‘Dreamers’ futures still uncertain
2 years, 6 months ago

DACA 10 years on: ‘Dreamers’ futures still uncertain

Al Jazeera  

Dozens rally in Washington, DC in support of a US programme that protects undocumented migrants from deportation. “DACA has been under attack since its inception.” Ten years ago, the administration of then-President Barack Obama created DACA. “For all they have done for our nation, and all they will continue to do, DACA recipients and their families deserve better,” Obama said in a tweet on Wednesday. “On the 10th anniversary of DACA, let’s redouble our efforts to build a commonsense immigration system that offers these Americans a pathway to citizenship.” For all they have done for our nation, and all they will continue to do, DACA recipients and their families deserve better. “We are calling on the Biden administration to use its executive authority to protect as many undocumented immigrants as possible,” said US Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey.

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DACA recipients skeptical after Trump says he wants to protect them
1 week, 4 days ago

DACA recipients skeptical after Trump says he wants to protect them

NPR  

DACA recipients skeptical after Trump says he wants to protect them Immigrants with protection under the DACA program worry they could targeted with mass deportations. Then over the weekend, Lopez heard NBC News' Kristen Welker ask Trump on "Meet The Press" about immigrants like him, often called DREAMers. AHILAN ARULANANTHAM: It's very hard to know what to make of them …

'Dreamers' can get Obamacare this year, unless a court case stops them
1 month, 3 weeks ago

'Dreamers' can get Obamacare this year, unless a court case stops them

NPR  

'Dreamers' can get Obamacare this year, unless a court case stops them toggle caption Jack Brook/AP When open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, starts this week, a group that had previously been barred from signing up will be eligible for the first time: the “Dreamers.” That’s the name given to children of undocumented immigrants whose parents brought …

Biden unveils plan allowing hundreds of thousands to gain US citizenship
6 months ago

Biden unveils plan allowing hundreds of thousands to gain US citizenship

Al Jazeera  

Advocates say US president’s effort to regularise some undocumented immigrants will help keep families together. “By providing this much-needed relief, the Administration has not only helped keep hundreds of thousands of families together, but also sent a clear and decisive message that immigrants are deeply rooted community members who help make America stronger,” Kica Matos, president of the National Immigration …

'Dreamers' deferred: Democrats are blowing the immigration debate and hurting kids by hiding
1 year, 3 months ago

'Dreamers' deferred: Democrats are blowing the immigration debate and hurting kids by hiding

Raw Story  

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program was unlawful, dealing a stinging blow to the Biden Administration and Democrats who have supported the program since its creation in 2012 by President Barack Obama. And when a conservative judge rules twice to declare an immigration program unlawful, yet finds it acceptable enough to allow that …

US judge rules against Biden's immigration policy regulation for 'Dreamers'
1 year, 3 months ago

US judge rules against Biden's immigration policy regulation for 'Dreamers'

India Today  

A US judge on Wednesday ruled against a programme offering deportation relief and work permits to immigrants brought to the country illegally as children, known as "Dreamers", despite an attempt by President Joe Biden's administration to bolster the initiative's standing with a new regulation. Hanen, a Republican-appointed judge, found a regulation issued last year by Biden's Democratic administration did not …

Federal judge again declares that DACA is illegal with issue likely to be decided by Supreme Court
1 year, 3 months ago

Federal judge again declares that DACA is illegal with issue likely to be decided by Supreme Court

Associated Press  

HOUSTON — While a federal judge on Wednesday declared illegal a revised version of a federal policy that prevents the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, he declined to order an immediate end to the program and the protections it offers to recipients. The Executive Branch cannot usurp the power bestowed on Congress …

Judge rules new DACA program can continue temporarily
2 years, 2 months ago

Judge rules new DACA program can continue temporarily

Associated Press  

HOUSTON — A federal judge ruled Friday that the current version of a federal policy that prevents the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. as children can continue, at least temporarily. is now the task before this court,” said Nina Perales, an attorney with the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, or MALDEF, who …

Revised ‘Dreamers’ program to get another review by court
2 years, 2 months ago

Revised ‘Dreamers’ program to get another review by court

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — A federal appeals court Wednesday ordered a lower court review of Biden administration revisions to a program preventing the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought into the United States as children. President Joe Biden said in a statement that he was “disappointed” in the ruling, noting, “The court’s stay provides a temporary reprieve for DACA …

An appeals court rules against DACA, but the program continues — for now
2 years, 2 months ago

An appeals court rules against DACA, but the program continues — for now

NPR  

An appeals court rules against DACA, but the program continues — for now Enlarge this image toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite/AP J. Scott Applewhite/AP NEW ORLEANS — A federal appeals court Wednesday ordered a lower court review of Biden administration revisions to a program preventing the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought into the United States as children. …

Biden seeks to bolster legal protection for DACA recipients
2 years, 3 months ago

Biden seeks to bolster legal protection for DACA recipients

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Wednesday unveiled a regulation aimed at fending off legal challenges to a decade-old program that shields immigrants from deportation if they arrived as young children. Its 453 pages are largely technical and represent little substantive change from the 2012 memo that created DACA, but it was subject to public comments as part of a …

Appeals arguments heard on immigrants brought to US as kids
2 years, 5 months ago

Appeals arguments heard on immigrants brought to US as kids

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — Attorneys hoping to save an Obama-era program that prevents the deportation of thousands of people brought into the U.S. as children told a federal appeals court Wednesday that ending the program would cruelly disrupt the lives of thousands who have grown up to become tax-paying, productive drivers of the U.S. economy. DACA, she said, “is the bare …

10 years after DACA was announced, Dreamers remain in limbo
2 years, 6 months ago

10 years after DACA was announced, Dreamers remain in limbo

NPR  

10 years after DACA was announced, Dreamers remain in limbo Enlarge this image toggle caption Juan Gastelum/National Immigration Law Center Juan Gastelum/National Immigration Law Center Ten years ago, Diana Pliego was heading home from a church youth group event when her parents shared some surprising news. "It is actually in a way a big celebration of the movement that got …

Dreamers Reflect On 10th Anniversary of DACA : Consider This from NPR : NPR
2 years, 6 months ago

Dreamers Reflect On 10th Anniversary of DACA : Consider This from NPR : NPR

NPR  

DACA Recipients On Ten Years Of Precarious Protection Enlarge this image toggle caption Drew Angerer/Getty Images Drew Angerer/Getty Images It's been ten years since the Obama administration announced Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. President Obama called it a "temporary stopgap measure," at the time, but Congress hasn't passed any legislation in the intervening years to create permanent protection …

Proposed DACA rules for immigrants disappoint ‘documented dreamers’
3 years, 2 months ago

Proposed DACA rules for immigrants disappoint ‘documented dreamers’

Firstpost  

Documented dreamers are children of long-term visa holders who often wait years for a green card and face deportation if they don’t receive legal immigration status after turning 21 Washington: Documented dreamers’ joined by a group of lawmakers on Monday expressed disappointment over their exclusion from the proposed Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals rules which preserve and fortify protection for …

Biden rule to shield ‘Dreamers’ seeks to bypass Congress
3 years, 2 months ago

Biden rule to shield ‘Dreamers’ seeks to bypass Congress

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Monday renewed efforts to shield hundreds of thousands of immigrants who came to the United States as young children from deportation, the latest maneuver in a long-running drama over the policy’s legality. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas called again on Monday for Congress to act swiftly to provide “the legal status they need and …

Biden administration unveils new proposal to protect Dreamers
3 years, 2 months ago

Biden administration unveils new proposal to protect Dreamers

Al Jazeera  

New rule would preserve and protect the DACA programme against future legal challenges, but Congress also urged to act. The Biden administration has unveiled its latest attempt to “preserve and fortify” DACA, a programme that shields from deportation hundreds of thousands of immigrants who came to the United States as children. “The Biden-Harris Administration continues to take action to protect …

U.S. tech companies disappointed with DACA ruling, urge Congress to act
3 years, 5 months ago

U.S. tech companies disappointed with DACA ruling, urge Congress to act

The Hindu  

Some U.S. tech companies expressed disappointment with a ruling by a federal judge that blocked new applications to a program that protects immigrants who were brought to the United States as children from deportation. "Dreamers and immigrants make the United States — and Twitter — better", a spokesperson from social media platform Twitter said in an emailed statement. Twitter, Google, …

'Deeply disappointing': Biden pledges to appeal against DACA ruling
3 years, 5 months ago

'Deeply disappointing': Biden pledges to appeal against DACA ruling

Hindustan Times  

President Joe Biden said Saturday that the Justice Department intends to appeal a federal judge's ruling deeming illegal an Obama-era program that has protected hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation and he renewed his calls for Congress to create a permanent solution. A US federal judge on July 16, 2021, dealt a fresh blow to an immigration program …

Judge orders end to DACA in ‘a blaring siren’ for Democrats
3 years, 5 months ago

Judge orders end to DACA in ‘a blaring siren’ for Democrats

LA Times  

People rally outside the Supreme Court in 2019 over President Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA. Calling the ruling a “blaring siren” for Democrats, United We Dream Executive Director Greisa Martinez Rosas said they would be solely to blame if legislative reform doesn’t happen. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi vowed in a statement Friday …

US judge: DACA programme for ‘Dreamer’ migrants is illegal
3 years, 5 months ago

US judge: DACA programme for ‘Dreamer’ migrants is illegal

Al Jazeera  

The ruling blocks new applicants, saying the programme was created illegally by former President Obama. A US federal judge in Texas has blocked new applications to a programme that protects immigrants who were brought to the United States as children from deportation but said the hundreds of thousands of people already enrolled would not be affected until further court rulings. …

‘Dreamers’ urge compassion for families, children at US border
3 years, 7 months ago

‘Dreamers’ urge compassion for families, children at US border

Al Jazeera  

Amid an increase in migration at the US-Mexico border, DACA recipients relive their own journeys to the US decades ago. “Once we started walking in the river, I couldn’t reach the ground, so I pretty much just had to hold on to another person who dragged me through.” Villalobos got legal status in the US eight years ago under the …

Trump administration to reject new applications for 'Dreamer' immigrant program
4 years, 4 months ago

Trump administration to reject new applications for 'Dreamer' immigrant program

Firstpost  

By Steve Holland, Ted Hesson and Mica Rosenberg WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration, bolstering his tough immigration stance in an election year, said on Tuesday it will reject any new applications for the so-called “Dreamer” immigrant program and shorten the deportation protections of those whose eligibility is soon to expire and needs renewal. A senior administration official said …

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