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DOJ settles claim by Washington state ‘Dreamer’ detained by immigration despite protected status

SEATTLE — The Department of Justice has settled a claim filed by a Des Moines, Washington, man who was arrested and detained by immigration agents in 2017 despite his protected status as a recipient of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status.

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US settles with Mexican man arrested despite DACA status

A Mexican man who was arrested by U.S. immigration agents in 2017 despite his participation in a program designed to protect those brought to the U.S. illegally as children will be allowed to remain in the country for at least the next four years under a settlement with the Justice…

The Independent UK

‘Dreamers’ are America’s investment in its present and future

If America’s DACA youth get deported as a result of current politics in Washington, it will be at our own peril.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Immigration reform hopes nearly extinguished as Congress approaches end of session

WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders who hoped to strike a deal on immigration reform before the end of the year faced difficult odds to push proposals through for votes.

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Another failure on immigration reform

A relatively quiet congressional effort to achieve bipartisan progress on immigration appeared to meet an untimely end last week.

Tribune News Service

Americans still support asylum for immigrants fleeing persecution, poll finds

As the Biden administration prepares to end the use of a Trump-era border measure that restricts access to asylum, most Americans continue to support protections for immigrants who are fleeing persecution and torture abroad.

Los Angeles Times

DACA deal fizzles amid GOP opposition

Rather than protect Dreamers, GOP lawmakers push to strengthen border measures

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DACA deal for “Dreamers” fizzling as Texas Republicans prioritize border security

The House passed the American Dream and Promise Act in March 2021, which would allow DACA recipients, or “Dreamers,” to apply for permanent residency and end the legal limbo that has repeatedly jeopardized their ability to stay in the United States.

The Texas Tribune

Article I, Article II, and Article III in United States v. Texas

The power of the purse, prosecutorial discretion, and jurisdiction, are all implicated.

Reason

Editorial: 10 years of limbo. DACA recipients need permanent relief now

One of the few issues most Americans can agree on when it comes to the thorny topic of immigration is that longtime residents who were brought into the United States illegally as children should be granted permanent status. Congress should seize the opportunity during the lame-duck session to pass such…

Los Angeles Times

Border policy questions loom as Senate works on funding, 'Dreamers' - Roll Call

An imminent end to pandemic-era asylum restrictions under Title 42 has renewed border policy debates on Capitol Hill.

Roll Call

Why these DACA recipients traded living in the US for other countries

Since 2012, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals has protected more than 800,000 immigrants brought to the U.S. as children from deportation, allowing them to work, drive and travel legally.

Los Angeles Times

'I can't keep fighting the system': DACA recipients are leaving the US, disheartened by years of instability

Tawheeda Wahabzada was tired of hoping she would ever have a permanent place in the country that had been home for nearly her entire life. So in February 2020, after hosting a "self-deportation party" where she said goodbye to her friends and family, she left the U.S.

Los Angeles Times

Senate must vote now to save DACA, provide path to citizenship for immigrant ‘dreamers’

We must think about the consequences of Senate inaction in human terms. Ending DACA will shatter the lives of nearly 2 million people in our country who were brought here as children.

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Roll Call

GOP candidates focus on border security amid high migration - Roll Call

Republican candidates stressed immigration in the 2022 midterm elections, in campaign ads and pledges to finish Donald Trump's border wall.

The Independent UK

Mexican-born filmmaker fears losing hope if DACA thrown out

Mexican-born filmmaker Jorge Xolalpa is mired in a years-long battle over whether he can keep working legally in the United States

Los Angeles Times

UC pushed to break legal ground by hiring immigrant students without work permits

LOS ANGELES — The University of California is considering a proposal to break legal ground by hiring immigrant students without work authorization in what would be a test of federal law that could dramatically alter tens of thousands of young lives.

Roll Call

Business leaders predict ‘crisis’ if courts end ‘Dreamers’ protections

More than 80 executives told Congress their companies would suffer without a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

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Tribune News Service

Editorial: Time is now for Congress to act on DACA

Unconstitutional acts don’t become constitutional because you like the results. That’s why Congress, not the president, needs to give legal status to illegal immigrants brought here as children.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: DACA is again in danger. Congress can protect this population once and for all

Immigration is an issue fraught with multiple points of disagreement and one point where lawmakers on both sides of the aisle tend to agree: Unauthorized immigrants brought here as children, who have essentially grown up as Americans, shouldn’t have to live under constant risk of deportation to countries they may…

Ballotpedia

Checks and Balances, October 2022: Biden administration codifies DACA

The Checks and Balances Letter delivers news and information from Ballotpedia’s Administrative State Project, including pivotal actions at the federal and state levels related to the separation of powers, due process, and the rule of law.

The Independent UK

DACA program's fate again before judge who ruled it illegal

A federal judge is scheduled to again decide the fate of a program that prevents the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants who were brought to the United States as children

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Congress still owes DACA recipients a permanent fix

Imagine the life you have now, with all your routines that you’ve built and the goals you’ve achieved, with one caveat: At any time, through no fault of your own and without warning, faraway people could take away not just your job but your right to have a job, throw…

Tribune News Service

Latest ‘Dreamers’ court ruling prompts calls for Senate to act

WASHINGTON — Advocates have turned up the pressure on the Senate to pass legislation this year to establish a citizenship path for undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children, after a federal appeals court dealt yet another blow to the program that for now protects those so-called Dreamers.

The Independent UK

Immigration will vex Biden no matter who controls Congress

President Joe Biden says he is committed to “fixing our immigration system for good."

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