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Friday, August 23, 2024

Republican-Led States Sue to Block DACA Recipients from Accessing Affordable Health Insurance

A group of Republican-led states, headed by Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, have sued to block a new rule that allows Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) recipients to access health insurance through the Affordable Care Act (ACA). It is yet another legal assault on Dreamers, while the fate of DACA itself hangs in the […]

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Thursday, August 22, 2024

President Biden’s Keeping Families Together Program Has Begun

Updated: August 22, 2024 This is an update to our blog first posted on June 18, 2024, when President Biden first announced two policies to help provide streamlined paths to legal status for certain undocumented immigrants. On August 19, 2024, details regarding the two policies described below were posted as a notice in the Federal […]

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Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Texas Attorney General Paxton Continues Fight Against NGOs That Serve Migrants

Earlier this summer, a federal judge issued a strong rebuke to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s attempt to shut down the faith-based Annunciation House, labeling his actions as “outrageous and intolerable.” Federal Judge Francisco X. Dominguez’s July 2 ruling came as a response to Paxton’s attempts to compel shelters along the Texas-Mexico border to hand […]

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Friday, August 16, 2024

The Refugee Olympic Team: Resilience and Hope at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics

By: Devashish Basnet Since their unforgettable debut at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympic Games, the Refugee Olympic team, which represents millions of refugees and forcibly displaced people worldwide, keeps making history. This summer at the 2024 Paris Olympics, the team won its first-ever medal. Cindy Ngamba, a Cameroonian refugee who now lives in the UK, […]

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Tuesday, August 6, 2024

DHS Strengthens Protections for Immigrant Workers

The Biden-Harris administration has taken hundreds of immigration actions since entering office. But one of the administration’s most overlooked reforms is a process to protect immigrant workers while bolstering labor agencies’ ability to hold unscrupulous employers accountable for violations. In January 2023, the administration announced a streamlined process—known colloquially as “DALE” (Deferred Action for Labor […]

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