A Migrant Model To Follow: Portugal’s Response to the Coronavirus
The United States and other countries should take a cue from the humanitarian ways that Portugal is treating migrants and asylum-seekers during this pandemic.
Immigrants as Essential Workers During COVID-19
Tom Jawetz, vice president for Immigration Policy at the Center for American Progress, testified before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship on September 23, 2020.
Restoring the Rule of Law Through a Fair, Humane, and Workable Immigration System
Anticipating and Neutralizing Anti-Immigrant Actions That May Undermine a Free and Fair Election
Rebuilding the U.S. Refugee Program for the 21st Century
Resources on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
A Demographic Profile of DACA Recipients on the Frontlines of the Coronavirus Response
Nearly 203,000 DACA recipients are working in occupations at the forefront of the COVID-19 response in health care, education, and food services.
What We Know About the Demographic and Economic Impacts of DACA Recipients: Spring 2020 Edition
Across the nation, nearly 650,000 DACA recipients live, raise 254,000 U.S.-citizen children, and pay $8.7 million in taxes each year.
Dreamers Help Keep the Country Running During the Coronavirus Pandemic
In anticipation of a Supreme Court decision that could decide their fate, DACA recipients grapple, like other Americans, with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Removing Barriers for Immigrant Medical Professionals Is Critical To Help Fight Coronavirus
The federal government, states, and other agencies must do more to enable immigrant health care professionals to join the fight against the pandemic.
Federal Immigration Officials Can Help Protect Public Health During the Coronavirus Pandemic
While some local law enforcement agencies have responded to the COVID-19 outbreak by diverting people away from prisons and jails and by releasing particularly vulnerable incarcerated individuals, federal immigration officials are continuing to endanger the lives and safety of detained people and undermine public health.
DHS Must Suspend Certain Immigration Enforcement Practices During the Coronavirus Outbreak
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has yet to issue a formal statement suspending certain immigration enforcement initiatives to preserve life and safety during the coronavirus outbreak.
Economic Recovery and Business Dynamism in Rural America
Business growth in rural communities is falling behind that of other communities; this trend must be reversed in order to foster resilience.
Bait and Switch: How the Trump Administration Is Trying to Deport Spouses of U.S. Citizens
A federal court in Maryland recently blocked the Trump administration’s use of a program designed to promote legal status for the spouses of U.S. citizens to instead entrap and deport them.
Board of Immigration Appeals Greenlights Deportation of Immigrants Eligible for and Deserving of Relief
A recent decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals illustrates why a deportation-only approach to immigration enforcement leads to unfair and unjust outcomes.
Climate Change Is Altering Migration Patterns Regionally and Globally
Climate change is contributing to crop failure and malnutrition in the Northern Triangle and beyond, driving migration and raising the need for global and regional solutions.
The Medical Profession Has a Diversity Problem. Ending DACA Would Only Make It Worse
The U.S. Supreme Court takes up a case challenging the Trump administration’s attempt to end DACA for hundreds of thousands of people, including thousands of medical students and physicians.
More Than 1,400 Organizations and Individuals Voice Their Support for DACA
This graphic allows viewers to see all signatories on the amicus briefs in support of DACA submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Immigration Detention Is Dangerous for Women’s Health and Rights
The health and rights of women and girls in U.S. immigration custody are regularly violated through inhumane treatment, including inadequate health care, neglect, and abuse.
Women’s Health and Rights in Immigration Detention
This fact sheet offers policy recommendations to address the inhumane treatment of women and girls in the U.S. immigration detention system.