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.
Protecting Undocumented Workers on the Pandemic’s Front Lines
Millions of undocumented immigrants are on the front lines working to keep Americans safe, healthy, and supported during the coronavirus pandemic.
Restoring the Rule of Law Through a Fair, Humane, and Workable Immigration System
A Profile of Immigrant Women in the Workforce
A Demographic and Economic Profile of Undocumented Workers on the Pandemic’s Front Lines
Resources on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
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.
LGBTQ Dreamers Fear Detention and Deportation and Need DACA’s Protections
A new survey shows that LGBTQ DACA recipients fear the consequences of losing the program’s protections.
What We Know About DACA Renewals
Unless they renew, nearly 157,000 DACA recipients could see their protections expire by the time the U.S. Supreme Court likely issues a ruling next June.