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Tom Jawetz is the vice president of Immigration Policy at American Progress. Prior to joining American Progress, Tom served as chief counsel on the Immigration Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee. In that capacity, Tom devised and executed strategies for immigration-related hearings and markups before the Committee on the Judiciary and legislation on the House floor. He has advised members of Congress and congressional staff on all areas of immigration law and policy.
Prior to his time at the Judiciary Committee, Tom worked as the immigration detention staff attorney at the National Prison Project, a part of the American Civil Liberties Union, or ACLU. There, he represented detainees in class action and individual challenges to unlawful conditions of confinement and twice testified before Congress. While at ACLU, he investigated abuses in Louisiana jails and prisons during and after Hurricane Katrina and co-authored the report “Abandoned and Abused: Orleans Parish Prisoners in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina.” He previously represented asylum seekers in judicial and administrative proceedings with the Washington Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs and served as a law clerk to the Hon. Kimba M. Wood of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Tom holds a bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College and a J.D. from the Yale Law School.
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How Executive Action Can Build a More Fair, Humane, and Workable Immigration System | Center for American Progress | January 11, 2021 |
TPS Can Promote Stability and Recovery for Central American Countries Hit by Recent Hurricanes | Center for American Progress | December 21, 2020 |
Promoting Accountability: State and Federal Officials Shouldn’t Be Above the Law | Center for American Progress | December 17, 2020 |
The President and Immigration Law: Restoring Faith in Our Immigration System Through Enforcement Discretion and Reform | Just Security | October 14, 2020 |
New DHS Policy Threatens To Undo Gains Made by DACA Recipients | Center for American Progress | October 5, 2020 |
Amid Changes to the DACA Program and COVID-19, DACA Recipients are Fired Up and Civically Engaged | United We Dream | October 2, 2020 |
Immigrants as Essential Workers During COVID-19 | Center for American Progress | September 28, 2020 |
Philanthropy Can’t Support the Common Good When It Supports White Supremacy (Letter to the Editor) | The Chronicle of Philanthropy | September 11, 2020 |
5 Immediate Steps To Rein in DHS in the Wake of Portland | Center for American Progress | September 2, 2020 |
The Trump Administration Must Immediately Resume Processing New DACA Applications | Center for American Progress | July 13, 2020 |
Data on the Coronavirus Outbreak in Immigration Detention Offer More Questions than Answers | Center for American Progress | June 16, 2020 |
Federal Immigration Officials Must Take Immediate Action To Prevent Further Coronavirus Outbreaks at Detention Facilities | Center for American Progress | May 1, 2020 |
A Demographic Profile of TPS Holders Providing Essential Services During the Coronavirus Crisis | Center for American Progress | April 14, 2020 |
Federal Immigration Officials Can Help Protect Public Health During the Coronavirus Pandemic | Center for American Progress | March 18, 2020 |
DHS Must Suspend Certain Immigration Enforcement Practices During the Coronavirus Outbreak | Center for American Progress | March 10, 2020 |
Bait and Switch: How the Trump Administration Is Trying to Deport Spouses of U.S. Citizens | Center for American Progress | February 18, 2020 |
Attorney General Barr Brings Bluster, Not Substance, to a New Attack on State Authority | Center for American Progress | February 11, 2020 |
Preserving America as a Welcoming Nation by Thoughtfully Managing Change | Center for American Progress | February 7, 2020 |
Democratic Congressional Leaders Call for Investigations Into Trump Administration’s Likely Illegal TPS Terminations | Center for American Progress | February 6, 2020 |
Supreme Court Ruling on Public Charge Worsens an Already Dysfunctional Legal Immigration System | Center for American Progress | January 31, 2020 |
Acting ICE Director Albence Commits to Deporting DACA Recipients, Highlighting the Real Stakes of the Pending Supreme Court Case | Center for American Progress | January 28, 2020 |
Board of Immigration Appeals Greenlights Deportation of Immigrants Eligible for and Deserving of Relief | Center for American Progress | January 28, 2020 |
On Third Anniversary of Muslim Ban, Trump Administration Appears Poised To Expand Upon Bigoted Policies | Center for American Progress | January 27, 2020 |
Mother of Cancer Patient Faces Deportation Despite Medical Deferred Action Program | Center for American Progress | January 23, 2020 |
Advocacy Groups File Lawsuit Against ‘Safe Third Country’ Agreements That Violate U.S. and International Law by Returning Individuals to Life-Threatening Conditions | Center for American Progress | January 17, 2020 |
Fast-Track Deportations of Asylum-Seekers Ignore Basic Procedural Protections Required by Law | Center for American Progress | January 2, 2020 |
New York and New Jersey Pass Legislation Allowing Undocumented Residents to Apply for Driver’s Licenses | Center for American Progress | December 19, 2019 |
DACA Recipients’ Livelihoods, Families, and Sense of Security Are at Stake This November | Center for American Progress | September 19, 2019 |
A new Trump administration rule undermines key protections and sanitary standards for migrant children. The move is dangerous and cruel. | Business Insider | August 22, 2019 |
Restoring the Rule of Law Through a Fair, Humane, and Workable Immigration System | Center for American Progress | July 22, 2019 |
Building a More Dynamic Economy: The Benefits of Immigration | Center for American Progress | June 26, 2019 |
Language Access Has Life-or-Death Consequences for Migrants | Center for American Progress | February 20, 2019 |
Immigration Reform and the Rule of Law | Center for American Progress | February 15, 2019 |
What Should and Should Not Be in Any Homeland Security Funding Deal | Center for American Progress | January 30, 2019 |
Immigration Priorities in the 116th Congress | Center for American Progress | January 8, 2019 |
HHS Plans to Strip Vital Programs of Funding to Hold More Immigrant Children in Custody | Center for American Progress | September 28, 2018 |
A Win in the Courts Would Harm the 10 States Suing to End DACA | Center for American Progress | August 24, 2018 |
Ending DACA Would Have Wide-Ranging Effects but Immigrant Youth are Fired Up and Politically Engaged | United We Dream | August 23, 2018 |
Kavanaugh’s Record Shows a Disregard for Immigrants — and the Law | RealClearPolicy | August 21, 2018 |
Amid Legal and Political Uncertainty, DACA Remains More Important Than Ever | Center for American Progress | August 15, 2018 |
The 4 Worst Parts of the Securing America’s Future Act | Center for American Progress | June 7, 2018 |
The Sessions Trap on Immigration | Univision | April 16, 2018 |
Dreams Deferred: A Look at DACA Renewals and Losses Post-March 5 | Center for American Progress | March 2, 2018 |
5 Things the Trump Administration Can Do Right Now to Protect Dreamers and Show Good Faith | Center for American Progress | February 6, 2018 |
Debunking the Lie that Dreamers Can Wait | Center for American Progress | January 19, 2018 |
Congress Must Pass the Dream Act | The Hill | December 19, 2017 |
Is Trump Planning to Distract from His Tax Bill by Causing a Government Shutdown? | Center for American Progress | December 6, 2017 |
Thousands of DACA Recipients Are Already Losing Their Protection From Deportation | Center for American Progress | November 9, 2017 |
The House Has Passed a Bill That Could Create a National Deportation Machine | The American Prospect | September 7, 2017 |
DACA Recipients’ Economic and Educational Gains Continue to Grow | Center for American Progress | August 28, 2017 |
A New Threat to DACA Could Cost States Billions of Dollars | Center for American Progress | July 21, 2017 |
The Trump Budget Neglects Basic Protections and Funds a Deportation Force Instead | Center for American Progress | May 23, 2017 |
The Negative Consequences of Entangling Local Policing and Immigration Enforcement | Center for American Progress | March 21, 2017 |
Trump’s Deportation Rules Will Make America Unsafe Again | Fortune | February 24, 2017 |
DACA Helps Young People Realize the Promise of the American Dream | Center for American Progress | December 15, 2016 |
New Study of DACA Beneficiaries Shows Positive Economic and Educational Outcomes | Center for American Progress | October 18, 2016 |
Immigration Reform — Not Mass Deportation — Is the Only Viable Choice | Medium | October 6, 2016 |
How the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Can End Its Reliance on Private Prisons | Center for American Progress | September 14, 2016 |
The Opportunity Scholarship for Young Immigrants Is an Opportunity for Welcoming States | Center for American Progress | June 8, 2016 |
Everything You Need to Know About United States v. Texas | Center for American Progress | April 14, 2016 |
On Tax Day, Remember the Contributions of Unauthorized Immigrants | InsideSources | April 13, 2016 |
4 Reasons Why States Suing to Stop Immigration Actions Stand to Lose Big | Center for American Progress | March 28, 2016 |
Why We Must Protect Central American Mothers and Children Fleeing Violence | Center for American Progress | February 5, 2016 |
Addressing the Flow of Central American Mothers and Children Seeking Protection | Center for American Progress | January 12, 2016 |
DAPA Matters | Center for American Progress | November 19, 2015 |
2016 and 2020 DAPA-Affected Voters and 2012 Margins of Victory, by State | Center for American Progress | November 19, 2015 |
America at Its Best | Center for American Progress | November 18, 2015 |
Turning Our Backs on the 14th Amendment | Center for American Progress | November 9, 2015 |