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Immigrants Make the Labor Market Great Article
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Immigrants Make the Labor Market Great

CAP analysis of the February 2026 employment report shows that President Trump’s promises to native-born workers have yet to materialize while reduced immigration is poised to have a negative effect overall on employment and wages in the long run.

Sara Estep, Kennedy Andara

Reining in DHS and Restoring Accountability Past Event

Reining in DHS and Restoring Accountability

Join a virtual discussion with the authors of five commonsense reforms to rein in DHS.

The Trump Administration’s ICE and CBP Have Become a Threat to Americans: Congress Must Ensure That DHS Follows the Law and Adopts Commonsense Reforms Article
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The Trump Administration’s ICE and CBP Have Become a Threat to Americans: Congress Must Ensure That DHS Follows the Law and Adopts Commonsense Reforms

The Trump administration’s Department of Homeland Security is out of control, endangering the well-being and lives of Americans. DHS must follow the law and fulfill its role to enhance—not compromise—the security of Americans and the homeland.

Dan Herman, Allie Preston, Gréta Bedekovics, 5 More Ben Olinsky, Ben Greenho, Rosa Barrientos-Ferrer, Silva Mathema, Debu Gandhi

The Trump Administration’s Hostility to Legal Immigration Harms America’s Global Leadership in Innovation Report
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The Trump Administration’s Hostility to Legal Immigration Harms America’s Global Leadership in Innovation

By targeting legal immigration, the United States is signaling to the best and brightest talent around the world that they are unwelcome, harming U.S. leadership in innovation that has strengthened the economy for all Americans.

Ben Greenho, Silva Mathema, Rosa Barrientos-Ferrer, 1 More Debu Gandhi

The Path Forward: Ideas Worth Fighting For Feature
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The Path Forward: Ideas Worth Fighting For

The ideas in the Path Forward series present a roadmap for policymakers who want to offer a compelling alternative to populist authoritarianism by addressing people’s problems with bold ideas.

Congressional Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act Creates an Unaccountable Slush Fund for the Trump Administration’s Deportation Force Report
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Congressional Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act Creates an Unaccountable Slush Fund for the Trump Administration’s Deportation Force

The OBBBA pumps $75 billion into ICE with no guardrails, supercharging the Trump administration’s massive, indiscriminate deportation agenda that is operating without accountability and threatening local communities and economies.

Rosa Barrientos-Ferrer, Ben Greenho, Silva Mathema

Fixing the Immigration System to Strengthen the United States Past Event

Fixing the Immigration System to Strengthen the United States

Join CAP for a timely conversation with Reps. Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Tom Suozzi (D-NY), Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM) and CAP President and CEO Neera Tanden on solutions to actually fix our immigration system and strengthen border security.

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10th Annual DACA Survey: 2024 Findings Reveal What’s at Stake for Recipients and the United States Report
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10th Annual DACA Survey: 2024 Findings Reveal What’s at Stake for Recipients and the United States

The 10th annual DACA survey illustrates the positive contributions that DACA recipients have made to America and reveals the significant, widespread disruptions that would result from ending DACA, highlighting more than ever the need for congressional action to provide pathways to citizenship for recipients.

Tom K. Wong, Ignacia Rodriguez Kmec, Diana Pliego, 4 More Karen Fierro Ruiz, Silva Mathema, Ben Greenho, Rosa Barrientos-Ferrer

How Democrats Can Win on Immigration In the News

How Democrats Can Win on Immigration

CAP President and CEO Neera Tanden outlines a winning strategy for immigration reform in The Wall Street Journal.

The Wall Street Journal

Neera Tanden

Hoja informativa: Un marco de inmigración que garantizará el orden en la frontera, mantendrá seguros a los estadounidenses, aumentará el crecimiento económico y nos fortalecerá Hoja informativa

Hoja informativa: Un marco de inmigración que garantizará el orden en la frontera, mantendrá seguros a los estadounidenses, aumentará el crecimiento económico y nos fortalecerá

Estas reformas ofrecen una estrategia ordenada y eficaz que protege a las comunidades estadounidenses y defiende los valores de la nación, a la vez que satisface las necesidades económicas del país.

Neera Tanden, Debu Gandhi

Fact Sheet: An Immigration Framework That Would Ensure Order at the Border, Keep Americans Safe, Increase Economic Growth, and Make Us Stronger Fact Sheet

Fact Sheet: An Immigration Framework That Would Ensure Order at the Border, Keep Americans Safe, Increase Economic Growth, and Make Us Stronger

These reforms offer an orderly and effective approach that protects American communities and upholds American values while meeting the nation’s economic needs.

Neera Tanden, Debu Gandhi

10 Egregious Things You May Not Know About the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Article
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10 Egregious Things You May Not Know About the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

Congressional Republicans’ radical budget and tax bill includes several less-known provisions that will increase costs, fuel the Trump administration’s overreach, and waste taxpayer dollars.

Colin Seeberger, Andrea Ducas, Natasha Murphy, 9 More Kierra B. Jones, Andrés Argüello, Lily Roberts, Kyle Ross, Michael Sozan, Silva Mathema, Sara Partridge, Paige Shoemaker DeMio, Corey Husak

Point: America’s Law-and-Order Problem Is Donald Trump In the News

Point: America’s Law-and-Order Problem Is Donald Trump

In an op-ed published by Inside Sources, Damian Murphy argues that President Donald Trump's deployment of federal forces against protestors mirrors the actions of authoritarian regimes around the world.

Inside Sources

Damian Murphy

5 Facts About the Labor Market Experiences of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Women Article
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5 Facts About the Labor Market Experiences of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Women

Analysis from the Center for American Progress and the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum finds that AANHPI women, who are often immigrants, have a broad range of intersecting identities that make their labor market experiences unique. Breaking down these aggregates helps break down racial stereotypes too.

Mimla Wardak, Sydelle Barreto, Natalie Baker, 1 More Sara Estep

Mexico’s Lawsuit To Hold U.S. Gun Manufacturers Accountable Will Affect Public Safety in Both Countries Article
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Mexico’s Lawsuit To Hold U.S. Gun Manufacturers Accountable Will Affect Public Safety in Both Countries

The Supreme Court’s decision in Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos will either hold U.S. gun manufacturers accountable for fueling gun violence in Mexico or empower an unchecked firearm industry to break the law without consequence.

Nick Wilson

Counterpoint: The Carnage Has Begun In the News

Counterpoint: The Carnage Has Begun

In an op-ed published by InsideSources, Ben Olinsky looks ahead to Trump's upcoming congressional address and argues that the change Trump promised is not the sort he’s delivering.

InsideSources

Ben Olinsky

Trump’s Rash Immigration Actions Place Cruelty and Spectacle Above Security Report

Trump’s Rash Immigration Actions Place Cruelty and Spectacle Above Security

Rather than adopting commonsense measures to fix the United States’ badly broken immigration system to benefit all Americans, President Trump’s indiscriminate immigration actions follow a pattern of cruelty, ripping apart families and communities and jeopardizing Americans’ security.

Debu Gandhi, Ben Greenho, Nick Wilson

Regaining America’s Trust on Immigration In the News

Regaining America’s Trust on Immigration

In a new article published in Democracy Journal, Debu Gandhi discusses how progressives should modify their messaging on immigration in the wake of this year’s general election.

Democracy Journal

Debu Gandhi

The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals Is Spearheading a Judicial Power Grab Report
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The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals Is Spearheading a Judicial Power Grab

The rogue 5th Circuit Court has helped undermine the separation of powers, established precedent, and principled legal reasoning to accomplish right-wing policy goals; the Supreme Court continuing to follow suit would strip power away from elected representatives and American voters.

Jeevna Sheth, Devon Ombres

2023 Survey of DACA Recipients Highlights Economic Advancement, Continued Uncertainty Amid Legal Limbo Article
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2023 Survey of DACA Recipients Highlights Economic Advancement, Continued Uncertainty Amid Legal Limbo

The ninth annual survey of DACA recipients illustrates DACA’s role in empowering individuals and communities while strengthening the U.S. economy and highlights the need for a pathway to citizenship.

Tom K. Wong, Ignacia Rodriguez Kmec, Diana Pliego, 4 More Karen Fierro Ruiz, Silva Mathema, Trinh Q. Truong, Rosa Barrientos-Ferrer

Playbook for the Advancement of Women in the Economy Report

Playbook for the Advancement of Women in the Economy

This collection of policy recommendations reveals how policymakers can grow the economy by centering the changes that women need in their economic platforms.

Rose Khattar, Sara Estep

To Resolve the Humanitarian and Administrative Border Crisis, the U.S. Must Fix the Broken Asylum System, Help Stabilize the Western Hemisphere, and Provide Robust, Orderly Migration Pathways Article
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To Resolve the Humanitarian and Administrative Border Crisis, the U.S. Must Fix the Broken Asylum System, Help Stabilize the Western Hemisphere, and Provide Robust, Orderly Migration Pathways

The just-released Senate border deal is a sincere, bipartisan attempt to create much needed order at the U.S.-Mexico border; release pressure on the broken asylum system, resource agencies, and communities; and provide other targeted solutions across the immigration system. However, to achieve and sustain order at the border, Congress must more boldly address what drives migration in the region and must create accessible lawful pathways that are an alternative to asylum.

Patrick Gaspard, Debu Gandhi, Dan Restrepo

DACA Recipients Bolster Social Security and Medicare Article
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DACA Recipients Bolster Social Security and Medicare

DACA recipients collectively earn nearly $27.9 billion and contribute nearly $2.1 billion to Social Security and Medicare each year, making the economy and their communities stronger.

Trinh Q. Truong, Silva Mathema

Honoring Lorella Praeli, 2023 Progressive Champion Article
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Honoring Lorella Praeli, 2023 Progressive Champion

Lorella Praeli is the co-president of Community Change and Community Change Action and the first recipient of the John D. Podesta Progressive Champion Award.

Opinion: A smart and humane answer on immigration Article

Opinion: A smart and humane answer on immigration

Tom Jawetz and researchers from Texas A&M and the University of Virginia argue that Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations may decrease some of the push factors that are causing Venezuelans and others to come to the United States.

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Ben Helms, David Leblang, Tom Jawetz

Executive Summary: A Whole-of-Government, Society-Wide Approach to Tackling the Opioid Crisis Fact Sheet

Executive Summary: A Whole-of-Government, Society-Wide Approach to Tackling the Opioid Crisis

This fact sheet summarizes a recent Center for American Progress report outlining the need for a whole-of-government, society-wide approach to addressing the complex challenges posed by the opioid overdose epidemic.

Trinh Q. Truong, Debu Gandhi, Jill Rosenthal, 5 More Marquisha Johns, Mariam Rashid, Dan Restrepo, Akua Amaning, Cleo Bluthenthal

Tackling the Opioid Crisis Requires a Whole-of-Government, Society-Wide Approach Report
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents sift through packages in search of fentanyl.

Tackling the Opioid Crisis Requires a Whole-of-Government, Society-Wide Approach

The opioid epidemic is a complex public health crisis that can be ameliorated by addressing root causes of drug use; expanding access to treatment and harm reduction strategies; and reducing the supply of illicit opioids entering the United States.

Trinh Q. Truong, Debu Gandhi, Jill Rosenthal, 5 More Marquisha Johns, Mariam Rashid, Dan Restrepo, Akua Amaning, Cleo Bluthenthal

Practical Solutions To Assist Cities and States Receiving Asylum-Seekers Across the U.S. Report
Migrants, who boarded a bus in Texas, are dropped off within view of the U.S. Capitol building.

Practical Solutions To Assist Cities and States Receiving Asylum-Seekers Across the U.S.

The uncoordinated busing and relocation of migrants and asylum-seekers poses various challenges to receiving cities and states across the country; but practical solutions at the local, state, and federal levels can turn these challenges into opportunities.

Zefitret Abera Molla

Improving Language Access in the U.S. Asylum System Report

Improving Language Access in the U.S. Asylum System

The lack of adequate interpretation and translation services for asylum-seekers who are not proficient in English impedes their ability to navigate the complex immigration system.

Zefitret Abera Molla

DACA Boosts Recipients’ Well-Being and Economic Contributions: 2022 Survey Results Article
People gather for a rally to celebrate the 10th anniversary of DACA.

DACA Boosts Recipients’ Well-Being and Economic Contributions: 2022 Survey Results

The eighth annual survey of DACA recipients shows, yet again, DACA recipients’ many contributions to their communities and the U.S. economy more broadly while highlighting the need for a pathway to citizenship.

Tom K. Wong, Ignacia Rodriguez Kmec, Diana Pliego, 4 More Karen Fierro Ruiz, Debu Gandhi, Trinh Q. Truong, Nicole Svajlenka

Crossing the Border: How Disability Civil Rights Protections Can Include Disabled Asylum-Seekers Report
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Crossing the Border: How Disability Civil Rights Protections Can Include Disabled Asylum-Seekers

Civil rights protections designed to protect disabled people from discrimination, such as the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, are powerful tools for ensuring that disabled asylum-seekers have access to the protection and services they need in the U.S. immigration system.

Trinh Q. Truong, Emily DiMatteo, Mia Ives-Rublee

The 32nd Anniversary of the ADA Past Event
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The 32nd Anniversary of the ADA

Improving the U.S. Asylum System for Disabled Noncitizens

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Immigrants and Asylum-Seekers Deserve Humane Alternatives To Detention Report
Cell room doors are seen at the Caroline Detention Facility in Bowling Green, Virginia.

Immigrants and Asylum-Seekers Deserve Humane Alternatives To Detention

Immigrants and asylum-seekers should be provided with community-based case management services rather than placed in invasive surveillance programs that threaten their well-being, civil liberties, and privacy.

Trinh Q. Truong

Ending the Title 42 Expulsion Policy Is the Right Thing To Do Article
A migrant and her children remain in Tapachula, Mexico.

Ending the Title 42 Expulsion Policy Is the Right Thing To Do

Ending the Title 42 expulsion policy at the border is an important step toward rebuilding the United States’ asylum system.

Zefitret Abera Molla

The Urgency of Designating Cameroon for Temporary Protected Status Report

The Urgency of Designating Cameroon for Temporary Protected Status

The U.S. government should immediately grant Temporary Protected Status to Cameroonian nationals in the United States, given the extraordinary and deteriorating conditions in the country that make a safe return impossible.

Silva Mathema, Zefitret Abera Molla

Why Immigration Relief Matters Article
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Why Immigration Relief Matters

Undocumented immigrants make significant economic contributions and are integral members of communities across the United States; immigration relief is necessary to continue growing the economy and strengthening communities nationwide, especially amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trinh Q. Truong

Including Immigration Parole in Reconciliation Will Help Millions Article
A U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officer handles folders with immigrants' applications for permanent U.S. residency at the Dallas Field Office in Irving, Texas, on August 22, 2016. (Getty/John Moore)

Including Immigration Parole in Reconciliation Will Help Millions

While not providing permanent protections, including immigration parole in reconciliation would allow up to 7.1 million undocumented immigrants to gain long-term temporary status while satisfying the objections of the Senate parliamentarian.

Philip E. Wolgin, Nicole Svajlenka, Claudia Flores

Fact Sheet: State-by-State Estimates of Citizenship in Budget Reconciliation Article
Activists stand in Lafayette Square, across from the White House, in an effort to urge Congress and the Biden administration to create a pathway to citizenship for millions of immigrants on August 17, 2021, in Washington, D.C.

Fact Sheet: State-by-State Estimates of Citizenship in Budget Reconciliation

The proposed House budget reconciliation bill would create a pathway to citizenship for 6.9 million Dreamers, those eligible for Temporary Protected Status, and essential workers—including farmworkers—all while boosting U.S. economy.

Nicole Svajlenka, Claudia Flores, Philip E. Wolgin

Redefining Homeland Security: A New Framework for DHS To Meet Today’s Challenges Report

Redefining Homeland Security: A New Framework for DHS To Meet Today’s Challenges

To meet the challenges of today, the Biden administration and Congress should reform the Department of Homeland Security around a mission that highlights safety and services alongside its traditional protecting roles.

Mara Rudman, Rudy deLeon, Joel Martinez, 5 More Elisa Massimino, Silva Mathema, Katrina Mulligan, Alexandra Schmitt, Philip E. Wolgin

Citizenship for Undocumented Immigrants Would Boost U.S. Economic Growth Report
(A candidate for U.S. citizenship holds a U.S. flag during a naturalization ceremony for new U.S. citizens in Newark, New Jersey, February 2017.)

Citizenship for Undocumented Immigrants Would Boost U.S. Economic Growth

Putting undocumented immigrants on a pathway to citizenship would increase U.S. GDP by up to $1.7 trillion over the next decade, raise wages for all Americans, and create hundreds of thousands of new jobs, advancing the country’s economic recovery.

Giovanni Peri, Reem Zaiour

Reinstating the LIFE Act and Eliminating Entry Bars Would Allow Millions of Immigrants To Stay With Their Families Article
A woman hugs her daughter after taking an oath to become a U.S. citizen at a naturalization ceremony in Salt Lake City, April 2019. (Getty/George Frey)

Reinstating the LIFE Act and Eliminating Entry Bars Would Allow Millions of Immigrants To Stay With Their Families

Reinstating the Legal Immigration Family Equity Act or eliminating the three- and 10-year entry bars, or making both changes, would allow many undocumented immigrants to gain legal status.

Silva Mathema, Nicole Svajlenka, Sofia Carratala

Why DACA Matters Article
DACA recipients and their supporters rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court, June 2020. (Getty/Drew Angerer)

Why DACA Matters

DACA continues to be a lifeline for its beneficiaries, their families, and communities across the nation.

Claudia Flores, Nicole Svajlenka

The Trump Administration’s Family Separation Policy Is Over Report
(Volunteers in Washington, D.C., place teddy bears along a cage as part of a demonstration meant to represent the children still separated from their families as a result of U.S. immigration policies, November 2020.)

The Trump Administration’s Family Separation Policy Is Over

Individual and collective accountability for the family separation policy is needed to hold individuals responsible, restore faith in government institutions, prevent further abuses, and provide appropriate redress.

Maggie Jo Buchanan, Philip E. Wolgin, Claudia Flores

‘Justice for All’ Requires Access to Justice Article
A U.S. citizen and her mother, a refugee from El Salvador protected under Temporary Protected Status (TPS), attend a legal clinic in Somerville, Massachusetts, January 2018. (Getty/Dina Rudick/The Boston Globe)

‘Justice for All’ Requires Access to Justice

The Biden administration can further advance its key priorities by restoring federal leadership on access to justice issues.

Maggie Jo Buchanan, Maha Jweied, Karen A. Lash

A Profile of Immigrant Women in the Workforce Article
Medics run rapid COVID-19 tests in Brownsville, Texas, February 2021. (Getty/John Moore)

A Profile of Immigrant Women in the Workforce

Immigrant women are integral members of U.S. society, working across industries that serve all communities and spur economic growth. As the pandemic continues to disproportionately affect women in the workforce, future policy must consider the contributions and needs of immigrant women.

Sofia Carratala, Nicole Svajlenka, Sarah Jane Glynn

The Pause on Deportations Is the First Step Toward a Fair, Humane, and Workable System and Must Move Forward Article
Family members hug at a reunification event for Mexican families who have been separated from their loved ones living in the United States, Los Angeles, September 2018. (Getty/Mario Tama)

The Pause on Deportations Is the First Step Toward a Fair, Humane, and Workable System and Must Move Forward

The 100-day moratorium on deportations will allow the Biden administration to uncover the depths of lawlessness of the Trump administration’s immigration regime and start to right the ship. The courts must allow it to move forward.

Philip E. Wolgin

How Executive Action Can Build a More Fair, Humane, and Workable Immigration System Article
Giagnna Mendez, originally from Peru, participates in a swearing-in ceremony to become an American citizen on June 4, 2020, in Miami. (Getty/Joe Raedle)

How Executive Action Can Build a More Fair, Humane, and Workable Immigration System

The Biden administration can jump-start a series of necessary reforms by issuing a clear and expansive executive order in its first days that condemns the damage caused to the immigration system by the past administration, pauses deportations, and outlines principles to guide policy development over the next four years.

Tom Jawetz

A New Paradigm for Humane and Effective Immigration Enforcement Report
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A New Paradigm for Humane and Effective Immigration Enforcement

This report proposes a new model for how the United States can enforce its immigration laws that would be not only more humane and dramatically less expensive but also more effective than the mass detention and deportation strategies of recent decades.

Peter L. Markowitz

Rebuilding the U.S. Refugee Program for the 21st Century Report
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Rebuilding the U.S. Refugee Program for the 21st Century

The United States must learn from past experiences—from the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks through the Trump administration—to rebuild a resilient refugee resettlement program.

Silva Mathema, Sofia Carratala

Immigrants as Essential Workers During COVID-19 Testimony

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.

Tom Jawetz

5 Immediate Steps To Rein in DHS in the Wake of Portland Report
(People gather to protest in front of the Mark O. Hatfield federal courthouse in downtown Portland, Oregon, on July 27, 2020.)

5 Immediate Steps To Rein in DHS in the Wake of Portland

The recent actions by U.S. Department of Homeland Security personnel on the streets of Portland, Oregon, and across the country raise significant concerns about a department out of control.

Tom Jawetz, Philip E. Wolgin, Claudia Flores

The Trump Administration Must Immediately Resume Processing New DACA Applications Article
People hold signs during a rally in support of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in favor of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, in San Diego, June 18, 2020. (Getty/Sandy Huffaker)

The Trump Administration Must Immediately Resume Processing New DACA Applications

As the Supreme Court’s decision goes into effect, the Trump administration must now allow 300,000 young people to file new applications for DACA, including 55,500 of the youngest DACA-eligible individuals who did not previously have the chance to apply.

Nicole Svajlenka, Tom Jawetz, Philip E. Wolgin

Supreme Court Ruling Could Clear a Path for Trump Administration To Strip Protections From Hundreds of Thousands of DACA Recipients Article
The U.S. Supreme Court building is seen on May 12, 2020, Washington, D.C. (Getty/Alex Wong)

Supreme Court Ruling Could Clear a Path for Trump Administration To Strip Protections From Hundreds of Thousands of DACA Recipients

If the Supreme Court announces that the Trump administration’s termination of DACA was lawful, it will be jeopardizing the lives and futures of hundreds of thousands of recipients as well as their families and communities.

Nicole Svajlenka

Federal Immigration Officials Must Take Immediate Action To Prevent Further Coronavirus Outbreaks at Detention Facilities Article
Detainees sit on their beds in a privately run 1,000 bed detention center, February 2006, in Otay Mesa, California. (Getty/Robert Nickelsberg)

Federal Immigration Officials Must Take Immediate Action To Prevent Further Coronavirus Outbreaks at Detention Facilities

As COVID-19 spreads exponentially at detention facilities nationwide, ICE’s inadequate response is leaving tens of thousands of detainees and facility staff, as well as broader communities, increasingly vulnerable.

Sofia Carratala, Tom Jawetz

Dreamers Help Keep the Country Running During the Coronavirus Pandemic Article
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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.

Stephanie Griffith, Claudia Flores

Federal Immigration Officials Can Help Protect Public Health During the Coronavirus Pandemic Article
People walk through the parking lot as they visit the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in Miramar, Florida, on March 13, 2020. (Getty/Joe Raedle)

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.

Tom Jawetz, Ed Chung

Economic Recovery and Business Dynamism in Rural America Report
A downtown street scene in Missouri, July 2019. (Getty/Michael S. Williamson)

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.

Olugbenga Ajilore

3 Ways HUD Is Using Regulatory Attacks to Dismantle Fair Housing Protections Article
A man walks his dogs through the Park View neighborhood in Washington, D.C., February 2019. (Getty/The Washington Post/Bonnie Jo Mount)

3 Ways HUD Is Using Regulatory Attacks to Dismantle Fair Housing Protections

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has proposed multiple rules that target housing access for marginalized communities and weaken protections against discrimination.

Areeba Haider

Climate Change Is Altering Migration Patterns Regionally and Globally Article
Children carry bottles of water near Los Laureles reservoir, close to the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa, during a drought caused by climate change. (Getty/Orlando Sierra/AFP)

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.

Jayla Lundstrom

Adversity and Assets: Identifying Rural Opportunities Report
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Adversity and Assets: Identifying Rural Opportunities

Rural America has yet to recover from the Great Recession, but by leveraging its communities’ unique strengths, it can build a brighter future for everyone.

Olugbenga Ajilore, Caius Z. Willingham

Immigration Detention Is Dangerous for Women’s Health and Rights Report
(An immigrant woman, recently released after spending six months in an ICE detention facility, clutches her ICE identification bracelet in her hotel room in Los Angeles, September 2018.)

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.

Nora Ellmann

Women’s Health and Rights in Immigration Detention Fact Sheet
A Honduran asylum-seeker holds her daughter at an indoor play space in the greater Washington, D.C. area. (A Honduran asylum-seeker holds her daughter at an indoor play space in the greater Washington, D.C. area.)

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.

Nora Ellmann

What We Know About DACA Renewals Article
Immigrants fill out forms for DACA at a February 2015 workshop in New York City. (Getty/John Moore)

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.

Nicole Svajlenka

States Are Making Progress on Expanding Access to Driver’s Licenses Article
Applicants fill out paperwork at a temporary Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) processing center in Stanton, California, on January 2, 2015, the first day that undocumented individuals in California could apply for a driver's license. (Getty/Digital First Media/Orange County Register/Kevin Sullivan)

States Are Making Progress on Expanding Access to Driver’s Licenses

Recent wins in state legislatures prove that expanding access to driver’s licenses for undocumented individuals benefits entire communities while promoting further integration of immigrant communities.

Sofia Carratala

DACA Recipients’ Livelihoods, Families, and Sense of Security Are at Stake This November Article
A woman takes part in a New York City march against President Trump's decision to end DACA, September 2017. (Getty/Corbis News/VIEWpress/Kena Betancur)

DACA Recipients’ Livelihoods, Families, and Sense of Security Are at Stake This November

As the Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments on the fate of DACA, new results show that the initiative remains critical for recipients, their families, and the economy.

Tom K. Wong, Sanaa Abrar, Claudia Flores, 5 More Tom Jawetz, Ignacia Rodriguez Kmec, Greisa Martinez Rosas, Holly Straut-Eppsteiner, Philip E. Wolgin

3 Reasons Why the New Flores Rule Does Not Pass Legal Muster Article
A young migrant girl lies on the floor of a bus depot as her father, recently released from federal detention with other Central American asylum-seekers, obtains a ticket in McAllen, Texas, June 2019. (Getty/AFP/Loren Elliott)

3 Reasons Why the New Flores Rule Does Not Pass Legal Muster

By failing to adhere to the standards set out in the 1997 Flores settlement, by focusing on deterrence, and by neglecting high costs, the Trump administration’s new Flores rule has opened itself up to significant legal challenges.

Philip E. Wolgin

State and Local Governments Opt Out of Immigrant Detention Article
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center is seen in Los Angeles, July 2019. (Getty/Mark Ralston)

State and Local Governments Opt Out of Immigrant Detention

As ICE attempts to increase its already record-breaking detention capacity, the agency is facing growing resistance from localities and states across the country that no longer want to be entangled in the business of immigration detention.

Lora Adams

Building a More Dynamic Economy: The Benefits of Immigration Testimony

Building a More Dynamic Economy: The Benefits of Immigration

Tom Jawetz, vice president for Immigration Policy at American Progress, testified before a hearing on the benefits of immigration at the U.S. House of Representatives on June 26, 2019.

Tom Jawetz

The Anti-Immigrant Extremists in Charge of the U.S. Immigration System Article
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The Anti-Immigrant Extremists in Charge of the U.S. Immigration System

Top positions in the Department of Homeland Security have been filled by anti-immigrant extremists, many of whom have ties to hate groups, which has led to the normalization of anti-immigrant policies and the spread of dehumanizing rhetoric about immigrants in mainstream media.

Jessica Cobian

A Controversial ICE Program and the Decision Facing Localities This June Article
A man is detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Los Angeles, October 2015. (Getty/John Moore)

A Controversial ICE Program and the Decision Facing Localities This June

In the weeks ahead, local jurisdictions that currently collaborate with the federal government to enforce federal immigration laws must make a choice: protect their immigrant residents or remain complicit in President Trump’s deportation agenda.

Claudia Flores

Trump’s Border Wall Is an Expensive, Ineffective Application of Eminent Domain Article
Tohono O'odham people take part in a protest against President Donald Trump's intention to build a new wall in the border between Mexico and the United States, March 25, 2017, in the Altar Desert, in Sonora, Mexico. (Getty/Pedro Pardo)

Trump’s Border Wall Is an Expensive, Ineffective Application of Eminent Domain

The Trump administration’s proposed border wall is not only expensive, ineffective, and bad for the environment; it is also a misuse of eminent domain law and an affront to private property rights.

K. Grace Hulseman

Resources on H.R. 6, the Dream and Promise Act Article
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Resources on H.R. 6, the Dream and Promise Act

The Center for American Progress’ top resources, data, and economic benefits analyses on Dreamers, Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders, and Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) beneficiaries are captured here.

the CAP Immigration Team

Military Service Members and U.S. National Security Will Pay the Price for Trump’s Manufactured Emergency Article
President Donald Trump delivers remarks in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, D.C., February 15, 2019. (Getty/Brendan Smialowski/AFP)

Military Service Members and U.S. National Security Will Pay the Price for Trump’s Manufactured Emergency

In an unconstitutional exercise of emergency authority, President Trump has threatened to divert billions of dollars away from military projects to fund an unnecessary border wall that serves few interests but his own political agenda.

Saharra Griffin

Representation Matters: In Conversation With the Cast of Netflix’s ‘One Day at a Time’ Podcast
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Representation Matters: In Conversation With the Cast of Netflix’s ‘One Day at a Time’

This week, Ed and Daniella sit down with Gloria Calderón Kellet, Justina Machado, and Isabella Gomez—the showrunner and stars of Netflix series 'One Day at a Time'—to discuss the importance of representation on their new show.

Daniella Gibbs Léger, Ed Chung, Rachel Rosen, 2 More Kyle Epstein, Chris Ford

Language Access Has Life-or-Death Consequences for Migrants Report
A Border Patrol agent speaks with immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas, February 2019. (Getty/John Moore)

Language Access Has Life-or-Death Consequences for Migrants

Following the deaths in Border Patrol custody of two children whose families spoke indigenous languages, it is clear that the agency needs to be far more proactive in providing interpretation and translation services.

Tom Jawetz, Scott Shuchart

Immigration Reform and the Rule of Law Testimony

Immigration Reform and the Rule of Law

Tom Jawetz, vice president for Immigration Policy at American Progress, testified before a field hearing on immigration reform and border security in Philadelphia on February 11, 2019.

Tom Jawetz

Mayor Eric Garcetti: From the Ground Up Podcast
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Mayor Eric Garcetti: From the Ground Up

This week, Daniella and Ed spoke with Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti about how his city is moving the needle forward on issues such as infrastructure, immigration, and criminal justice.

Daniella Gibbs Léger, Ed Chung, Rachel Rosen, 2 More Kyle Epstein, Chris Ford

What Do We Know About Immigrants With Temporary Protected Status? Article
Haitian workers worry about TPS being eliminated, November 2018. (Getty/Michael S. Williamson)

What Do We Know About Immigrants With Temporary Protected Status?

As the Trump administration presses forward with its effort to end TPS, the fate of nearly 318,000 immigrants—and their families—remains uncertain as the Trump administration’s end of TPS is challenged in court.

Nicole Svajlenka

7 of the Top Immigration Lies From the Trump Administration Article
President Donald Trump speaks to the press as he departs the White House in Washington, D.C., on January 10, 2019. (Getty/Brendan Smialowski)

7 of the Top Immigration Lies From the Trump Administration

From its first day in office, the Trump administration has consistently peddled an anti-immigrant narrative built on lies and misinformation.

Laura Muñoz Lopez

What Should and Should Not Be in Any Homeland Security Funding Deal Article
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What Should and Should Not Be in Any Homeland Security Funding Deal

Meaningful discussions about the border and U.S. Department of Homeland Security funding cannot come at the expense of immigrant communities and humanitarian protections.

Tom Jawetz, Lia Parada, Philip E. Wolgin

Crisis Management: An Immigration Update and Tackling Opioids with James Hamblin Podcast
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Crisis Management: An Immigration Update and Tackling Opioids with James Hamblin

In this week's episode, CAP immigration expert Phil Wolgin discusses the so-called crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border and James Hamblin joins us for his perspective on the opioid epidemic.

Daniella Gibbs Léger, Ed Chung, Rachel Rosen, 3 More Kyle Epstein, Chris Ford, Philip E. Wolgin

Immigration Priorities in the 116th Congress Article
The U.S. Capitol dome stands under a cloudy sky, January 2019. (Getty/Chip Somodevilla)

Immigration Priorities in the 116th Congress

Democratic control of the House of Representatives provides an opportunity for much-needed oversight, passage of legislation to protect vulnerable individuals, and exploration of longer-term solutions.

Tom Jawetz

New Year, New Congress, Same Stupid Trump Shutdown Podcast
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New Year, New Congress, Same Stupid Trump Shutdown

In 2019's first episode, Jesse Lee and Sam Berger discuss the new House majority and President Trump's government shutdown.

Daniella Gibbs Léger, Ed Chung, Rachel Rosen, 4 More Kyle Epstein, Chris Ford, Jesse Lee, Sam Berger

Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Was Defeated in the 2018 Midterm Elections Article
Immigrants and supporters march in Los Angeles in opposition to President Donald Trump's order to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program on September 5, 2017. (Getty/David McNew)

Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Was Defeated in the 2018 Midterm Elections

The results of the 2018 midterm elections show that voters are weary of divisive, hateful messages and that they instead prefer solutions to long-standing issues.

Laura Muñoz Lopez

Trump’s ‘Public Charge’ Rule Would Radically Change Legal Immigration Report
A woman holds the flag and her paperwork as the US Citizenship and Immigration Services welcomes 200 new citizens from 50 countries during a ceremony in honor of Independence Day at the New York Public Library on July 3, 2018 in New York. (Photo by Bryan R. Smith / AFP) (Photo credit should read BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP/Getty Images)

Trump’s ‘Public Charge’ Rule Would Radically Change Legal Immigration

President Trump’s proposed LPC test, despite claims to the contrary, would apply to millions of people each year—and most of those who would be denied green cards or other visas will never have received public benefits in the United States.

Shawn Fremstad

Refugees Thrive in America Report

Refugees Thrive in America

By cutting the number of refugees allowed to enter the United States, the Trump administration is undermining the nation’s historic role as a beacon of freedom and ignoring the advancements of many hardworking aspiring Americans.

Silva Mathema

Proactive and Patient Report

Proactive and Patient

The small Nebraskan towns of Lexington and Madison offer encouraging examples of how proactivity and practicality can help communities embrace the nation’s multicultural destiny and emerge stronger for their collective efforts.

Sara McElmurry

Curbing Hate Online: What Companies Should Do Now Report

Curbing Hate Online: What Companies Should Do Now

The Center for American Progress joined with civil and human rights groups to develop new policies for internet companies—here’s what we did and why it is important.

Henry Fernandez

The High Costs of the Proposed Flores Regulation Report
An immigrant woman speaks on the phone with her mother in El Salvador, with whom she had not spoken since leaving the country, San Antonio, Texas, July 2016. (Getty/The Washington Post/Ilana Panich-Linsman)

The High Costs of the Proposed Flores Regulation

The Trump administration has proposed a new regulation that—if implemented—would allow it to detain children and families indefinitely, costing hundreds of millions of dollars, or more, each year.

Philip E. Wolgin

Rapidly Expanding 287(g) Program Suffers from Lack of Transparency Report
Law enforcement officers of the Philadelphia Police Department, Homeland Security, and National Park Service stand by as protestors build a small encampment outside a Department of Homeland Security U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Pennsylvania, July 2018. (Getty/Bastiaan Slabbers)

Rapidly Expanding 287(g) Program Suffers from Lack of Transparency

The federal 287(g) immigration program has expanded significantly under the Trump administration, with ICE and local law enforcement agencies failing to ensure that proper public oversight is possible.

Claudia Flores

Mistaken Identity Report
Officers arrest an alleged MS-13 gang member in Manassas, Virginia, on August 10, 2017.

Mistaken Identity

With unfounded fear of gang violence growing and greater scrutiny of law enforcement tactics, there is an increasing need for public safety strategies that balance respect for individual rights.

Maritza Perez

Revival and Opportunity Report
Quang Nguyen, a Vietnamese immigrant and business owner, stands in front of Le Variety, (Getty/Derek Davis/Portland Press Herald)

Revival and Opportunity

Immigrants are playing a key role in reviving and growing many rural communities and with the right policies could play an even bigger role in sustaining them.

Silva Mathema, Nicole Svajlenka, Anneliese Hermann

Amid Legal and Political Uncertainty, DACA Remains More Important Than Ever Article
Lorena Jofre, a DACA recipient, walks her daughter to school before driving to work in Miami, Florida, February 2018. (Getty/Joe Raedle)

Amid Legal and Political Uncertainty, DACA Remains More Important Than Ever

A survey of DACA beneficiaries finds the program has had an outsize effect on participants, their families, and the U.S. economy as a whole—even as recipients face uncertainty about the future.

Tom K. Wong, Sanaa Abrar, Tom Jawetz, 4 More Ignacia Rodriguez Kmec, Patrick O’Shea, Greisa Martinez Rosas, Philip E. Wolgin

Do Family Separation and Detention Deter Immigration? Report

Do Family Separation and Detention Deter Immigration?

Statistical analysis of data on southwest border apprehensions illustrates that policies of family separation and detention will not deter families from coming to the United States.

Tom K. Wong

Trump’s Immigration Plan Imposes Radical New Income and Health Tests Report
Immigrant families and activists rally outside the Tennessee state Capitol in Nashville, May 31, 2018. (Getty/Drew Angerer)

Trump’s Immigration Plan Imposes Radical New Income and Health Tests

More than 100 million people in the United States—about one-third of the population—would fail Trump’s public charge test if they had to take it.

Melissa Boteach, Shawn Fremstad, Katherine Gallagher Robbins, 2 More Heidi Schultheis, Rachel West

Trump’s Executive Order Rewards Private Prison Campaign Donors Article
The Adelanto Detention Facility in California houses an average of 1,100 immigrants in custody and is managed by the private GEO Group Inc., November 2013. (Getty/John Moore)

Trump’s Executive Order Rewards Private Prison Campaign Donors

Private prison companies—which often do not operate in immigrants’ best interests and have donated large sums of money to President Trump—stand to make billions of dollars from the administration’s policy.

Sharita Gruberg

Ben Rhodes on the End of American Leadership in the World Podcast
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Ben Rhodes on the End of American Leadership in the World

Michele and CAP's Mike Fuchs chat with Ben Rhodes, author and former deputy national security adviser for Obama, about his experiences in the White House and the current administration's family separation policies.

Michele L. Jawando, Michael Fuchs, Sally Tucker, 1 More Rachel Rosen

Incarcerating Entire Families Cannot Be the Solution to the Separation of Children Article
People protest the separation of children from their parents in front of the El Paso Processing Center, June 19, 2018. (Getty/Joe Raedle)

Incarcerating Entire Families Cannot Be the Solution to the Separation of Children

The United States should not lock up children with their parents in order to fix family separation—a policy President Trump could end himself with one phone call—and instead should look to proven alternatives to detention.

Philip E. Wolgin

Asylum in the Trump Era Report

Asylum in the Trump Era

The Trump administration is weakening the U.S. asylum process through a series of restrictive moves, making it more difficult for asylum-seekers to access key protections against persecution.

Anneliese Hermann

The 4 Worst Parts of the Securing America’s Future Act Article
Storm clouds pass over the dome of the U.S. Capitol building, January 2018. (Getty/Bill Clark)

The 4 Worst Parts of the Securing America’s Future Act

Rather than protect Dreamers, the Securing America’s Future Act proposes a litany of restrictive, anti-immigrant measures that would radically reshape the face of the nation.

Tom Jawetz, Philip E. Wolgin

Maria Teresa Kumar on Efforts to Dehumanize the Latinx Community Podcast
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Maria Teresa Kumar on Efforts to Dehumanize the Latinx Community

Michele and Igor speak with Maria Teresa Kumar, president and CEO of Voto Latino, about the harmful effects of the Trump administration's actions on the Latinx community, as well as the importance of communities of color voting in 2018.

Michele L. Jawando, Igor Volsky, Sally Tucker, 1 More Rachel Rosen

Bold Ideas for State Action Report

Bold Ideas for State Action

Americans are ready for states—the laboratories of democracy—to offer a new progressive vision for shared prosperity. This report presents a menu of state policy priorities to help people secure good jobs and good wages and to support strong and healthy communities in which all people are treated fairly and equitably.

Center for American Progress

How 287(g) Agreements Harm Public Safety Article
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer frisks an immigrant at a processing center in lower Manhattan, New York, on April 11, 2018. (Getty/John Moore)

How 287(g) Agreements Harm Public Safety

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) says that 287(g) agreements promote public safety and are in the best interest of the local community, but a closer look shows otherwise.

Laura Muñoz Lopez

5 Ways to Increase Asian American Voter Turnout Article
Kelly Lee of the Korean American Association of Washington Metropolitan Area answers questions from a couple as she helps register voters during the annual KORUS festival, a Korean cultural festival, October 2, 2016, in Tysons Corner, Virginia. (Getty/Alex Wong)

5 Ways to Increase Asian American Voter Turnout

The Asian American community faces a persistent voter turnout disparity—but the barriers can be overcome with appropriate policy efforts.

Aastha Uprety

Progressive Policy Wins in the Omnibus Article
The U.S. Capitol dome is framed by the flowers of a Saucer Magnolia tree, March 19, 2018. (Getty/Bill Clark)

Progressive Policy Wins in the Omnibus

Congress’ spending deal makes a number of important policy advances—although it shamefully leaves Dreamers behind.

Center for American Progress

What’s at Stake Report

What’s at Stake

Immigrants make substantial economic and fiscal contributions and are a part of the social fabric in jurisdictions with 287(g) agreements.

Nicole Svajlenka

We Will Not Cower, Jeff Sessions Podcast
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We Will Not Cower, Jeff Sessions

Michele and Igor chat with Sacramento, California, Mayor Darrell Steinberg about protecting California's sanctuary state laws in the face of the Justice Department lawsuit.

Michele L. Jawando, Igor Volsky, Sally Tucker, 1 More Rachel Rosen

What Works Report

What Works

Many U.S. organizations have developed practical and effective ways to boost refugee integration, and these programs are worth preserving.

Silva Mathema

How To Fix the Large and Growing Latinx Teacher-Student Gap Report

How To Fix the Large and Growing Latinx Teacher-Student Gap

Every state lacks sufficient Latinx teachers to reflect the diversity of its student body. Policymakers need to adjust recruitment tactics to fill the Latinx teacher-student gap.

Sarah Shapiro, Lisette Partelow

Fact Sheets: President Trump’s FY 2019 Budget Harms Nearly Every Community Across the Country Fact Sheet
Copies of President Donald Trump's fiscal year 2019 budget sit on a table at the House Budget Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 12, 2018. (Getty/AFP/Saul Loeb)

Fact Sheets: President Trump’s FY 2019 Budget Harms Nearly Every Community Across the Country

Trump’s budget is an unmitigated disaster for everyday Americans—including women, people with disabilities, LGBTQ individuals, communities of color, and more.

Eliza Schultz, Katherine Gallagher Robbins, Rejane Frederick, 7 More Silva Mathema, Connor Maxwell, Heidi Schultheis, Anusha Ravi, Leila Schochet, Leonard Scott IV, Shabab Ahmed Mirza

The White House Immigration Framework Hurts Women Article
Bahga Guelleh and her daughters pledge allegiance to the flag during a naturalization ceremony, January 2018. (AP/Shawn Patrick Ouellette)

The White House Immigration Framework Hurts Women

The White House's immigration proposal-put into legislation by Sen. Chuck Grassley-would particularly disadvantage women seeking to come to the United States.

Nicole Svajlenka, Philip E. Wolgin

Trump Plans New Limits on Family Immigration and Access to Services Article
Students listen to stories of parents and families as immigrants and affected individuals march to defend the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in downtown Denver, September 5, 2017. (Getty/Joe Amon)

Trump Plans New Limits on Family Immigration and Access to Services

Lacking support for restricting family-based immigration, the Trump administration is planning to act unilaterally by radically redefining an obscure 1882 immigration law.

Shawn Fremstad

Family Reunification Is the Bedrock of U.S. Immigration Policy Article
Tibetan immigrant children learn to combine colors with clay during an after-school program for asylum immigrants in New York, April 2013. (Getty/John Moore)

Family Reunification Is the Bedrock of U.S. Immigration Policy

Family reunification—currently under assault by the Trump administration—has been the foundation of American immigration policy for more than a century.

Philip E. Wolgin

We Cannot Wait Until February 8 Podcast
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We Cannot Wait Until February 8

This week, Michele is joined by Emily Tisch Sussman and a panel of women who discuss protest movements across the country.

Michele L. Jawando, Sally Tucker, Emily Tisch Sussman, 2 More Anisha Singh, Rachel Rosen

Serving LGBTQ Immigrants and Building Welcoming Communities Report
Immigrants take the oath of citizenship to the United States in the Great Hall of Ellis Island on September 16, 2016, in New York City.

Serving LGBTQ Immigrants and Building Welcoming Communities

Cities and service providers can take steps to ensure LGBTQ immigrants have access to the resources they need to become full participants in their communities and thrive.

Sharita Gruberg, Caitlin Rooney, Ashe McGovern, 2 More Shabab Ahmed Mirza, Laura E. Durso

Debunking the Lie that Dreamers Can Wait Article
Protesters hold up signs during a rally in support of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, near Trump Tower in New York, October 5, 2017. (Getty/AFP, Jewel Samad)

Debunking the Lie that Dreamers Can Wait

Nearly 17,000 DACA recipients have already lost protection, and nearly 1,000 more lose protection each week Congress delays.

Tom Jawetz

A Shithole Place Called Racism Podcast
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A Shithole Place Called Racism

This week Michele and Igor chat with two CAP colleagues and discuss the history and context behind the United States' racist immigration policies and Donald Trump's discriminatory behavior.

Michele L. Jawando, Igor Volsky, Sally Tucker, 3 More Philip E. Wolgin, Rejane Frederick, Rachel Rosen

52 Harms in 52 Weeks Report
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52 Harms in 52 Weeks

In the past year, President Trump and his administration have consistently sought to undermine rights, protections, and opportunities for people of color.

Danyelle Solomon, Connor Maxwell

The Year That Was Podcast

The Year That Was

On this episode of Thinking CAP, Michele and Igor break down the year that was 2017.

Michele L. Jawando, Igor Volsky, Sally Tucker, 1 More Rachel Rosen

The Obstacles Unauthorized Students Face in Postsecondary Education Article
Students listen to a debate over a bill seeking to offer in-state tuition rates to unauthorized public college students, in Nashville, Tennessee, April 2017. (AP/Erik Schelzig)

The Obstacles Unauthorized Students Face in Postsecondary Education

Colleges and universities can help curb some of the substantial disadvantages that unauthorized students confront when attempting to attain postsecondary education.

Christian Juarez

The State-by-State Economic Benefits of Passing the Dream Act Article
Immigrant rights supporters join hands as they demonstrate in favor of Congress passing a clean Dream Act that will prevent the deportation of young immigrants known as Dreamers working and studying in the United States, October 13, 2017, in Miami. (AP/Lynne Sladky)

The State-by-State Economic Benefits of Passing the Dream Act

Passing the Dream Act would bring big economic benefits to states and industries all across the nation.

Ryan D. Edwards, Francesc Ortega, Philip E. Wolgin

DACA Students: ‘We Want to Be Here, This Is Our Home’ Video

DACA Students: ‘We Want to Be Here, This Is Our Home’

CAP asked students who have received DACA what it would mean for them, their families, and their communities if they were forced to leave the only home they have ever known.

Jasmine Hardy, Andrew Satter

BONUS EPISODE: A Bulwark Against Trump in California Podcast

BONUS EPISODE: A Bulwark Against Trump in California

This week, Michele and Igor sit down with California Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León to discuss how California is fighting back against the current administration.

Michele L. Jawando, Igor Volsky, Sally Tucker, 1 More Rachel Rosen

What Ending DACA Means for LGBTQ Dreamers Article
A supporter of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals waves a flag during a rally at the White House in September 2017. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

What Ending DACA Means for LGBTQ Dreamers

DACA has allowed thousands of LGBT immigrants improve their economic security and pursue higher education. They could lose protection under President Trump’s elimination of the program and risk being deported to countries where their lives are at risk.

Sharita Gruberg

5 Ways Immigration Justice Is Reproductive Justice Article
A Jamaican immigrant mother embraces her children in their apartment in Seattle, November 24, 2008. (AP/Elaine Thompson)

5 Ways Immigration Justice Is Reproductive Justice

The Trump administration’s decision to end DACA is the latest assault on immigrants—casting them as undeserving of basic rights and undermining their ability to achieve economic stability; parent with dignity; and live healthy, productive lives.

Jamila Taylor

4 Reasons the SUCCEED Act Comes Up Short Article
A mother embraces her son outside of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Miramar, Florida, May 19, 2017. (AP/Lynne Sladky)

4 Reasons the SUCCEED Act Comes Up Short

The new SUCCEED Act, which aims to provide permanent protection for some Dreamers, is a flawed bill that falls short of the Dream Act.

Philip E. Wolgin

Hasan Minhaj’s Rules for Jokes in the Trump Era Podcast

Hasan Minhaj’s Rules for Jokes in the Trump Era

This week, Michele and Igor chat with Hasan Minhaj—senior correspondent for “The Daily Show”—who released his first Netflix special, “Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King,” in May.

Michele L. Jawando, Igor Volsky, Sally Tucker, 1 More Rachel Rosen

The Economic Benefits of Passing the Dream Act Report

The Economic Benefits of Passing the Dream Act

Passing the Dream Act and putting young unauthorized immigrants on a pathway to citizenship would bring substantial benefits for the U.S. economy.

Francesc Ortega, Ryan Edwards, Philip E. Wolgin

The Real Story Behind the Dream Act Podcast

The Real Story Behind the Dream Act

Michele and Igor sit down with Angela Maria Kelley, former senior adviser for immigration policy in the Obama White House, to get an inside look into the fight thus far for Dreamers.

Michele L. Jawando, Igor Volsky, Sally Tucker, 1 More Rachel Rosen

BONUS EPISODE: My Fate Is in Your Hands, Mr. Trump Podcast

BONUS EPISODE: My Fate Is in Your Hands, Mr. Trump

This week, Igor speaks with Juan Escalante, a DREAMer and DACA recipient at risk of losing his status if President Trump decides to rescind the program.

Igor Volsky, Sally Tucker, Rachel Rosen

DACA Recipients’ Economic and Educational Gains Continue to Grow Article
Activists supporting Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and other immigration issues gather near Trump Tower in New York, August 2017. (AP/Craig Ruttle)

DACA Recipients’ Economic and Educational Gains Continue to Grow

According to the largest study to date, DACA recipients continue to play a critical role in the American economy, gaining higher wages, buying cars and houses, and starting businesses, benefiting the entire nation.

Tom K. Wong, Greisa Martinez Rosas, Adam Luna, 5 More Henry Manning, Adrian Reyna, Patrick O’Shea, Tom Jawetz, Philip E. Wolgin

Making America White Again Podcast

Making America White Again

Michele and Igor talk with Vanita Gupta, current president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, about the Department of Justice's recent announcements under the Trump administration.

Michele L. Jawando, Igor Volsky, Sally Tucker, 1 More Rachel Rosen

Trump’s Immigration Policies Are Harming American Children Report
The young daughter of illegal immigrant parents stands next to a sign outside the Miami-Dade County building, February 14, 2017, in downtown Miami. (AP/Alan Diaz)

Trump’s Immigration Policies Are Harming American Children

Immigration policies that target the parents of U.S. citizens have profound consequences for children’s development, and for the economy.

Leila Schochet

Taking Giant Leaps Forward Report

Taking Giant Leaps Forward

DACA beneficiaries who did not complete high school or college are returning to higher education and vocational programs thanks to their legal status—and experiencing giant leaps forward in their social inclusion, job mobility, and financial security as a result.

Roberto G. Gonzales, Marco A. Murillo, Cristina Lacomba, 4 More Kristina Brant, Martha C. Franco, Jaein Lee, Deepa S. Vasudevan

Access to Reproductive Health Care for U.S.-Based Refugees Report

Access to Reproductive Health Care for U.S.-Based Refugees

U.S.-based refugees face several threats due to policies proposed by the Trump administration. Not only is their ability to settle free from stigma on the chopping block, but access to comprehensive reproductive health care is also at risk.

Jamila Taylor, Anusha Ravi

Alternatives to Detention and the For-Profit Immigration System Article
A Honduran woman wears an ankle monitor as she attends a meeting for immigrants at the Bronx Spanish Evangelical Church in New York City, August 2014. (AP/Bebeto Matthews)

Alternatives to Detention and the For-Profit Immigration System

The Department of Homeland Security’s supervision and monitoring programs are often an extension of a punitive immigration system that puts corporate profits over migrants’ lives.

Jason Fernandes

How the Trump Budget Threatens the American People Fact Sheet

How the Trump Budget Threatens the American People

President Trump’s budget cuts translate into direct harms for Americans across the country.

Harry Stein, Gregg Gelzinis

Understanding Trump’s Flimsy Case Against So-Called Sanctuary Jurisdictions Article
Students gather in the Rotunda at the Texas Capitol to oppose S.B. 4, a bill that already cleared the Texas Senate and seeks to jail sheriffs and other officials who refuse to help enforce federal immigration law, on Wednesday, April 26, 2017, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Understanding Trump’s Flimsy Case Against So-Called Sanctuary Jurisdictions

The Trump administration defines so-called sanctuary jurisdictions as those violating 8 U.S.C. 1373 but has not identified a single jurisdiction in violation of this statute.

Ed Chung, Philip E. Wolgin

Trump’s First 100 Days in 100 Seconds Video

Trump’s First 100 Days in 100 Seconds

Watch a 100-second run-down of Trump's chaotic first 100 days.

Center for American Progress

100 Ways, in 100 Days, that Trump Has Hurt Americans Article
President Donald Trump poses for a portrait in the Oval Office in Washington, April 2017 (AP/Andrew Harnik)

100 Ways, in 100 Days, that Trump Has Hurt Americans

Trump’s actions during his first 100 days in office have time and again benefitted corporations and the wealthy at the expense of ordinary Americans.

Center for American Progress

How Police Entanglement with Immigration Enforcement Puts LGBTQ Lives at Risk Report

How Police Entanglement with Immigration Enforcement Puts LGBTQ Lives at Risk

Collaboration between law enforcement and immigration enforcement undermines public safety by making police departments deportation forces rather than protectors of people facing extreme risk of violence.

Sharita Gruberg

Trump’s Hypocritical Stance on Protecting Syrian Children Video

Trump’s Hypocritical Stance on Protecting Syrian Children

President Donald Trump's words during the campaign about Syrian refugee children didn't match his rhetoric last night. (Warning: graphic footage).

Andrew Satter

Keeping Families Together Report

Keeping Families Together

A national and state-by-state look at family members of the 11 million unauthorized immigrants in the United States.

Silva Mathema

How Much Funding for Sanctuary Jurisdictions Could Be at Risk? Interactive
Protesters take part in a rally to support sanctuary cities and oppose a border wall on February 28, 2017, in Austin, Texas. (AP/Eric Gay)

How Much Funding for Sanctuary Jurisdictions Could Be at Risk?

This interactive graphic details the amount of funding for key federal grants in sanctuary jurisdictions in 32 states.

Angelo Mathay, Alyson Sincavage, Philip E. Wolgin, 1 More Sanam Masroor

States of Change Report

States of Change

Simulations indicate that the most successful route for minimizing future representation gaps lies in equalizing registration and turnout rates across races.

Rob Griffin, William H. Frey, Ruy Teixeira

Our Courts Matter for the Muslim Community Article
A teenage boy from Yemen wipes his eyes as he walks with his father and his uncle after arrival at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, February 5, 2017. ((AP/Alexander F. Yuan))

Our Courts Matter for the Muslim Community

The courts are a critical independent check on this unpredictable and dangerous administration’s attack on the Muslim community.

Anisha Singh, Billy Corriher

The Real Effect of Trump’s Muslim Ban Article
Abdullah Alghazali, right, hugs his 13-year-old son Ali Abdullah Alghazali after the Yemeni boy arrived at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Sunday, February 5, 2017. (AP/Alexander F. Yuan)

The Real Effect of Trump’s Muslim Ban

President Donald Trump’s Muslim ban keeps innocent people from traveling to the United States, but does little to make the United States safer.

Sam Fulwood III

Trump’s Reckless Muslim Ban Makes Americans Less Safe Article
Protesters assemble at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Saturday, January 28, 2017, after two Iraqi refugees were detained while trying to enter the country. (AP/Craig Ruttle)

Trump’s Reckless Muslim Ban Makes Americans Less Safe

No Americans have ever been killed in a terrorist attack in the United States by a national from the banned countries.

Ken Gude

Now Is the Time to Continue—Not End—DACA Article
College student and DACA recipient Carimer Andujar joins a protest against President-elect Donald Trump on November 15, 2016. (AP/Mel Evans)

Now Is the Time to Continue—Not End—DACA

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals has allowed unauthorized immigrant youth to make use of their talents and contribute to the country where they grew up.

Stephanie Andrade

Syrian Immigrants in the United States Report
In this April 19, 2016 photo, Syrian-American poet Amal Kassir recites her work during a gathering where immigrants from hostile environments spoke about their lives, at the YWCA in Boulder, Colo. Kassir, a 20-year-old college student, was born in Denver to a father from Syria and a mother from America. A poet who also works in her family’s Middle Eastern restaurant, Kassir describes her own life as being intertwined with that of the United States. Is America great? Yes, she says. And it’s also her best chance.

Syrian Immigrants in the United States

Syrian immigrants are thriving members of American society and represent a strong receiving community for new refugees.

David Dyssegaard Kallick, Cyierra Roldan, Silva Mathema

The High Cost of Ending Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Article
A young immigrant from Mexico poses for a portrait at his home in Paramount, California. (AP/Damian Dovarganes)

The High Cost of Ending Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

Ending DACA and kicking recipients out of the workforce would cost the nation $433.4 billion in GDP cumulatively over a decade.

Philip E. Wolgin

The Economic Impacts of Removing Unauthorized Immigrant Workers Report
Workers are silhouetted as they build a home in Joplin, Mo., Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012. The city has issued nearly 4,000 building permits to homeowners since the an EF-5 tornado hit on May 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

The Economic Impacts of Removing Unauthorized Immigrant Workers

The United States as a whole, as well as each state, stands to suffer widespread economic losses under a policy that removes unauthorized immigrants.

Ryan Edwards, Francesc Ortega

Renewing the United States’ Global Commitment to Refugee Resettlement Article
The Jouriyeh family, Syrian refugees headed to the United States, pose in Amman, Jordan, on August 28, 2016. (AP/Raad Adayleh)

Renewing the United States’ Global Commitment to Refugee Resettlement

On the eve of the U.N. and Obama administration summits on the global refugee challenge, the United States should redouble its commitment to refugee resettlement.

Philip E. Wolgin

The Harrowing Lives and Traumas of Central American Refugees Article
Children sleep in a holding cell at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing facility in Brownsville, Texas, on June 18, 2014. (AP/Eric Gay)

The Harrowing Lives and Traumas of Central American Refugees

Children and families face extreme violence and poverty in the Northern Triangle of Central America, as evidenced by this round-up of stories reported by the press and nongovernmental organizations.

Sanam Malik

Raising Wages and Rebuilding Wealth Report
Millions of Americans are still feeling the effects of a painful economic period.

Raising Wages and Rebuilding Wealth

To achieve economic security, middle-class Americans need policies that promote good jobs; a growing, inclusive economy; and affordable child care, higher education, health care, housing, and retirement.

Carmel Martin, Andy Green, Brendan Duke

Refugee Integration in the United States Report
Abdi Said works at an L.L. Bean factory in Lewiston, Maine, on January 26, 2016. (AP/Robert F. Bukaty)

Refugee Integration in the United States

Over time, refugees who have resettled in the United States integrate well into local economies and their new communities, and a majority of them become citizens.

David Dyssegaard Kallick, Silva Mathema

How Educators and Communities Can Reduce the Fear of Deportation Among Unauthorized Students and Families Article
A teacher works with his student at Liberty High School in Houston, Texas, on July 1, 2014. (AP/David J. Phillip)

How Educators and Communities Can Reduce the Fear of Deportation Among Unauthorized Students and Families

To ensure a safe learning environment, educators need to take action to support unauthorized students and students living in mixed-status families by discouraging the presence of ICE officers on school grounds and upholding the spirit of Plyler v. Doe.

Kayla Lee

Learning from the Past and Accepting Refugees Article
Mohammad, a Syrian refugee, poses for a photo with his son in their home in Marietta, Georgia, on January 5, 2016. (AP/David Goldman)

Learning from the Past and Accepting Refugees

The United States has faced decisions on whether to shelter refugees throughout its history and faces a similar question today. We must not repeat the mistakes of the past.

Sanam Malik

Everything You Need to Know About United States v. Texas Video

Everything You Need to Know About United States v. Texas

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments about federal immigration enforcement policies in United States v. Texas on April 18. Here is everything you need to know about what is at stake.

Lizet Ocampo, Tom Jawetz, Andrew Satter, 1 More Kulsum Ebrahim

DAPA Matters to U.S. Citizen Family Members in States Across the Country Article
A 2-year-old watches his parents take part in a rally for immigration reform at the Supreme Court in Washington, November 20, 2015, on the one-year anniversary of President Barack Obama's announcement concerning DAPA. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

DAPA Matters to U.S. Citizen Family Members in States Across the Country

Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents could protect more than 6.1 million U.S. citizens from the fear of having their families torn apart.

Lizet Ocampo

Ensuring Due Process Protections for Central American Refugees Article
One-year-old Joshua Tinoco, who has been declared an immigration enforcement priority for the United States, clings to a gate at his relative's home in Los Angeles. (AP/Jae C. Hong)

Ensuring Due Process Protections for Central American Refugees

All asylum seekers must be informed of their rights, have access to counsel, and not be rushed to deportation before making their full case for protection.

Philip E. Wolgin

How For-Profit Companies Are Driving Immigration Detention Policies Report
An unidentified Guatemalan woman stands inside a dormitory in the Artesia Family Residential Center on September 10, 2014. (AP/Juan Carlos Llorca)

How For-Profit Companies Are Driving Immigration Detention Policies

Companies’ quest for greater profits is expanding the immigration custody system at the expense of the health, safety, and rights of immigrants.

Sharita Gruberg

Latinos Are Shaping the Future of the United States Report
Members of a Latino family walk past a reflection of a patriotic mural in Fremont, Nebraska, on July 21, 2010. (AP/Nati Harnik)

Latinos Are Shaping the Future of the United States

The development of Latinos as the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population will change the electoral landscape, but the extent of their impact depends on actions related to immigration and trade across the Americas.

Center for American Progress, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas

DAPA Matters Report
Voters wait in line at a polling place located inside a shopping mall on Election Day, in Austin, Texas, November 6, 2012. (AP/Eric Gay)

DAPA Matters

DAPA-affected voters—citizen family members of those eligible for Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents—will comprise sizable and potentially decisive portions of key and emerging battleground state electorates across the country in 2016 and beyond.

Manuel Pastor, Tom Jawetz, Lizet Ocampo

Infographic: The Screening Process for Entry to the United States for Syrian Refugees Article

Infographic: The Screening Process for Entry to the United States for Syrian Refugees

Syrian refugees face a long security screening process before being admitted for entry to the United States that is specially designed to mitigate any threats and helps ensure Americans are not placed in harm’s way.

America at Its Best Article
A Syrian mother hugs her child after arriving at the Greek island of Lesbos on an overcrowded inflatable boat on October 27, 2015. (AP/Santi Palacios)

America at Its Best

Welcoming Syrian refugees is a moral and security imperative that can be accomplished safely.

Tom Jawetz, Ken Gude

Turning Our Backs on the 14th Amendment Report
A shadow is cast on the Constitution, May 2009. (AP/Charles Dharapak)

Turning Our Backs on the 14th Amendment

Birthright citizenship—a key right under the 14th Amendment and now a hot-button topic in the immigration debate—is facing repeal efforts that are un-American and unconstitutional.

Tom Jawetz, Sanam Malik

Obama Administration Makes Refugee Program More LGBT-Inclusive Article
The U.S. Department of State’s recently included same-sex partners as a family reunification refugee priority category, improving access to the refugee program for LGBT families. (AP/Matt Rourke)

Obama Administration Makes Refugee Program More LGBT-Inclusive

The U.S. Department of State’s recent inclusion of same-sex partners as a family reunification refugee priority category will improve access to the refugee program for LGBT families.

Sharita Gruberg

The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 Turns 50 Article
President Lyndon B. Johnson sits at his desk on Liberty Island in New York Harbor as he signs a new immigration bill, October 1965. (Associated Press)

The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 Turns 50

The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 helped to turn the United States into a more multicultural society. Fifty years later, the law provides important lessons for advancing immigration reform.

Philip E. Wolgin

Asian American and Pacific Islander Voters Article
A poll worker moves Vietnamese

Asian American and Pacific Islander Voters

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are the nation’s fastest-growing racial group. But despite their soaring numbers, they still face barriers to reaching the voting booth.

Sanam Malik

Top 6 Facts on the Latino Vote Article
Campaign volunteer Vergie Morris, left, registers Valentin Navarro to vote on June 29, 2012, in Phoenix. (AP/Ross D. Franklin)

Top 6 Facts on the Latino Vote

Latinos are a growing segment of the electorate and tremendous potential exists for them to gain much more political power in 2016 and beyond.

Lizet Ocampo

Combating Child Smugglers in Central America Article
Kevin Torres, age 7, who arrived in the United States unaccompanied from El Salvador, plays with neighbors outside his apartment building in Huntington Station, New York, in 2014. (AP/Seth Wenig)

Combating Child Smugglers in Central America

The U.S. and Central American governments need to do more to combat the root causes behind child smuggling and violence in the Northern Triangle region.

Liamarie Quinde

2 Years Later, Immigrants Are Still Waiting on Immigration Reform Article
Derek Martinez listens during a citizenship ceremony in New York on May 26, 2015. (AP/Julie Jacobson)

2 Years Later, Immigrants Are Still Waiting on Immigration Reform

Had it been implemented, the bipartisan immigration reform bill passed by the Senate in 2013 would have kept families together and significantly boosted the American economy.

Philip E. Wolgin

Humanitarian Diplomacy Report
Members of the LGBT movement hold a gay pride flag as they attend a march to mark the International Day Against Homophobia in Managua, Nicaragua, May 17, 2015. (AP/Esteban Felix)

Humanitarian Diplomacy

CAP data analysis provides insights into the challenges that LGBT people seeking asylum in the United States face and underscores the need for the government to collect sexual orientation and gender identity data.

Sharita Gruberg, Rachel West

The Countries From Which LGBT People Are Seeking Asylum Interactive

The Countries From Which LGBT People Are Seeking Asylum

Data analysis provides insight into the countries that LGBT asylum seekers come from and their experiences in the asylum process.

Sharita Gruberg, Andrew Lomax

The Top 10 Facts You Need to Know About Immigrants Today Article
New U.S. citizens recite the Oath of Allegiance while participating in a naturalization ceremony, New York, July 2014. (AP/Mark Lennihan)

The Top 10 Facts You Need to Know About Immigrants Today

In honor of Immigrant Heritage Month, here are the top facts about the demographics, voting power, and economic effect of immigrants in the United States.

Sanam Malik, Philip E. Wolgin

Asian Immigrants in the United States Today Article
Mee Moua, president of Asian Americans Advancing Justice, testifies about immigrant women and immigration reform in Washington in March 2013. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Asian Immigrants in the United States Today

Asians are the fastest growing immigrant group in the United States today. For Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month, here’s a look at the Asian immigrant population in the United States today.

Sanam Malik

The Economic Benefits and Electoral Implications of DAPA Article
A Hispanic family walks past a reflection of a patriotic mural in Fremont, Nebraska, on July 21, 2010. (AP/Nati Harnik)

The Economic Benefits and Electoral Implications of DAPA

The Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents program provides significant fiscal and economic benefits and has key electoral implications that could play a significant role in upcoming elections.

Lizet Ocampo

No Way Out: Congress’ Bed Quota Traps LGBT Immigrants in Detention Article
A corrections officer stands near a gate at Baltimore City Detention Center on November 14, 2013. (AP/Steve Ruark)

No Way Out: Congress’ Bed Quota Traps LGBT Immigrants in Detention

Data obtained by CAP through a Freedom of Information Act request reveal that Immigration and Customs Enforcement elected to detain 68 percent of LGBT immigrants who were eligible for release in fiscal year 2014.

Sharita Gruberg

The Case for a Two-Generation Approach for Educating English Language Learners Report
Rosaisela Rodriguez, center, reads with her children Isabel Gutierrez, left, and Rafael Gutierrez, at their home in Pleasant Hill, California on November 10, 2014. (AP/Ben Margot)

The Case for a Two-Generation Approach for Educating English Language Learners

Policymakers must support strategies for English language instruction that consider the needs of immigrant adults and children together in order to ensure families achieve greater economic and academic success and the ability to fully participate in society.

Tracey Ross

How the November Immigration Directives Will Help Farmworkers Article
A farmworker picks parsley in Salinas, California. (AP/Tony Avelar)

How the November Immigration Directives Will Help Farmworkers

Farmworkers are the backbone of the nation’s agriculture sector, but many lack immigration status. The November immigration directives make 509,000 workers eligible for important, though temporary, protections.

Isabel M. Skilton

Federal Appeals Court Dismissal of Immigration Lawsuit Has Significant Implications for the DHS Immigration Policies Report
Case manager Rosario Mezo, top, helps immigrants with documents pertaining to their U.S.-born daughter at the immigration and legal services of Catholic Charities in Dallas, November 20, 2014. (AP/LM Otero)

Federal Appeals Court Dismissal of Immigration Lawsuit Has Significant Implications for the DHS Immigration Policies

The recent 5th Circuit Court decision in a case that challenged the 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program has important, positive implications for the government’s defense of the pending challenges to the Obama administration’s 2014 immigration policies.

Marshall Fitz, Stephen Legomsky

Infographic: Inaction on Immigration Is Too Costly Article

Infographic: Inaction on Immigration Is Too Costly

The numbers show that the United States stands to see significant gains from deferred action programs—and that the gains from legislative reform that includes a pathway to citizenship would be even greater.

Silva Mathema

DACA Helps Undocumented Students Access Higher Education Article
A legal immigrant reads a guide of the conditions needed to apply for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program. (AP/Damian Dovarganes)

DACA Helps Undocumented Students Access Higher Education

The expansion of the 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program will help those undocumented young people who did not meet the requirements of the initial program pursue higher education.

Sanam Malik

Undocumented Students Deserve Greater Access to Higher Education Article
President Barack Obama gestures during a speech in Indianapolis on February 6, 2015 about his budget proposal to make two years of community college free. (AP/Evan Vucci)

Undocumented Students Deserve Greater Access to Higher Education

To help all Americans, affordable college proposals meant to expand access to higher education need to consider and eliminate the significant obstacles that undocumented students face.

Antoinette Flores

On the 50th Anniversary of the Immigration and Nationality Act, Changes Are Needed to Protect LGBT Immigrants Article
Ugandan gay rights activist John Abdallah Wambere, right, embraces attorney Janson Wu at the end of a news conference on May 6, 2014, in Boston. Wambere is seeking asylum in the United States to escape persecution in his home country. (AP/Josh Reynolds)

On the 50th Anniversary of the Immigration and Nationality Act, Changes Are Needed to Protect LGBT Immigrants

Although immigration policies have become more inclusive since the Immigration and Nationality Act, which explicitly excluded LGBT immigrants from entering the United States, further reforms are needed to create a fairer immigration system.

Sharita Gruberg

The High Costs of Delaying Executive Action on Immigration Article
Claudia Ramon and her daughters Isabella and Camila speak outside a town hall forum in Houston. The meeting was held despite an injunction from a federal judge in Texas blocking President Obama’s executive orders on immigration. (AP/Pat Sullivan)

The High Costs of Delaying Executive Action on Immigration

A federal judge’s decision to delay the DHS immigration directives could cost the nation billions in tax revenues while leaving millions of eligible undocumented immigrants and their American families in limbo.

Silva Mathema

States Must Expand Higher-Education Opportunities for Undocumented Students Article
Immigrant Jose Montes attends an event on immigration reform in downtown Los Angeles on February 17, 2015. (AP/Nick Ut)

States Must Expand Higher-Education Opportunities for Undocumented Students

As the courts debate President Barack Obama’s immigration directives, undocumented students continue to fight for access to higher education in Texas and other states.

Zenen Jaimes Pérez

Crossing Over Past Event

Crossing Over

A Reel Progress screening and live Q&A

Executive Action on Immigration Will Help Children and Families Article
Ella Mendoza, right, and Raymi Gutierrez hug during a news conference with activists and members of immigrant families in Salt Lake City, Utah, on November 21, 2014. (AP/Rick Bowmer)

Executive Action on Immigration Will Help Children and Families

Immigration enforcement harms families and children. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security immigration directives will help alleviate these burdens through a shift to more family-friendly immigration policies.

Joanna Dreby

Spare Parts Past Event

Spare Parts

A Reel Progress Screening and Live Q&A

The Changing Face of America’s Electorate Report
Destiny Davis plays a game on a cell phone as she waits for her mother to vote at Slater-Marietta Elementary School on Election Day, November 2012. (AP/Rainier Ehrhardt)

The Changing Face of America’s Electorate

Changing electoral demographics will have noticeable effects on the 2016 elections. In 2016, to win the presidency—as well as many U.S. Senate races—both parties will need to secure substantial support from voters of color.

Patrick Oakford

Removing Barriers to Higher Education for Undocumented Students Report
Sigifredo Pizana Hernandez of Grand Rapids, Michigan, attends the Rally for Citizenship on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 10, 2013. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Removing Barriers to Higher Education for Undocumented Students

Undocumented students must navigate a labyrinth of policies from federal, state, and postsecondary institutions to earn a college degree. Policymakers can help ensure that undocumented young people and the economy prosper by removing these barriers.

Zenen Jaimes Pérez

The Economic and Fiscal Benefits of Deferred Action Article
President Barack Obama announces executive actions on immigration during a nationally televised address from the White House in Washington, Thursday, November 20, 2014. (AP/Jim Bourg)

The Economic and Fiscal Benefits of Deferred Action

The president’s announced executive actions on immigration will bring big economic benefits to the nation, raising wages for all workers, creating jobs, increasing tax revenue, growing gross domestic product, and reducing the deficit.

Patrick Oakford, Philip E. Wolgin

5 Facts to Know About President Obama’s Immigration Announcement Article
Rosa Lozano, left, translates the speech into Spanish as Lita Trejo, from El Salvador, and State Rep. Ramon Romero (D-TX) listen to President Barack Obama's speech in front of the White House on November 20, 2014. (AP/Alex Brandon)

5 Facts to Know About President Obama’s Immigration Announcement

Using his legal authority, President Obama brings temporary relief to millions of immigrants through executive action. The president’s move is a first step but not a permanent solution.

Vanessa Cárdenas

How DACA Has Improved the Lives of Undocumented Young People Report
Niouseline St. Jean, an undocumented immigrant from Turks and Caicos Islands, talks to the media about the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in Miami, Florida. (AP/J Pat Carter)

How DACA Has Improved the Lives of Undocumented Young People

The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program has had an enormous effect on the lives of hundreds of thousands of undocumented young people and their families, but more needs to be done.

Zenen Jaimes Pérez

Enforcement Overdrive Has Overloaded the Immigration Courts Article
Young detainees are escorted to an area to make phone calls at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Nogales Placement Center in Nogales, Arizona, June 18, 2014. (AP/Ross D. Franklin)

Enforcement Overdrive Has Overloaded the Immigration Courts

Over the past two decades, the United States has put immigration and border enforcement into overdrive, while not allocating adequate resources to the immigration court system. This mismatch leads to long backlogs and delays.

Marshall Fitz, Philip E. Wolgin

The Facts on Immigration Today Report
Immigration reform supporters block a street on Capitol Hill on Thursday, August 1, 2013, in protest against immigration policies and the House’s inability to pass a bill that contains a pathway to citizenship. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

The Facts on Immigration Today

Everything you need to know about our foreign-born population, their impact on the economy, current immigration policy, and the voting power of new Americans.

the CAP Immigration Team

Fostering Safety Report

Fostering Safety

The risk of sexual assault and abuse of young lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender immigrants in U.S. custody demands swift implementation of stronger protections.

Sharita Gruberg, Hannah Hussey

Administrative Action on Immigration Reform Report
Haitian immigrant Jean Emy Pierre, head chef at Colors, a restaurant co-owned by a multinational immigrant staff, works with his kitchen staff as they prepare for dinner in New York. (AP/Bebeto Matthews)

Administrative Action on Immigration Reform

A deferred action program that includes temporary work permits would lead to significant increases in payroll tax revenues.

Patrick Oakford

Violence Is Causing Children to Flee Central America Article
Relatives carry to a local cemetery the coffin containing the remains of Gilberto Francisco Ramos Juarez, a Guatemalan boy whose decomposed body was found in the Rio Grande Valley, July 2014. (AP/ Moises Castillo)

Violence Is Causing Children to Flee Central America

Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador have some of the highest levels of violence in Central America. These conditions are causing tens of thousands of children and families to take refuge in the United States and neighboring countries.

the CAP Immigration Team

Children Fleeing Central American Violence Need Access to Lawyers Article
Migrants walk along the rail tracks after getting off a train during their journey toward the U.S.-Mexico border in Ixtepec, Mexico. (AP/Eduardo Verdugo)

Children Fleeing Central American Violence Need Access to Lawyers

The United States should provide legal representation for Central American child refugees, many of who have legitimate claims for relief. Doing so would be cost effective and reduce the backlog in immigration courts.

Diego Quezada

5 Facts You Need to Know About Immigrants and Our Economy Video

5 Facts You Need to Know About Immigrants and Our Economy

While Congress continues to dither on immigration reform, here are five facts you need to know about immigrants and our economy.

Ann Garcia, Lauren Malkani

A Way Forward on Child Refugees Article
From left, Raul Amador Sanchez, 7, from Georgia, Alexandra Diaz, 9, and her brother Andy Diaz, 7, both from Baltimore, Maryland, hold up signs as they join their parents during a news conference of immigrant families and children’s advocates responding to President Barack Obama’s response to the crisis of unaccompanied children and families, Monday, July 7, 2014, on the steps of St. John's Church in Washington. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

A Way Forward on Child Refugees

The president can accelerate the process for screening unaccompanied children who are fleeing violence, without sacrificing fairness or due process and without changing existing law.

Marshall Fitz, Philip E. Wolgin, Angela Maria Kelley

The Surge of Unaccompanied Children from Central America Report

The Surge of Unaccompanied Children from Central America

The humanitarian situation on the U.S. southern border, created by a dramatic increase in children fleeing violence and poverty in their home countries, demands a range of sustainable interventions across northern Central America, as well as increased international assistance.

Dan Restrepo, Ann Garcia

Statistical Analysis Shows that Violence, Not Deferred Action, Is Behind the Surge of Unaccompanied Children Crossing the Border Article
Two young girls sit in their holding area where hundreds of mostly Central American immigrant children are being processed and held at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Nogales Placement Center on June 18, 2014, in Nogales, Arizona. (AP/Ross D. Franklin)

Statistical Analysis Shows that Violence, Not Deferred Action, Is Behind the Surge of Unaccompanied Children Crossing the Border

Based on a statistical analysis of unaccompanied children arrivals data, border security statistics, and violence levels in Central America, it is clear that violence in countries such as Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador—rather than deferred action or lax U.S. border enforcement—is driving the increase in unaccompanied children.

Tom K. Wong

The Surprises of a Changing Nation Article
Eduardo Simenta of Mexico, raises his hand as he recites the Oath of Allegiance at a Naturalization Ceremony in Oklahoma City. (AP/Sue Ogrocki)

The Surprises of a Changing Nation

As the nation’s demographics continue to shift, Americans living in homogenous regions may be shocked as the racial and ethnic makeups of their communities change.

Sam Fulwood III

What the President Can Do on Immigration If Congress Fails to Act Report

What the President Can Do on Immigration If Congress Fails to Act

The president has broad—although not absolute—executive authority to set enforcement priorities, defer deportations of unauthorized immigrants, and mitigate some of the harshest effects of our broken immigration system.

Marshall Fitz

5 Things You Need to Know About Unaccompanied Children Article
Detainees play as others sleep in a holding cell at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing facility in Brownsville, Texas. (AP/Eric Gay)

5 Things You Need to Know About Unaccompanied Children

Unaccompanied children are arriving in the United States at an unprecedented rate as they flee violence in Central America. While the government is increasing its capacity to deal with this humanitarian crisis, more needs to be done to ensure the safety and security of these children.

Philip E. Wolgin, Angela Maria Kelley

The Latino Electorate by Immigrant Generation Report
The Capitol dome is seen during the day.

The Latino Electorate by Immigrant Generation

Second-generation immigrants are the driving force behind the growth of the Latino electorate. As immigrants and their children make up a larger share of this electorate, immigration reform will become an even more pressing policy issue for the Latino electorate.

Patrick Oakford

House Republicans Have Nothing to Fear from Supporting Immigration Reform Article
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, joined by Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC), talks to reporters following a Republican strategy meeting on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo)

House Republicans Have Nothing to Fear from Supporting Immigration Reform

The May 6th primary election in North Carolina illustrates that House Republicans have little to fear from passing immigration reform, while voters across the country are calling for candidates with pro-immigration reform policies.

Henry Fernandez, Philip E. Wolgin

Infographic: What Could $600 Million Buy? Article

Infographic: What Could $600 Million Buy?

The bed quota costs taxpayers $600 million each year that could go toward housing vulnerable populations.

Sharita Gruberg

Infographic: Congress’ Immigrant Bed Quota Article

Infographic: Congress’ Immigrant Bed Quota

Each day, a congressional mandate requires that Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, detains 34,000 immigrants.

Sharita Gruberg

‘Mayday!’ A Crisis Call for Undocumented Workers Article
Farmworkers pick beans in a field on November 18, 2013, in Florida City, Florida. (AP/Lynne Sladky)

‘Mayday!’ A Crisis Call for Undocumented Workers

As we celebrate workers this May Day, Congress should use the remaining days in its session to pass immigration reform that would benefit undocumented immigrants, strengthen labor and employment laws, and help the economy as a whole.

Micah Jones

Underwater Dreams Past Event

Underwater Dreams

A Reel Progress screening and live Q&A

How the Prison Rape Elimination Act Helps LGBT Immigrants in Detention Report
Tyniehsa Stephens visits with cell mates in the Harris County Jail in Houston, one of many jails around the country implementing changes in the way it treats its LGBT population. (AP/Pat Sullivan)

How the Prison Rape Elimination Act Helps LGBT Immigrants in Detention

New U.S. Department of Homeland Security standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act are a significant first step to protect LGBT immigrants from sexual abuse in detention.

Sharita Gruberg

Arizona, Immigration, and LGBT Rights: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Article
Anthony Musa and Brianna Pantillione joined nearly 250 LGBT rights supporters who protested S.B. 1062 at the Arizona State Capitol. (AP/Ross D. Franklin)

Arizona, Immigration, and LGBT Rights: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Given Arizona’s passage of the anti-immigrant S.B. 1070 in 2010 and the subsequent, significant backlash it faced, Gov. Jan Brewer’s recent veto of S.B. 1062 may indicate that the state is moving in a positive direction on LGBT and immigrant rights.

Laura E. Durso, Angela Maria Kelley, Philip E. Wolgin

How Will Immigration Reform Impact the Medicare Trust Fund? Report
Immigration activists gather on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

How Will Immigration Reform Impact the Medicare Trust Fund?

Immigration reform that provides legal status and earned citizenship to undocumented immigrants would extend the solvency of the Medicare trust fund by four years and provide a net contribution to the trust fund for the next three decades.

Patrick Oakford, Robert Lynch

Building a More Perfect Union Article

Building a More Perfect Union

LGBT immigrants need both the Employment Non-Discrimination Act and immigration reform.

Sharita Gruberg, Sarah McBride

5 Major Immigration Laws that the House Passed in an Election Year Article

5 Major Immigration Laws that the House Passed in an Election Year

Most of the major immigration laws in the past three decades have passed in an election year. There is still plenty of time this year for the House to act and pass immigration reform.

Philip E. Wolgin

Notes from the Fast for Families Tent Article
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama visit with individuals who are taking part in Fast for Families on the National Mall in Washington, Friday, November 29, 2013. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Notes from the Fast for Families Tent

The Fast for Families tent, and the depth of commitment of those fasting, has become a source of power for the immigration reform movement, and proof positive that reform will prevail.

Angela Maria Kelley

Dignity Denied: LGBT Immigrants in U.S. Immigration Detention Report
A page from the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General's response to a FOIA request from the Center for American Progress for records of complaints and/or investigations involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement made by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender detainees in ICE facilities from fiscal year 2008 to present. (Center for American Progress)

Dignity Denied: LGBT Immigrants in U.S. Immigration Detention

Reforms to our immigration system must include protections for LGBT immigrants, who are particularly vulnerable to abuse and mistreatment.

Sharita Gruberg

Immigration Reform and the LGBT Community Article

Immigration Reform and the LGBT Community

A new CAP infographic details how the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act would help LGBT immigrants.

Sharita Gruberg

New Americans in Our Nation’s Military Report

New Americans in Our Nation’s Military

In light of Veterans Day, this issue brief looks at how immigrants have historically played—and continue to play—a key role in U.S. military readiness.

Catherine N. Barry

Who Would the SAFE Act Endanger? Article
Oscar Hernandez, 11, is comforted by his older brother, Carlos Hernandez. Oscar and Carlos's mother is in jail and facing deportation on immigration charges. (AP/Ross D. Franklin)

Who Would the SAFE Act Endanger?

The SAFE Act, an extreme enforcement-only immigration bill, would make criminals not just of undocumented immigrants and those who have violated the terms of their immigrant visa but also of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents who might interact with undocumented immigrants in their day-to-day activities.

Ann Garcia

The California TRUST Act: Take 2 Article
California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) speaks in Los Angeles, Wednesday, September 25, 2013. (AP/Nick Ut)

The California TRUST Act: Take 2

The TRUST Act is smart legislation that makes public safety the touchstone for setting limits on state collaboration with federal immigration authorities.

Marshall Fitz

Undocumented No More Report
Undocumented people fill out application forms for the Obama administration's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program on Wednesday, August 15, 2012, at Navy Pier in Chicago. (AP/Sitthixay Ditthavong)

Undocumented No More

This analysis of the first year of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program examines its implementation; which groups have had the most success with the program; and the role that community-based organizations, new and traditional media, and the political context of individual states play in DACA implementation and outreach.

Tom K. Wong, Angela S. García, Marisa Abrajano, 3 More David FitzGerald, Karthick Ramakrishnan, Sally Le

Immigration Helps American Workers’ Wages and Job Opportunities Article
Immigration activists rally in Miami, Florida, to ask the House of Representatives to approve immigration reform that includes a path to citizenship. (AP/J Pat Carter)

Immigration Helps American Workers’ Wages and Job Opportunities

Common-sense immigration reform such as S. 744, which was passed by the Senate in June, will lead to higher wages and better job opportunities for all American workers.

Adriana Kugler, Patrick Oakford

DACA Turns 1 Past Event

DACA Turns 1

Lessons and Challenges on the Anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Directive

The Role of the Second Generation in Tomorrow’s Workforce Article
In this Thursday, May 23, 2013 photo, first grader Mariah Nevarez, center, says the pledge of allegiance with classmates before the start of school at Jay W. Jeffers Elementary School in Las Vegas. (AP/Julie Jacobson)

The Role of the Second Generation in Tomorrow’s Workforce

Immigrants, and particularly their children—the second generation—will play a critical role in the economy, filling the workforce gaps created by the massive Baby Boomer retirements over the next two decades.

Angeline Vuong, Zach Murray, Abhay Aneja

The Price of Inaction on Immigration Reform Is Too High Article
DREAMers escuchan a oradores durante la manifestación

The Price of Inaction on Immigration Reform Is Too High

Maintaining the immigration status quo costs all Americans money in lost growth and revenue that will come from legalization and citizenship—and we can’t afford it.

Marshall Fitz, Patrick Oakford

The Top 4 Reality-Defying Arguments Against Immigration Reform Article
Los SOÑADORES (DREAMers) y sus padres practican la toma del juramento en un simulacro de ceremonia de ciudadanía durante un acto de

The Top 4 Reality-Defying Arguments Against Immigration Reform

The last-gasp excuses that a small cadre of immigration reform opponents are using to try to garner support for their cause have been repeatedly proven false.

Marshall Fitz, Philip E. Wolgin

The Top 5 Things the Senate Immigration Reform Bill Accomplishes Article
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), left, and Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY), right, two of the authors of the immigration reform bill crafted by the Senate's bipartisan

The Top 5 Things the Senate Immigration Reform Bill Accomplishes

In a strong bipartisan vote, the Senate passed an historic overhaul of our nation’s immigration laws, putting unprecedented resources toward border security, creating an achievable path to citizenship, accelerating family reunification, and promoting economic growth.

the CAP Immigration Team

What the DOMA Decision Means for LGBT Binational Couples Article
Gay rights advocate Vin Testa waves a rainbow flag in front of the Supreme Court at sun up on Wednesday, June 26, 2013. Today the Supreme Court repealed Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

What the DOMA Decision Means for LGBT Binational Couples

The Supreme Court repealing Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act will help LGBT immigrants married to American citizens and lawful permanent residents, but more must be done for our immigrant community.

Sharita Gruberg

The 6 Key Takeaways from the CBO Cost Estimate of S. 744 Article
President Barack Obama speaks about immigration reform, Tuesday, June 11, 2013, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Comprehensive immigration reform will greatly benefit the U.S. economy. (AP/Evan Vucci)

The 6 Key Takeaways from the CBO Cost Estimate of S. 744

Comprehensive immigration reform will be a boon to our economy, and the tax contributions of immigrants will more than pay for any additional costs that arise from this reform.

Robert Lynch, Patrick Oakford

Denying Key Social Services to Immigrants on the Road to Citizenship Hurts Our Entire Nation Article
Marchers walk along during a rally for immigration reform in downtown Los Angeles, Wednesday, May 1, 2013. (AP/Jae C. Hong)

Denying Key Social Services to Immigrants on the Road to Citizenship Hurts Our Entire Nation

Curbing access to supports such as supplemental nutrition assistance and the earned income and child tax credits not only undermines economic security for millions of undocumented immigrants, but also denies potential economic gains to millions of Americans.

Sarah Baron, Philip E. Wolgin

300 Million Engines of Growth Report
Supporters cheer as they wait for President Barack Obama at his election night party, November 7, 2012, in Chicago. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

300 Million Engines of Growth

For America to lead innovation in the 21st century, we have to make sure that our people are skilled and educated, operating in an economic environment that is conducive to their success and that allows them to compete at home and abroad.

Jennifer Erickson, Michael Ettlinger

What Immigration Reform Means for the LGBT Community Article
Demonstrators wave American flags as they march down Las Vegas Boulevard during an immigration rally, Wednesday, May 1, 2013, in Las Vegas, Nevada. A new CAP poll shows that Americans are more open to diversity than media and politics would lead us to believe. (AP/JulieJacobson)

What Immigration Reform Means for the LGBT Community

While the Senate’s immigration-reform bill does not include protections for same-sex immigrant couples, it creates a road map to citizenship and a range of key protections for LGBT undocumented immigrants.

Sharita Gruberg

Infographic: An End to Diversity? Article
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Infographic: An End to Diversity?

The current immigration reform bill that is up for debate in the Senate would eliminate the diversity-visa program—a move that would have a disproportionate effect on migration from Africa.

Ann Garcia

Why Immigration Is an Asian American Issue Article

Why Immigration Is an Asian American Issue

Asian Americans are the fastest-growing immigrant population and care deeply about immigration reform, an issue that is near and dear to the community.

Tram Kieu

National and State-by-State Economic Benefits of Immigration Reform Report
Victoriano Del La Cruz, 36, a carpenter from Mexico, stands just outside a basement entrance as Sergio Ajche, 29, from Guatemala, finishes a painting job in New York, May 7, 2013. Providing undocumented immigrants with a pathway to legalization and citizenship would have many benefits for the U.S. economy, (AP/Bebeto Matthews)

National and State-by-State Economic Benefits of Immigration Reform

Granting undocumented immigrants legal status and a road map to citizenship would have economic benefits for individual states and the nation as a whole.

Robert Lynch, Patrick Oakford

Top 10 Ways the Senate’s Immigration Reform Bill Will Fix Our Broken System Article
Josué Benavides, de 28 años, al centro, quien proviene originalmente de El Salvador, posa para un retrato con sus primos, Jonathan, de 7 años, a la izquierda, y Christopher Benavides, de 11 años, de Alexandria, Virginia, tras asistir al

Top 10 Ways the Senate’s Immigration Reform Bill Will Fix Our Broken System

The bipartisan Senate compromise embraces competing political imperatives while advancing smart solutions that will put 11 million undocumented immigrants on the road to citizenship.

Marshall Fitz, Ann Garcia, Philip E. Wolgin

Unequal Pay Day for Immigrant Women Article

Unequal Pay Day for Immigrant Women

Numbers show that immigrant women are disproportionally impacted by unequal pay.

Ann Garcia, Patrick Oakford

Immigration Is Changing the Political Landscape in Key States Report
People look out at the Statue of Liberty while they hold signs Saturday, April 6, 2013, as members of New Jersey's congressional delegation as well as labor unions, religious leaders, immigrants, and immigration advocates rally at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, New Jersey. (AP/Mel Evans)

Immigration Is Changing the Political Landscape in Key States

Supporting real immigration reform that contains a pathway to citizenship for our nation's 11 million undocumented immigrants is the only way to maintain electoral strength in the future.

Philip E. Wolgin, Ann Garcia

Video: LGBT and Undocumented Video

Video: LGBT and Undocumented

There are more than a quarter million immigrants in the United States today that are both LGBT and undocumented. These are some of their stories.

Andrew Satter, Lauren Santa Cruz, Ann Garcia, 1 More Crosby Burns

The Plight of Gay and Transgender Women Seeking Asylum Article

The Plight of Gay and Transgender Women Seeking Asylum

As Congress and the Obama administration move forward on comprehensive immigration reform, they must establish a road map to earned citizenship that takes into account the challenges gay and transgender women face across the globe.

Christopher Frost

Video: 3 Facts About Immigration Reform Video

Video: 3 Facts About Immigration Reform

As Congress debates an overhaul of the country's immigration system and giving the 11 million undocumented immigrants living in our country a road map to legal status and eventual citizenship, there is a lot of confusion over the basic facts.

Angela Maria Kelley

Living in Dual Shadows Report
The Williams Institute at UCLA—which researches sexual-orientation and gender-identity law and public policy—today estimates that there are at least 267,000 LGBT-identified individuals among the adult population of undocumented immigrants. (Getty Images/Jowena Chua)

Living in Dual Shadows

Because LGBT undocumented people find themselves at the intersection of two already marginalized groups—the LGBT population and the undocumented population—they are among society’s most vulnerable individuals.

Crosby Burns, Ann Garcia, Philip E. Wolgin

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