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Weekly Immigration News: Finding a Place for Migrant Children
As the migration crisis at the southern border continues and unaccompanied children from Trump-era family separations remain apart from their parents, the number of migrant

Weekly Immigration News: Border Blame and Other Pandemic Responses
Immigration woes continue at the border, compounding pre-existing problems with the US immigration system. According to Politico, Democratic Representative Jamaal Bowman blamed the recent arrivals

Lal Legal Sues State Department Over Denial of U.S. Passport Renewal
Our lawsuit against the State Department over denial of a U.S. passport to a U.S. citizen is featured in Prism News this week. The case

Weekly Immigration News: Handling Children Seeking Asylum At the Border
COVID-19 remains an issue that is backlogging the US legal immigration system, yet the Biden Administration seems to be having a difficult time managing a

Weekly Immigration News: Border Politics and the Washington Immigration Agenda
The child migrant detention complex is once again gripping the nation. For decades, the United States has faced the prospect of unaccompanied minors and families

Weekly Immigration News: Dismantling the Trump-era
The Biden administration has ramped up its political agenda this week, with various new policies that aim to correct Trump-era institutions. After ending the Trump-era

Weekly Immigration News: Slow Shifts to Change
President Biden is not acting quickly on immigration issues – will his slow shifts help move us towards change? Alejandro Mayorkas, a former Obama administration

Weekly Immigration News: A Less Than Promising Start
During his campaign, President Joe Biden made many promises to the immigrant community. However, after his first two weeks in office, it appears that the

Biden’s First 100 Days
It seems that Trump’s fight against immigration is finally over as President Biden sweeps in with hopeful promises of a less acrimonious four years. In