Barack Obama

Weekly Immigration News: A Collaborative Effort

As talk of immigration reform circles Washington DC, many tech giants, religious groups, advocacy organizations, and even conservatives, push the Biden administration and congressional leadership towards greater efforts for change. Photo Credit: brionv

Key Summary: “Immigration Accountability Executive Action”

After months of grassroots actions and demands that the President take executive action on immigration due to his dismal deportation record, President Barack Obama asked Secretary Jeh Johnson and Attorney General Eric Holder to undertake a rigorous and inclusive review to inform recommendations on reforming our broken immigration system through executive action. On November 20, 2014, the President officially announced some reforms that he would be making to the...

Time Is Now For Executive Action On Immigration

Today, in Washington D.C., 11 undocumented immigrants formally requested that President Obama expand his expected administrative action on immigration to include the nation’s 11 million undocumented immigrants. The request was accompanied by another legal memo outlining that the President has the authority to grant relief from deportation to a broad number of people.  The President should authorize the Department of Homeland Security to swiftly grant the deferred action requests filed today, and expand...