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House Democrats introduce bill to offer 2.5 million immigrants chance at permanent status

Article | March 12, 2019 | Dara Lind | Vox

House Democrats are teeing up their next major piece of legislation: an immigration bill that would allow as many as 2.5 million people to apply for legal status and put them on a path that could ultimately lead to US citizenship. Read more >

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‘You Have to Pay With Your Body’: The Hidden Nightmare of Sexual Violence on the Border

Article | March 3, 2019 | Manny Fernandez | New York Times

MCALLEN, Tex. — It was dark in the stash house where they kept her, the windows covered so no one could see inside. Read more >

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Temporary protections extended for some immigrants as lawsuit continues

Article | February 28, 2019 | Nicole Acevedo | NBC News

The Department of Homeland Security said Thursday that temporary protections for immigrants originally from El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua and Sudan will continue to next year. Read more >

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Democrats to reintroduce Dream Act on March 12 with TPS and DED protections

Article | February 28, 2019 | Lindsey McPherson | RollCall

House Democrats on March 12 will reintroduce the Dream Act with new language providing protections for Temporary Protected Status and Deferred Enforced Departure recipients.  Read more >

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Jared Kushner privately working on reshaping legal immigration

Article | February 20, 2019 | Franco Ordonez | McClatchy

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Oppose Immigration Enforcement Increases in the Budget Deal; Trump Continues to Threaten Calling for a National Emergency

Article | February 14, 2019 | NNIRR

As expected, within the 1,000+ page appropriations deal are troubling increases for immigration enforcement, including $7.6 billion for ICE ($512 million over FY2018) and $14.9 billion for CBP ($942 million over FY2018). $1.375 billion is allocated towards border barriers, mainly defined as levees and pedestrian barriers in the Rio Grande Valley. ICE detention beds would increase by almost 5,000 beds to 45,274 for the average d Read more >

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Urgent sign-on: Oppose Border Wall Building, Enforcement & Detention Increases in the Proposed Budget Deal

Article | February 13, 2019 | NNIRR

We are waiting to see the final text of the "legislative deal" hammered out among congressional conferees, but information that has been shared and reported in the media includes $1.375 billion for new wall construction (about 55 miles), and an increase in the number of detention beds to over 45,000 (not a decrease as has been described by some.  Read more >

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Congress’s deal on immigration detention, explained

Article | February 12, 2019 | Dara Lind | Vox

The heart of the  Read more >

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UN: US force-feeding immigrants may breach torture agreement

Article | February 11, 2019 | Garance Burke | AP

[Feb. 7, 2019] The United States could be violating the U.N. Convention Against Torture by force-feeding immigrant detainees on a hunger strike inside an El Paso detention facility, the United Nations human rights office said Thursday. Read more >

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Lawsuits Allege 'Grave Harm' To Immigrant Children In Detention

Article | January 24, 2019 | John Burnett | NPR

The Trump administration's treatment of more than 10,000 immigrant children held in custody at shelters across the nation is coming under intense scrutiny. Numerous lawsuits claim the government is using the system of child confinement as a way to punish and deport kids and their families. Read more >

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