NYC’s Latino Leaders Split Over the Best Mayoral Candidate for Immigrants

NYC’s Latino Leaders Split Over the Best Mayoral Candidate for Immigrants

People are seen near a Manhattan early voting location for the June 2021 New York City primary elections. – New York, N.Y. – June 12, 2021 (Shutterstock) By Edwin Martínez for El Diario, City Limits The June 22 primary to elect the Democratic and Republican candidates for mayor of New York City in November’s general […]

Haitian Nationals win a Reprieve in the Form of TPS

Haitian Nationals win a Reprieve in the Form of TPS

Members of Haitian women for Haitian refugees organization rally for restoration of TPS and permanent status for refugees from Haiti on Ocean Avenue. – New York, NY – November 8, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Walter Ewing, Immigration Impact The Biden administration announced that eligible Haitians currently living in the United States can once again apply for Temporary Protected […]

ICE Spread COVID-19 Across the Country, Not Just in Immigration Detention Centers

ICE Spread COVID-19 Across the Country, Not Just in Immigration Detention Centers

ICE Protest outside Bergen County Jail: Protesters outside the jail with abolish ICE signs. – Hackensack, New Jersey, USA – November 29th, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Rebekah Wolf, Immigration Impact U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) mishandled the coronavirus outbreak in detention centers so badly that it not only lead to horrific conditions and deaths among […]

On Immigration, Biden Regains His Footing

On Immigration, Biden Regains His Footing

People take part in a car caravan to call for the Biden administration provide a pathway to citizenship for the 4 million Black migrants in the United States, in Los Angeles, May 6, 2021. (Shutterstock) By AV Press Releases President Biden seems to have his immigration mojo back.  After a flurry of pro-immigrant policymaking in […]

LIRS Commends Biden Administration for its Designation of Haiti for Temporary Protected Status

LIRS Commends Biden Administration for its Designation of Haiti for Temporary Protected Status

Members of Haitian women for Haitian refugees organization rally for restoration of TPS and permanent status for refugees from Haiti on Ocean Avenue. – New York, NY – November 8, 2020 (Shutterstock) Washington D.C. – Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas announced a new 18-month designation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti. This new TPS designation will enable […]

Biden Administration Revokes Trump’s Health Insurance Visa Ban

Biden Administration Revokes Trump’s Health Insurance Visa Ban

By Walter Ewing, Immigration Impact President Biden revoked a proclamation issued by former President Trump in 2019 that required nearly all prospective immigrants to demonstrate that they would be covered by private health insurance or were wealthy enough not to need it. Those needing health insurance would have to be covered within 30 days of […]

It’s Time to End Title 42

It’s Time to End Title 42

Law enforcement check and search migrants from Colombia after turning themselves over to authorities at the United States and Mexico border May 12, 2021 in Yuma, Arizona. (Shutterstock) By Rebekah Wolf, Immigration Impact One policy first created by the Trump administration is responsible for the greatest restriction on access to our immigration system for asylum […]

NEW POLL: Voters in 10 Key States Support a Pathway to Citizenship for Dreamers, TPS Holders, Farmworkers and Essential Workers

Polls conducted in Ariz., Colo., Ga, Mich., Mont, N.C., Penn., Wis, W.Va.

NEW POLL: Voters in 10 Key States Support a Pathway to Citizenship for Dreamers, TPS Holders, Farmworkers and Essential Workers

WASHINGTON – A new poll from the end of April into early May 2021 in 10 key states shows significant support among likely voters, including independents, for a pathway to citizenship. In addition, the poll shows that voters continue to support the job President Biden is doing to get our country back on track, and in […]

Biden-Harris Administration Making Strides; Yet Much More Needed on Immigration Reform

Biden-Harris Administration Making Strides; Yet Much More Needed on Immigration Reform

Marchers demanding the Biden administration make progress on immigration reform, head to a rally near the US Capitol. March began at Black Lives Matter Plaza. – Washington, DC – May 1, 2021 (Shutterstock) WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following President Biden’s address to a joint session of Congress, the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Immigrant Justice Project and Southeast Immigrant Freedom […]

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