IMMIGRATION POLICIES, ANALYSIS, AND RESOURCES
Latest Immigration Posts
Biden’s First Few Days in Office Address Immigration: Border Wall Funding Ceases and DACA is Reinstated
Brief #109—Immigration
By Kathryn Baron
Within President Biden’s first few days in office, he has signed two Executive Orders to begin mitigating and reversing the Trump Administration’s efforts to drastically alter immigration policies. First, Biden ended the national emergency declaration that effectively diverted $10 billion from the Defense Department towards Trump’s border wall. The proclamation also asserts that federal agencies must curate a plan of action within 60 days to redirect border wall funds.
Trump’s Final Days in Office – the Beloved Wall
Brief #113—Immigration
By Kathryn Baron
Shortly after the events at the Capitol earlier this month, President Trump traveled to Texas to observe the border wall that defined his presidential campaign.
Remote Learning Projected to Increase Inequality in Education Achievement
Brief #104—Immigration
By Rosalind Gottfried
Demographic inequities characteristic of American society continue to grow in different sectors. In education the widespread shift to remote learning will have a dramatic impact on students, long after the virus has been controlled and students returned to the classroom.
Trump Administration Impedes Search for Migrant Children’s Parents ACLU Tells U.S. RESIST NEWS
Brief #112—Immigration
By Linda F. Hersey
The Trump administration withheld key contact information for locating the deported parents of 666 immigrant children detained in the U.S., according to an attorney with the ACLU, which is representing the separated families in a class action lawsuit against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Trump’s Final Attempts at a Border Wall
Brief #111—Immigration
By Kathryn Baron
President Trump has barely kept his campaign promise of building a wall along the US Southern Border but has successfully constructed 415 miles of border wall.
Victory for Dreamers Amidst Presidential Turnover
Brief #110—Immigration
By Kathryn Baron
Following Brief #108, a Federal Judge recently ordered the Trump Administration to fully restore DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals).
President-Elect Joe Biden’s Immigration Plans
Brief #109—Immigration
By Kathryn Baron
President Elect, Joe Biden has hefty goals for immigration reform and policies. After election, he seeks to undo much of the Trump Administration’s initiatives and policies he found to be detrimental to our core values.
Court Rules Against Trump’s Unlawful Shutdown of DACA
Brief #108—Immigration
By Kathryn Baron
In June 2020, the Supreme Court barred the Trump Administration from carrying out a plan to shut down DACA (see brief #95).
An Update on the Status of the 666 Immigrant Children Separate from Their Parents
Brief #107—Immigration
By Linda F. Hersey
U.S. RESIST NEWS has made an effort to track down the whereabouts of the 666 immigrant children separated from their parents but no one is really sure.
