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Biden Will Extend Temporary Protected Status for Haiti, Offering Relief for Some 150,000 People
Originally Published in Mother Jones Fernanda Echavarri - May 23, 2021 Children hold signs in support of renewing Temporary Protected Status for immigrants from Central America and Haiti, in Miami in November 2017.AP Photo/Lynne Sladky Haitian immigrants currently living in the United States will be able to request temporary relief from deportation after the Biden ...
Harris, White House betting on Guatemala to help stem migrant influx
Originally Published in Politico Sabrina Rodriguez - May 23, 2021 The Biden administration is most optimistic about working with Guatemala because it’s willing to talk about the tough issues. And it’s not Honduras or El Salvador. U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will take her first international trip in office in early June to meet with ...
Trump administration didn’t provide some separated parents the opportunity to bring their children as they were deported, new watchdog report says
Originally Published in CNN Priscilla Alvarez - May 24, 2021 (CNN) Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported some parents between July 2017 and July 2018 without giving them the opportunity to bring their children, contradicting claims made by the agency and the Department of Homeland Security, according to a newly released watchdog report. During the Trump administration, ...
Biden administration grants humanitarian protections to Haitians in the US
Originally Published in CNN Geneva Sands and Arlette Saenz - May 22, 2021 (CNN) The Biden administration on Saturday granted humanitarian protection for Haitians in the United States, allowing an estimated 100,000 people to apply to remain lawfully in the US, according to the Department of Homeland Security and an administration official. The decision will allow ...
Editorial: Biden must stop expelling migrants under draconian Trump policy
Originally Published in the Los Angeles Times Opinion by The Times Editorial Board - May 21, 2021 Central American migrants seeking U.S. asylum return in March 2020 to Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, after being expelled from El Paso by the Trump administration. (Christian Chavez / Associated Press) We are into the fifth month of Joe Biden’s presidency, ...
Mother of Army officer returns to United States and family following deportation
Originally Published in the Los Angeles Timesw Kate Morrissey - May 21, 2021 Rocio Rebollar Gomez waits for her name to be called out so she can travel to the United States to see her family. (Alejandro Tamayo / San Diego Union-Tribune) Even after being deported from the United States and separated from her children and ...
Advocates Say Biden Administration Is Violating Pact On Detaining Migrant Children
Originally Published in NPR Franco Ordoñez - May 21, 2021 Sleeping quarters set up for migrant children are shown during a tour of the Long Beach Convention Center on April 22. Long Beach officials and officials with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services led the tour. Brittany Murray/Pool/Getty Images Immigration advocates credit the ...
DOJ faces call to reverse Trump rule increasing fees in immigration court
Originally Published in The Hill Rebecca Beitsch - May 21, 2021 © Getty Images The Biden administration is under pressure to scrap a last-minute Trump-era rule that dramatically increased fees for those fighting deportation or seeking asylum in immigration court. A rule finalized on the last full day of the Trump administration increased by nearly ...
UN refugee agency urges Biden to end asylum restrictions on the border
Originally Published in CNN Priscilla Alvarez - May 21, 2021 Migrants and asylum seekers demonstrate at the San Ysidro crossing port asking US authorities to allow them to start their migration process in Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico on March 23, 2021. (CNN) The United Nations refugee agency urged the United States on Thursday to end ...
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