Monthly Archives: November 2022

Time to celebrate some victories! The big win story tonight comes from Arizona, home to so many anti-immigrant ballot initiatives in the not-so-distant past. In a victory for hard work and organizing, reported by Mother Jones, Arizonans voted to reverse one of … Continue reading →

ICE does not have resources to arrest and deport 11 million undocumented immigrants. So it has to make choices.  The Trump administration told ICE agents, “Arrest everyone.” That often meant going for easy arrests of people who had lived in … Continue reading →

Biggest immigration news for the next month will come not from the border, but from Capitol Hill. Will Congress finally act to safeguard DACA recipients? Will the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, passed by a bipartisan vote in the House, actually get … Continue reading →

I’m signing off until after the holiday weekend, so I’ll start with two stories that inspire thanks. The first: One more study documents the motivation, success, and contribution to the U.S. economy of undocumented students. Some 86 percent of those surveyed are DACA recipients.  Continue reading →

There’s a small window of time to pass important immigration legislation before a Republican majority in the House in January makes it even harder. Two proposals that have at least a chance of passage before January are the Farm Workforce Modernization Act and some sort of path to citizenship for Dreamers. Continue reading →

In a news cycle dominated by Twitter and U.S. politics, immigration news is scarce this week. Many of the stories I read are rehashes of old news or political horse race analysis of how immigration issues did or did not … Continue reading →

Does protection for DACA have a chance of passing the Senate before January 1? Maybe – and very little chance with a 2023 Republican House. Continue reading →

Title 42 is dead: permanently enjoined by Federal District Judge Emmett Sullivan, though that ruling may be delayed for 5 weeks. Continue reading →

Back again—and the election news shows, among other things, that xenophobic propaganda about immigrants doesn’t appeal to voters. That’s good news, and I’ll take any good news I can get. Other good news: drivers’ licenses for all, including undocumented immigrants, … Continue reading →

Once again, not many news stories about immigration appeared yesterday or today. Most stories mentioning immigration did so in the context of the upcoming election. I expect that will continue, so I’m planning to suspend regular posts in this blog … Continue reading →