Una coalición de más de un a centena de organizaciones en el país están pidiendo retomar el camino para legitimar lo que en 2012 fue aprobado mediante acción ejecutiva del entonces presidente, Barack Obama.
La norma propuesta eleva el listón de lo que se necesita para calificar para asilo permitiéndole a los jueces de inmigración ser más selectivos y que puedan rechazar solicitudes de asilo sin una audiencia judicial.
‘We joined in a collective exhale when the Supreme Court temporarily stopped Trump’s rescinding of DACA. But the celebration didn’t last very long.’
‘This unprecedented public health crisis has further illuminated existing discrimination and inequities in access to medical care, especially for one community disproportionately impacted by COVID-19: immigrants
More than 200,000 DACA recipients nationwide are considered essential workers in the pandemic.
‘We write to ask all who love and celebrate our traditions to show a similar appreciation for the people whose culture you are consuming.’
‘This stimulus bills turns Julia and her U.S. citizen children, and other Americans, into second-class citizens for marrying undocumented immigrants.’
With Census workers unable to conduct door-to-door outreach, they’re turning to other methods to get the word out during the pandemic, saying a full population count is more important now than ever.
‘How is it possible to do social isolation in a detention center?’
Many immigrant workers in food service, childcare and the cleaning industries don’t have the luxury of working from home, making them especially vulnerable to the virus, advocates say. They want to ensure the government’s response to COVID-19 doesn’t overlook immigrant and undocumented residents.
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