This article explains that the government’s H1B database (used to reserach and analyze the employers using H1B labor) is not longer available. The article says that DHS is working to restore the database.
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This summary (at Welcome.US) describes a recent DHS memo which says ICE will arrest refugees who have been in the U.S. longer than one year who have not applied for their green card. Typically, refugees enter the U.S. after months of thorough vetting overseas and, after one year, apply for a green card which they can hold indefinitely or apply for citizenship after 5 years in the country.
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This article explains how local communities are trying to prevent federal ICE detention centers but have few tools to fight them.
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Published by AZPM, this is an article about the poor conditions in one of the country’s newest and largest immigrant detention centers.
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This article is a history lesson about the rise of sanctuary cities and the sanctuary movement from The Guardian.
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The Guardian article about Liberty Vans by the nonprofit Save America Movement explains how the van goes into neighborhoods to support people at risk.
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DHS Secretary admits to having detained 261 DACA recipients and deporting 86 of those.
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Temporary Visas (like H1B visas) allow for “derivative status” benefits for spouses and children under 21. These benefits are controversial. Read The Dallas Express article here
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NPR discussed third-country deportations in a 34-minute podcast.
Here is the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s Executive Summary from a report on third-country deportations which highlights the issues (from circumventing U.S. immigration law to the expenses associated with third country deportations).
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