“Dreamers” get their name from the Dream Act legislation first introduced in Congress in 2001 to provide a pathway to legal status for persons who came to the United States as children.
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Immigrant Women and Girls in the United States
by Jeanne Batalova, Senior Policy Analyst at Migration Policy Institute and Manager of the Migration Data Hub
Originally published by the Migration Policy Institute’s online journal, the Migration Information Source, as: Jeanne Batalova, “Immigrant Women and Girls in the United States,” Migration Information Source, March 4, 2020, https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/immigrant-women-and-girls-united-states-2018. Reprinted with permission.
Read MoreHow Biden Can Overcome Obstacles to Reversing Trump’s Disastrous Migration Policies
by Adam Isacson, Elyssa Pachico, Maureen Meyer & Adriana Beltrán
The Biden administration can fully dismantle Trump’s anti-immigration policies with a credible, well-resourced, and coordinated plan.
Read MoreImmigrant Voters in the 2020 Election: A Surge of Influence
By Olusegun Akinfenwa for The Think Table
The 2020 presidential elections were historic in many ways. They also brought an important fact to consider: A record number of immigrants were eligible to vote.
Read MoreClimate Change Affects Migration WorldWide (Out of Africa, III)
By Thomas L. Friedman, three-time Pulitzer Prize winning author, and columnist for the New York Times
Migrants and refugees: The unlikely key for economic development
By Dany Bahar, senior fellow and migration economist at the Brookings Institution
Domestic Violence: Immigrants Are Particularly Vulnerable
By Erica Rudolf, Staff Attorney at Ayuda
For immigrants who are experiencing domestic violence, COVID-19 is causing an unseen crisis as people are forced to stay home. For someone in an abusive relationship, home is not a place of refuge and safety, but a place of violence and fear.
Read MoreHealth is the Human Denominator. Where is the Access?
by Dr. Sofía Gómez, Public Health Researcher and Practitioner
Health equity in the U.S. remains an economic, social, and political issue. If there is any small silver lining in COVID-19’s dark clouds, it is that the pandemic has beckoned us as citizens to reflect on our society’s common denominator: our health.
Read MoreWe Can’t Talk About Immigration without Acknowledging Black Immigrants
KOVIE BIAKOLO wrote this article for YesMagazine.org
With strong, rich roots in the U.S., Black people are part of this country’s immigration narrative.
Read More“How DACA Changed My Life”, An Essay by a DACA recipient from Brazil
by Juliana Macedo Do Nascimento, DACA recipient + State/Local Policy Manager at United We Dream
DREAMers’ futures are on the line. Any day now, the Supreme Court will decide the fate of nearly 700,000 young people in the DACA program, but also their families and communities. Learn more about what’s at stake with this momentous Supreme Court decision in this month’s Think Table.
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