Immigration Law
Biden’s Spending Bill Would Help Immigrant Students
International students would benefit from Biden’s spending bill Biden’s spending bill, called the “Build Back Better” agenda, could open up a fairly favorable financial pathway for immigrant students protected by two deportation relief programs: TPS (Temporary Protected Status). DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals). In the budget package, the Biden administration proposes to invest billions…
Read MoreFormer Official: Title 42 was Never Necessary
Former CDC official declares Title 42 ineffective On Friday, November 12, a former CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) official stated that using Title 42 to deport immigrants never worked as an effective method to mitigate the impact of the global Coronavirus pandemic. To understand the issue at hand, it is important to explain…
Read MoreAdvocates: Immigration Resolution in Budget Package is Not Enough
Immigration provisions in the budget package Democratic leaders are pushing the US House of Representatives to pass Biden’s spending bill, which, among many other things, includes a number of important immigration provisions. In fact, the Biden administration is trying to promote the first comprehensive immigration reform in decades through the reconciliation process, which would allow…
Read MoreImmigration Provisions in Spending Bill Might Change
Immigration provisions could change under the House or Senate The US House of Representatives is currently reviewing the Democratic leaders’ spending bill and there are some resolutions that could undergo a number of prominent changes, such as, for example, the immigration provisions. Democratic leaders included an immigration section in the budget package, stating that optimizing…
Read MoreImmigration Reform Might Be a Major Bipartisan Issue
Immigration Reform Stalled in Congress The Biden administration has been trying to promote comprehensive immigration reform by any means possible since the beginning of the year, stating that the local immigration system is long broken and needs to be reshaped at its roots. However, in light of the health care crisis and the most alarming…
Read MoreLatent Expectation Regarding Biden’s Spending Bill
House still to deliberate on Biden’s spending bill Last week, the US House of Representatives deliberated on Biden’s infrastructure bill and spending package. At the end of the session, the House passed the infrastructure bill, handing an unprecedented political victory to the Biden administration. However, the House decided to postpone the decision on the spending…
Read MoreWill Biden’s New Approach to DACA Work?
DACA: A Deportation Relief Program in Limbo DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) is a deportation relief program that was initially implemented by the Obama administration in 2012, but which went through a series of legal challenges under the Trump administration between 2017 and early 2021. Broadly speaking, DACA provides temporary amnesty to young immigrants…
Read MoreExpert: The Most Significant Immigration Proposal in Decades
Expert comments on immigration resolution in spending bill An immigration law professor from a leading US university recently commented on the immigration provisions included by Democratic leaders in the most recent spending bill. This budget package, which is currently under review by the US House of Representatives, seeks to invest in the immigration sector to…
Read MoreBiden’s Spending Bill Still in Limbo
Biden’s spending bill still fails to pass the House On Friday, November 5, the US House of Representatives was to decide on Biden’s infrastructure bill and spending package, a debate delayed by the controversy it sparked within Congress. In a huge triumph for the current administration, the House passed the infrastructure bill, which had already…
Read MoreSenate Parliamentarian Has Yet to Comment on Democrats’ ‘Plan C’
The Senate Parliamentarian’s opinion The Senate Parliamentarian, also called Senate referee, is the official policy advisor to this branch of Congress. In other words, the Senate Parliamentarian is an impartial interpreter of Senate rules and parliamentary procedure. That is why the Senate Parliamentarian has the right to give his/her opinion regarding certain proposals and bills,…
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