San Francisco District 9 Supervisor Jackie Fielder has introduced an ordinance to protect immigrant communities from notary fraud by requiring notaries to provide clients with a list of low-cost and free immigration legal service providers and imposing penalties for non-compliance.
The Supreme Court’s 1982 decision in Plyler v. Doe has generated hundreds of billions of dollars in economic growth, expanded the U.S. workforce, and reduced public health costs, as well as benefiting over 4.8 million undocumented children by providing access to public education.
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge to President Trump’s birthright citizenship ban, which has been repeatedly blocked by lower courts as unconstitutional, according to the ACLU.
Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi has raised concerns about ICE’s plan to outsource surveillance and enforcement duties to private contractors, warning that it could erode public trust in government and potentially expand surveillance beyond undocumented immigrants.
American Roman Catholic bishops have issued a rare and nearly unanimous rebuke of the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation campaign, framing the immigration crisis in moral terms and urging an end to dehumanizing rhetoric and violence.
The Trump administration’s immigration policies have been characterized by fear-mongering, racial profiling, and a disregard for due process, resulting in the mass deportation of immigrants and the erosion of trust in government.
Latino communities have used storytelling to demonstrate resilience in the face of Trump’s immigration enforcement policies, as highlighted by Sac State’s Immigrant Series, which featured stories of three Latina immigrant women.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit upheld a nationwide injunction against President Trump’s executive order attempting to end birthright citizenship, affirming the constitutional right to birthright citizenship and blocking the order from being enforced.
Vera’s research reveals that ICE is detaining more than 59,000 people across the US, with 17 private facilities holding over 1,000 people per day and 2 facilities exceeding 2,000 people, and the Trump administration has allocated an unprecedented $45 billion for detention and $30 billion for additional enforcement.
The decline in international student enrollment in US colleges and universities is expected to have long-term effects on the American economy and higher education system, with a 19% drop in enrollment this year and a potential 40% decrease, due to the Trump administration’s policies making it more difficult to obtain student visas.
San Quentin Rehabilitation Center hosted its first-ever Fiesta de San Salvador, a celebration of Centro-American and Salvadoran heritage that included music, dance, food, and a dialogue about rehabilitation, immigration policy, and the threat of deportation for many in the prison’s immigrant population.
UCLA law professor Hiroshi Motomura argues that the Trump administration’s immigration policies are part of a broader political strategy to reshape the US identity, instill fear in immigrant communities, and redefine who counts as an American.
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