Protecting Immigrant Communities Newsletter – December 02, 2020
Dear Partners and Friends, Thank you so much for wanting to stay up to date on what’s happening. Here’s the latest roundup of immigration-related news, [...]
Read MoreRunoff Elections Allow a Small, Unrepresentative Group of Voters to Make Consequential Decisions that Affect Us All
By Maggie Stern As states continue to certify results from the presidential election, national attention has shifted to the January runoff election in Georgia that [...]
Read MoreYoung Voters Are Leading the Way to Change… and Setting Records in the Meantime
By Maggie Stern and Sara Albanna At the beginning of the year, 76 percent of young Texans agreed that their generation had the power to [...]
Read MoreThe Latinx Vote is not a Monolith.
By Maggie Stern and Andrew Martinez and Ana Ruiz Exit polls suggest that President-Elect Biden won Latinx voters overall by a 2:1 margin this election [...]
Read MoreProtecting Immigrant Communities Newsletter – November 18, 2020
Dear Partners and Friends, Thank you so much for wanting to stay up to date on what’s happening. Here’s the latest roundup of immigration-related news, [...]
Read MoreYoung Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights Reimagined Children’s Immigration Proceedings
By Sara Albanna and Cheasty Anderson Immigrant advocates have been lobbying for changes in immigration policies that will protect families, reduce trauma, and uphold [...]
Read MorePost-Election Debrief: The Battle Between Civic Engagement and Voter Suppression
By Maggie Stern Early voting in Texas this year began with a warning in a report published in the Election Law Journal which found that [...]
Read MoreCDF-TX’s New Report on Public Charge and the Chilling Effect in Texas
By Sara Albanna, Emma Kypuros, Ana Ruiz, & Cheasty Anderson The Children’s Defense Fund - Texas is proud to announce the publication of our new [...]
Read MoreProtecting Immigrant Communities Newsletter – November 4th, 2020
Dear Partners and Friends, Thank you so much for wanting to stay up to date on what’s happening. Here’s the latest roundup of immigration-related news, [...]
Read MoreChildren’s Defense Fund of Texas Strongly Opposes the Proposed New Requirements for Immigrant Sponsors
By Sara Albanna ACTION ITEM BELOW! The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, “Affidavit of Support on Behalf of Immigrants” was published [...]
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