TÀI LIỆU GIẢNG GIẢI — BỘ AN NINH NỘI ĐỊA (DHS) CÔNG VĂN VỀ NHỮNG ƯU TIÊN TRỤC XUẤT

Ngày 30 tháng 9, Bộ An Ninh Nội Địa (DHS) ban hành một công văn về “những ưu tiên trục xuất” của chính quyền Biden – liệt kê thể loại những người sẽ trở thành mục tiêu bắt bớ, giam giữ và trục xuất. Công văn này sẽ có hiệu lực vào ngày 29 tháng […]

What is the Immigration Proposal in the House Build Back Better Bill? (Work Permits, Parole, Plan C)? What are its Limitations?

The immigration proposal being advanced by the Democrats grants “parole” under immigration law to a limited group of immigrants without status. This explainer breaks down the immigration proposal and its limitations.

Informe: Memorando de las Prioridades de Deportación

El 30 de septiembre, el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS) emitió un memorando sobre las“prioridades de deportación” de inmigración de la administración Biden, que enumera las categorías depersonas que serán objeto de arresto, detención y deportación. Este memorando entrará en efecto el 29 denoviembre de 2021 y reemplazará los memorandos anteriores emitidos por la administración […]

DHS Deportation Priorities Memo Explainer

On September 30, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a memo on the Biden administration’s “deportation priorities” – listing categories of people who will be targeted for arrest, detention, and deportation. This Memo will go into effect on November 29, 2021 and will replace the prior memos issued by the Biden administration on its […]

New Way Forward Backgrounder

Harsh immigration laws disproportionately lead to the targeting, jailing, and destruction of families of color. Anti-immigrant laws passed in 1996 drove mass incarceration and mass deportation of people of color. A harmful law passed by a white supremacist Senator in 1929 has also enabled significant abuses in recent years, from “assembly-line” hearings of shackled people, […]

New Way Forward: Messaging in the Moment

In the midst of a global pandemic, immigrants in the United States are locked in immigration detention centers, where they face escalating exposure to COVID-19 in inhumane conditions. The New Way Forward Act (HR 5383) is a powerful step towards dismantling our abusive immigration system.

We Keep Us Safe: Tips for Immigrant Protestors and Jail Support

10 Things to Know for Immigrant Protestors & Jail Support

Mandatory Detention Backgrounder

For decades, immigration authorities have relied on “mandatory detention” to justify some of the most egregious due process and humanitarian violations that have occurred in the immigration system. This is in part why there are a number of bills such as the New Way Forward Act and the Dignity Not Detention Act that have been […]

3 Principles on Criminalization

Three principles for advocates and organizers & actions to support across the country

Dismantle, Don’t Expand

A new report by the Immigrant Rights Clinic at NYU School of Law and the Immigrant Justice Network (IJN) warns against increasing funding for the abusive deportation system, established by controversial Clinton-era legislation. Dismantle, Don’t Expand: The 1996 Immigration Laws offers policy-makers, advocates, and reporters an accessible study of the 1996 laws, the devastating human and […]

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