For Single Immigrant Mothers, the Financial Toll of ICE Raids Is Far From Over

It was a frigid January morning in Minneapolis. Alexa quietly stepped outside her apartment to heat her car for her baby, who was waiting inside in her crib. They immediately spotted her. At the edge of the complex, the doors of a van carrying Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents swung open. They sprinted toward her. She remembers the guns they held, and how the sight of them…
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Florida Bars Undocumented Students from State Colleges

On June 30, Florida’s State Board of Education voted to bar undocumented students from attending any of its 28 state-funded colleges. The ban on undocumented student enrollment in colleges extends to adult general educational programs, including English-language courses and GED courses. The policy requires students to present documentation proving citizenship or legal residency before…
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Trump’s Justice Department Is Moving to Make It Easier to Deport DACA Recipients

The Trump administration is continuing its attacks on DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, that has given deportation relief and work permits to immigrants who came to the United States as children. The Board of Immigration Appeals — an administrative court within the Justice Department — recently ruled that DACA status is not enough to spare someone from deportation…
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