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Prospects for Green Card Backlog Relief Remain Slim, Senators Say
Plus, Mike Lee tells us EAGLE Act likely won't be back due to "complicating factors"
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Pablo Manríquez
A Weekend of Resistance: Immigrant Communities Rise Up
Plus, another 'Day Without Immigrants' protest and Shakira's inspiring Grammy acceptance speech to migrant communities.
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Pablo Manríquez
Churches Under Siege: GOP Senators Back ICE Raids on Sacred Spaces
Plus, digging into 'droit d'asile'—the medieval French law Senator Cassidy mentioned that made churches sanctuaries from the king.
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Pablo Manríquez

January 2025

Thune Dodges on Dreamers, Collins Eyes EB-4 Reform With Kaine, Sullivan Lauds Laken Riley Democrats, Padilla Will "Probably" Reintroduce…
Plus, the bipartisan bill in the works would help religious workers stuck in an immigration backlog, allowing them to keep working while waiting for…
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Pablo Manríquez
FIRST LOOK: Thom Tillis' New Anti-Immigrant Bill
S. 185 opens up sanctuary cities to frivolous lawsuits by residents alleging harm by migrants.
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Nicolae Viorel Butler
DACA Confounds Senate Republicans, Gitmo Repurposed as ICE Detention Center, Campus Protesters Now Deportable
Plus, mixed-status families were separated by ICE in Texas and New Jersey.
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Pablo Manríquez
ICE Detains Puerto Ricans, Leavitt Declares Birthright "Unconstitutional", Homan Laments "Well-Educated" Chicago
Welcome to our new morning rundown of immigration stories for paid subscribers (which we're thinking of calling the Daily Shit Show).
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Pablo Manríquez
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Breaking Down Colombian-Born Bernie Moreno's Anti-Asylum Senate Bill
We finally got the bill text for S.200, aka the “RULES Act" (SCOOP)
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Nicolae Viorel Butler
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Pablo Manríquez
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Detention Without Capacity: Trump’s Deportation Agenda Creates New Crisis
Unfunded migrant detention mandates are pushing ICE beyond its limits—by design.
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Pablo Manríquez
Senators Divided Over ICE Detaining Immigrants at Church
On Monday, we asked 17 senators after ICE picked up a Honduran man over the weekend from a church service in Tucker, Georgia.
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Pablo Manríquez
Ami Bera: ‘Legal Immigration is America’s Strength, Not a Weakness’
In a wide-ranging interview, Rep. Ami Bera shares his personal immigrant story and ideas for fixing the H1B visa system.
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Nicolae Viorel Butler
Jamie Raskin Sounds Off on Executive Overreach: “We Had a Revolution Against a King”
The ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee discusses Trump’s interpretation of executive power and its implications for immigration policy.
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Nicolae Viorel Butler
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