U.S. Policy Beats
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Trump Administration Rescinds DACA, Fueling Renewed Push in Congress and the Courts to Protect DREAMers
In its first term, the Trump administration rescinded the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, seeking to strip protection from roughly 790,000 Dreamers.
The Trump Administration at Six Months: A Sea Change in Immigration Enforcement
In a sharp departure from the Obama administration, the first six months of the first Trump term shifted immigration enforcement practices and generated deep anxiety among some immigrant communities.
Despite Political Resistance, Use of Temporary Worker Visas Rises as U.S. Labor Market Tightens
Despite political headwinds, use of temporary work visas surged to record or near-record levels by 2016 and 2017, as a tightening U.S. labor market drove employer demand.
Texas Leads Resurgence in Restrictive State Actions on Immigration Enforcement
Texas's 2017 Senate Bill 4, requiring local law enforcement to cooperate with immigration authorities, revived a wave of state-level activity.
Despite Little Action Yet by Trump Administration on Sanctuary Cities, States and Localities Rush to Respond to Rhetoric
While the Trump administration had taken no concrete steps to penalize “sanctuary” cities as of April 2017, jurisdictions rushed to set immigration policies of their own.
Muscular Public Relations Strategy to Paint Immigrants and Immigration as Negatives Embedded Deep Within Trump Executive Orders
Executive orders issued during the first Trump term launched a reporting machinery designed to churn out for the U.S. public statistics on the costs and threats of immigration.
Judge’s Pause of Trump Travel Ban Takes Page from Republican Challenge to Obama Executive Action on DACA
A court’s pause of the travel ban implemented during the first Trump term drew on the playbook of challenges to the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
The Obama Record on Deportations: Deporter in Chief or Not?
President Barack Obama's deportation record was more nuanced than critics claimed, focusing on criminals and recent border crossers while reducing removals of long-settled immigrants.
Despite Hard-Line Immigration Campaign Pledges, Trump Policy Remains in Flux
Incoming President Donald Trump's postelection comments reflected narrower deportation targets, but the choice of Jeff Sessions attorney general signaled a tougher line.
United States Abandons its Harder Line on Haitian Migrants in the Face of Latest Natural Disaster
Hurricane Matthew forced the United States to suspend Haiti deportations in October 2016, just weeks after resuming them for the first time since the 2010 earthquake.
