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After Parliamentarian Rejects Immigration Reform, Migrant-Led Organizations Disappointed with Democratic Party Leadership
On December 16, the Senate parliamentarian ruled against including modest immigration provisions in the “Build Back Better” spending plan. The provisions were intended to provide U.S. work permits to a significant number of immigrants residing in the U.S. over many years — a population that, because of U.S. laws, are denied the possibility of securing more permanent visas.
With New Private Investment Commitments to Central America, Do Local Communities Stand to Benefit?
In response to the White House announcing an additional $540 million in private investment, meant to address the lack of economic opportunity that is among the factors driving migration from Central America, Alianza Americas and Presente.org issued the following reaction.
Biden Administration Rebooting an Even Crueler ‘Remain in Mexico’
The Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” program — which forced over 70,000 asylum seekers to wait for their immigration court hearings in unsafe Mexico border towns — will restart on December 6. Under this expanded version of the program, anyone who’s fled a country in the Western Hemisphere, including Haiti, will be required to wait for their U.S. immigration court dates in Mexico.
After Honduras Elections, a Moment of Reckoning to Reorient U.S. Policy
The unprecedented turnout at Honduras’ elections, and the early results pointing to Castro’s victory, is a clear rejection by voters of everything the Juan Orlando Hernández administration stands for. This is a moment of reckoning and hopefully a moment of redirection for U.S. policy towards Honduras.
Immigrant Communities Encouraged by Passage of Build Back Better Act in the U.S. House of Representatives
We are encouraged by the passage of the Build Back Better Act by the U.S. House of Representatives. There is no question that if this bill is ultimately enacted into law, it would bring much needed changes in U.S. law. However, when it comes to immigrant communities, what is included in this bill is not a pathway to legal permanent residency visas.
