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INVESTORS AND ACTIVISTS APPLAUD BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S RULING THAT DECLARES BUILDING PRISONS WITH COVID RELIEF FUNDS AN INELIGIBLE USE OF FEDERAL DOLLARS
(New York, NY) Investors and activists are applauding a major victory as the Treasury Department released their Final Rule on State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds for the American Rescue Plan Act. The updated rule language makes state plans to use COVID-19 relief funds to construct new prisons ineligible.
#InternationalMigrantsDay: Alianza Americas, Presente.org Call for Humane Policies That Recognize Migrants as a Blessing for Communities
The forced displacement of people in the Americas, significantly increased in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, challenges every society’s ethical and moral values. This is especially true for the richest nation on earth, the United States of America.
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.
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National Latino groups condemn Goya Foods CEO for calling Trump the ‘actual president’
150K+ Voters Back $15 Minimum Wage as Biden and Harris Pushed to #Keep15In Pandemic Relief Bill
¿Cómo detener la crisis migratoria en Centroamérica?, expertos responden
Progressive groups warn Congress against Section 230 changes
