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I grew up undocumented in a red state. I now have my dream career after receiving DACA — but my childhood was full of fear.
Javier R. Quiroz Castro told BI about the fear and hard work involved in growing up undocumented, a…
Charissa Cheong
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DeSantis wants to eliminate in-state college tuition for undocumented students and beneficiaries of the Obama-era DACA program
Republicans have supermajorities in both the state House and Senate and the legislation could impac…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Key Democrats and Republicans are reviving immigration reform talks. Advocates see hope for action before pro-Trump hardliners like Jim Jordan take charge if they win the midterms.
"I've always been sympathetic to giving them some certainty," Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn tol…
Warren Rojas
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As a DACA-protected immigrant, I know just how dire the need is for a pathway to citizenship. Congress has no excuse for not taking action.
Migrant workers on H2 visas are frequently subject to abuse, separated from their families for long…
Mari Perales Sánchez
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Biden says he supports including immigration in the Democrats' $3.5 trillion spending plan without GOP support
Democrats are hoping to pass a $3.5 trillion spending plan through reconciliation, but it's unclear…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Biden said DOJ will appeal 'deeply' disappointing ruling that found DACA illegal and blocked new applicants
Biden called on Congress to pass legislation that would protect Dreamers from the threat of deporta…
Connor Perrett
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A federal judge in Texas has ruled that DACA is unlawful
The ruling does not cancel the permits of the nearly 826,000 Dreamers who already have them but adv…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Activists want Democrats to use their majorities to give undocumented immigrants permanent relief from deportation
With Democrats in control of both houses of Congress, activists say they want more than executive a…
Charles Davis
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Amazon, Google, and other tech giants urge Biden administration to allow 'documented Dreamers' to stay as US labor shortage bites
In a letter to the Biden administration, they said 200,000 children of high-skilled immigrants are …
Weilun Soon
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I'm a DACA success story. Here's why I want people to stop focusing on narratives like mine.
Jean Pierre Barriga says he benefitted as a Dreamer, but his mom has had to live undocumented and h…
Jean Pierre Barriga
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In a major win for Dreamers, DACA is restored by federal judge, DHS ordered to accept new applications for the program
A federal judge restored the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, meaning new individual…
Azmi Haroun
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A federal judge rips Trump on DACA, calling his administration's handling of the program a 'sad and inappropriate use of executive authority'
Over the weekend, Judge Nicholas Garaufis also ruled to restore the program to almost its entire op…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Trump's acting DHS secretary was unlawfully appointed and didn't have the authority to suspend DACA, a federal judge ruled
The judge's ruling invalidated Chad Wolf's suspension of the DACA program, which shields young peop…
Associated Press
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Trump administration announces it will reject new DACA applications and limit protections for current 'Dreamers' to 1 year
The Trump administration is trying to roll back the DACA program after suffering a stinging defeat …
Oma Seddiq
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Trump is considering a loophole, which he found in a conservative magazine article, to bypass Congress to impose new immigration policies
The National Review article argued that the recent Supreme Court ruling upholding DACA "makes it ea…
Tom Porter
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The Supreme Court has upheld the Obama-era program protecting 700,000 'Dreamers' from deportation in a major blow to Trump
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of young immigrants shielded from deportation by an Obama-era prog…
Michelle Mark
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For some children of immigrants, 'African American' doesn't fit their unique, Black experiences in the US
Some children of African and Caribbean immigrants refuse to assimilate or accept labels like 'Afric…
Keishel Williams
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Texas 'Dreamer' reunites with family in the US after 6 months stranded in Mexico after a family secret upended his immigration interview. But the fight to secure his status in the US is not over yet.
Jaime Avalos and his wife told Insider they were "overwhelmed" to be back together after Avalos' ap…
Erin Snodgrass
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I'm an Olympic athlete and a DACA recipient. Because of my status, I never thought I would be able to leave the US to compete at the Tokyo Olympics.
Runner Luis Grijalva qualified for the Tokyo Olympics last year. But his status as a DACA recipient…
Nicole Forero
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4 people who were arrested after a Phoenix BLM protest wound up in ICE custody — and it shows the risk of protesting as an immigrant
Although all the charges were dropped, ICE detained four of the arrestees who were not US citizens …