DACA – ImmigrationReform.com https://www.immigrationreform.com The Official Blog of FAIR Mon, 19 Jul 2021 17:44:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.10 https://www.immigrationreform.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/cropped-IR-Favicon-100x100.png DACA – ImmigrationReform.com https://www.immigrationreform.com 32 32 Federal Court Rules DACA Is Illegal, Amplifying Amnesty Pressure in Congress https://www.immigrationreform.com/2021/07/19/daca-judge-says-program-illegal-immigrationreform-com/ https://www.immigrationreform.com/2021/07/19/daca-judge-says-program-illegal-immigrationreform-com/#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2021 17:44:25 +0000 https://www.immigrationreform.com/?p=24799 On Friday, a federal district court judge of the Fifth Circuit ruled that President Obama’s executive amnesty program, known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), is illegal. The decision, which fell short of fully restoring the rule of law, importantly concluded that, “Congress has not given [Department of Homeland Security] DHS the power to [...]

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]]> https://www.immigrationreform.com/2021/07/19/daca-judge-says-program-illegal-immigrationreform-com/feed/ 1 50,000 Illegal Aliens Applied for DACA Since December https://www.immigrationreform.com/2021/06/30/daca-applications-on-the-rise-immigrationreform-com/ https://www.immigrationreform.com/2021/06/30/daca-applications-on-the-rise-immigrationreform-com/#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2021 18:42:46 +0000 https://www.immigrationreform.com/?p=24717 According to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), nearly 50,000 illegal aliens are requesting a deportation deferral under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The Obama-era program had been previously closed to new applicants after President Trump attempted to phase out the program in 2017 but was reopened to first-time applicants in December. [...]

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]]> https://www.immigrationreform.com/2021/06/30/daca-applications-on-the-rise-immigrationreform-com/feed/ 1 Nickelodeon Pushes DACA Amnesty on Kids https://www.immigrationreform.com/2021/06/23/nickelodeon-plays-games-immigration-immigrationreform-com/ https://www.immigrationreform.com/2021/06/23/nickelodeon-plays-games-immigration-immigrationreform-com/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2021 12:58:48 +0000 https://www.immigrationreform.com/?p=24671 Nickelodeon – the children’s television network most famous for airing “SpongeBob SquarePants”– released a video explaining to its young audience the importance of immigration reform. No, really. A television network whose target audience is elementary school-aged children waded into the debate over amnesty for illegal aliens. The short clip features Izabella Alvarez – a voice [...]

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]]> https://www.immigrationreform.com/2021/06/23/nickelodeon-plays-games-immigration-immigrationreform-com/feed/ 1 Three Reasons Why a DACA Amnesty is a Bad Idea https://www.immigrationreform.com/2021/06/15/daca-bad-idea-three-reasons-immigrationreform-com/ https://www.immigrationreform.com/2021/06/15/daca-bad-idea-three-reasons-immigrationreform-com/#comments Tue, 15 Jun 2021 18:44:51 +0000 https://www.immigrationreform.com/?p=24636 Once again, Democrats are pushing for permanent lawful status for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients. On June 15, the Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing on the recurring American Dream and Promise Act which seeks to give citizenship to millions of illegal aliens who are currently protected by DACA, or a program [...]

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]]> https://www.immigrationreform.com/2021/06/15/daca-bad-idea-three-reasons-immigrationreform-com/feed/ 1 Senate Confirms Alejandro Mayorkas as DHS Secretary https://www.immigrationreform.com/2021/02/02/senate-confirms-mayorkas-dhs-head-immigrationreform-com/ Tue, 02 Feb 2021 20:54:22 +0000 https://www.immigrationreform.com/?p=24096 By a vote of 56-43, the Senate confirmed Joe Biden’s nominee Alejandro Mayorkas as the seventh confirmed Secretary of  the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its component agencies which include Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the U.S. Border Patrol, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Only six Republican senators [...]

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]]> What a Glimpse of Biden’s Cabinet Tells Us About His Immigration Policy https://www.immigrationreform.com/2020/11/25/biden-cabinet-picks-mean-immigration-immigrationreform-com/ Wed, 25 Nov 2020 15:19:30 +0000 https://www.immigrationreform.com/?p=23905 Former Vice President Joe Biden said if elected, his first priority would be dismantling what President Trump had achieved in the immigration arena. After that he would move on to drastically increase the number of immigrants who enter the U.S. through refugee, asylum and foreign worker programs. With little to no discussion of immigration during [...]

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