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The White House Fact Sheet is here . The DHS media release is here . Video of President Biden is here , beginning at min. 54:00. Commentary by former BIA Chairman Hon. Paul W. Schmidt is here .

S.2991 - Countering Human Trafficking Act of 2021 S.7 - VAWA Technical Amendment Act of 2022 H.R.7181 - Human Trafficking Prevention Act of 2022

Victor Reklaitis, MarketWatch, Dec. 22, 2022 "Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell showed last week that he’s thinking about how recent lower immigration has factored into the ongoing U.S. labor shortage, but he said it’s not appropriate...

On Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case of U.S. v. Texas on a writ of certiorari before judgment, to review the Fifth Circuit's denial of a stay of federal district court Judge Tipton's nationwide injunction...

Hon. Dana Leigh Marks, Sept. 20, 2022 "After 45 years in the field of immigration law — 35 years on the bench, deep in the belly of government bureaucracy, preceded by 10 years as an attorney in private practice representing families and...

Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, July 22, 2022 " Steve Yale-Loehr, a professor at Cornell University who studies U.S. immigration law, said federal policy-making on immigration is now primarily dictated by federal courts, not Congress or the executive...

Kit Johnson , Professor of Law and Thomas P. Hester Presidential Professor, University of Oklahoma College of Law, writes: " Immigration Law: An Open Casebook is the first open-source/open-access casebook on U.S. immigration law. It is designed...

Dean Kevin R. Johnson, Feb. 1, 2022 "[I]f one is truly interested in immigration change, the appropriate measuring stick is not what Biden did in year one but what Congress has failed to do for decades — pass meaningful immigration reform...

Jorge Cancino, Univision, Nov. 29, 2021 "A Senate Democratic committee - headed by the office of leader Charles Schumer - is preparing to meet this week with the top aide to the Upper House, attorney Elizabeth MacDonough, and formally deliver the...

Bill Boyarsky, UCLA Blueprint, Fall 2021 "ACADEMICS, UNIVERSITY STUDENTS and activists are creating an informal network reaching throughout California and beyond to seek justice for the more than 25,000 immigrants held in federal detention centers...

Jorge Cancino, Univision, Nov. 21, 2021 "According to Stephen Yale-Loehr, professor at Cornell University School of Law , “The 2,135-page budget bill includes a number of important immigration provisions, including up to 10 years of work...

Daisy Contreras, The World, Nov. 11, 2021 "The newest plan doesn't offer a pathway to citizenship for about 11 million undocumented people. What it does include is work permits and protection from deportation. Still, some immigration experts...

Here are four recent videos from the Center for Immigration Law and Policy at UCLA Law: 1. Building Power During the Biden Administration -- Inside vs. Outside Advocacy 2. Univision National Network’s Jorge Ramos in Conversation w/3 DREAMers...

Georgetown Law "The Center for Applied Legal Studies (CALS) at Georgetown Law announces that it is now accepting applications for its annual fellowship program in clinical legal education. CALS will offer one lawyer a two‑year teaching fellowship...

Erin Blakemore, National Geographic, Sept. 23, 2021 "U.S. immigration laws have not evolved to match the reality of mass migrations and modern displacement, says Stephen Yale-Loehr , a professor of immigration law practice at Cornell Law School...