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President Biden Sends Immigration Bill to Congress aimed at Modernizing Immigration System

President Biden Sends Immigration Bill to Congress aimed at Modernizing Immigration System

WASHINGTON DC, February 18, 2021 - US President Joe Biden has sent a comprehensive immigration bill to Congress which proposes major overhauls to the system, including granting legal status and a path to citizenship to tens of thousands of undocumented immigrants and other groups and reduce the time that family members must wait outside the US for green cards.

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United States Supreme Court, Washington, DC

UNITED STATES | Court says Trump's decision to rescind DACA "arbitrary and capricious."

WASHINGTON DC, June 18, 2020 - Members of the Caribbean diaspora can breathe a temoorary sign of relief as the United States Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration cannot carry out its plan to shut down the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which has allowed nearly 800,000 young people, known as Dreamers, to avoid deportation and remain in the U.S.

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Denea Joseph is a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients from Belize.

DIASPORA | Undocumented, Black, and Unseen

I am one of approximately 619,000 undocumented, Black immigrants living in the United States. My immigration story began at seven years old, when I came to the United States from Belize without my mother, father, or siblings. The latter is a common narrative for DACA recipients like me. But the former challenges a popular misconception: that immigration is solely a Latinx issue.

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US President Donald Trump in Washington, US, February 14, 2018. Credit: Reuters/Joshua Roberts

US Supreme Court Rejects Trump Over ‘Dreamers’ Immigrants

Washington: The US Supreme Court on Monday dealt a setback to President Donald Trump, requiring his administration to maintain protections he has sought to end for hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought illegally into the US as children.

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