Preliminary data from Customs and Border Protection indicates there will be more than 200,000 encounters along the southern border this March, which would mark the highest monthly total since August. Although a large percentage of these encounters are of individuals trying to cross multiple times after being expelled, the fixation…

by Marshall Fitz and Hal Harvey Climate change’s ravages can no longer be disconnected from their impact on forced migration. Here’s what to know. Picture yourself looking over scorched crops that have failed for the second year in a row as temperatures rise and famine takes hold. Or picture yourself…

The immigration movement has spent much of this month caught in a holding pattern. Build Back Better — and the potential immigration provisions within it — is still stalled in the Senate. Meanwhile, global attention has turned to the crisis in Ukraine, which could displace up to 5 million…

2022 started off during a particularly rough time for the immigration reform movement. Right before the holidays, the Parliamentarian rejected the latest immigration proposal we had advanced for the Build Back Better legislation (which itself remains in a precarious state). The new year also prompted us to zoom out: groups…

The House passed the Build Back Better bill in November, which includes measures that would grant work permits to more than 6 million undocumented people. The Senate will vote on the bill next, but first we must secure the Parliamentarian’s approval on the immigration provisions. Meanwhile, record numbers of Venezuelan…

Democrats remain focused on legalizing as many people as possible through budget reconciliation. After the Parliamentarian rejected our first two proposals for a path to citizenship, Democratic senators moved to pitch legislation that would grant work permits to millions of undocumented people. Despite the initial setbacks, we are determined to…

This month was a heavy one for immigrant communities. Democrats continued to advance the Build Back Better budget legislation, and within it, measures creating a path to citizenship. The Parliamentarian was presented with two options to create such a path and rejected them both. Meanwhile, large numbers of Haitian asylum…

This month, the House and Senate took critical steps toward creating a path to citizenship for millions of aspiring Americans through budget reconciliation. The steady drumbeat toward reconciliation faded into the background, however, as a devastating earthquake struck Haiti and the Taliban toppled the Afghan government. Meanwhile, the Supreme…

A federal judge in Texas struck down the DACA program, another dire twist in the fate of a program that has provided so much hope and opportunity to so many. The decision throws hundreds of thousands of aspiring Americans into legal limbo once again and intensifies the pressure on Congress…