Immigration Archive

The verdict of this Supreme Court case will be the deciding factor for immigrant rights at the state level. Read more and take action today!

Imagine it. It's your senior year of high school. You and your three best friends in the whole world are in the midst of planning for your futures. One of the most exciting times of your life, right? For Clara and Elissa, definitely. But for Marisela and Yadira, not so much.

The passage of HR 3012 in the House marks the first immigration bill that has passed with bipartisan support since the DREAM Act passed the Senate in 2010.

Her name was María. Not unlike many girls and women in Latin America who are named after the patron saint of their country and mother of their savior, Jesús. She was 22 years old, the same age that I was at the time. I met her in Nogales, Mexico, at the ‘Comedor,’ a soup kitchen run by a resilient group of Jesuit nuns that provide meals to recently deported immigrants.

The Uniting American Families Act is a bill that ends discrimination against LGBT families by allowing an American in a gay or lesbian relationship sponsor his or her partner for immigration. It's estimated that 36,000 lesbian and gay Americans can't sponsor their foreign born partners for immigration, and around half of these families have young children. Can you imagine being in the position having to choose between your family and your country?