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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 429

DACA Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

Elias Rosenfeld with US Sen. Tim Kaine in front of the Supreme Court, November 12, 2019, the day oral arguments were presented in the case on DACA arrivals. (Courtesy of Rosenfeld/ via JTA)
June 22, 2020, 11:27 pm
Jewish ‘Dreamer’ breathes a sigh of relief after US Supreme Court preserves DACA
Elias Rosenfeld is among the over 700,000 immigrants who arrived as children, whose future plans now look brighter after court blocked Trump from deporting DACA kids
By Penny Schwartz
US President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the BOK Center on June 20, 2020 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. (Nicholas Kamm / AFP)
June 21, 2020, 8:54 am
Supreme Court losses a blow to Trump after bid to stock bench with conservatives
Recent rulings favoring progressives belie president’s campaign promise to tilt court rightward for years to come, possibly spelling trouble at ballot box
By Charlotte Plantive
Illustrative: DACA students celebrate in front of the US Supreme Court in in Washington,DC, on June 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
June 18, 2020, 6:55 pm
US Supreme Court blocks Trump from ending protections for young immigrants
Justices reject administration claim that 8-year-old Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program is illegal and that courts have no role in reviewing controversial cancellation
By Mark Sherman
Josh Boloña, pictured sitting in his campus library, is the president of the Student Government Association at the University of Central Florida. (Ben Sales)
February 25, 2019, 3:56 am
How a Jewish undocumented immigrant became student president of his university
Josh Boloña has benefited from the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, instituted by Barack Obama to give people who came to the US as kids a chance to rise to the top
By Ben Sales
US President Donald Trump speaks during a joint press conference with three Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) in the East Room of the White House on April 3, 2018 in Washington, DC. (AFP PHOTO / Olivier Douliery)
April 5, 2018, 5:50 am
Trump orders National Guard to Mexican border
Move comes as caravan of Central American migrants scrap well-publicized plan to try and enter US
By Thomas WATKINS, Sofia MISELEM and Matias Romero
In this March 15, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump talks with reporters during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
March 24, 2018, 1:30 am
Trump reverses threat to shut down US government
President caps another anarchic week by approving a $1.3 trillion deal by the Republican-controlled Congress, just hours after warning he might veto it
By Michael Mathes and Andrew BEATTY
US President Donald Trump speaks about the spending bill during a press conference in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House on March 23, 2018. (AFP Photo/Nicholas Kamm)
March 23, 2018, 9:24 pm
Trump signs $1.3 trillion budget after threatening veto
With bill’s passage, Taylor Force Act slashing aid to Palestinians for paying families of Palestinian terrorists becomes law
By LISA MASCARO, Alan Fram, Catherine Lucey and Jill Colvin
A HIAS protest in front of the White House in which people shared stories of their family members who were refugees or immigrants, March 1, 2017. (Ted Eytan via JTA)
February 18, 2018, 12:42 am
Jewish groups call on US census to drop citizenship question
10 community organizations pen letter to Trump administration warning that reinstating query will ‘raise fears’ among immigrants
By JTA
Illustrative: Demonstrators, many of them recent immigrants to America, protest the lack of a deal on DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) outside of Federal Plaza on January 22, 2018 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)
January 26, 2018, 4:12 am
Trump proposes citizenship plan for 1.8m undocumented immigrants
White House’s offer of a path to citizenship for ‘Dreamers’ is much wider than expected
By Paul Handley
Lawmakers arrive to the House chamber to vote on the continuing resolution to fund the federal government, Capitol Hill, January 22, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP)
January 23, 2018, 5:01 am
Trump claims victory as Congress votes to end shutdown, reopen government
Democrats agree to drop opposition to federal funding bill after securing assurance from Republicans on key immigration vote
By Andrew BEATTY
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer arrives at the Capitol at the start of the third day of the government shutdown, in Washington on January 22, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
January 22, 2018, 9:28 pm
End to shutdown in sight as Senate breaks Dem filibuster
Senate Democrats drop objections to temporary funding bill in return for assurances from Republicans that they will soon take up immigration and other contentious issues
By Alan Fram, Andrew Taylor and Zeke Miller
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) returns to the US Capitol after meeting with US President Donald Trump on the looming threat of a federal government shutdown January 19, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP)
January 20, 2018, 1:40 am
‘Progress’ but no deal yet to avoid US shutdown
With midnight deadline looming to reach a short-term deal to keep federal government running at full capacity, both President Trump and Senate’s top Democrat strike optimistic tone
By Jim Mannion
Thousands of immigrants and supporters join the Defend DACA March to oppose the President Trump order to end DACA on September 10, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (David McNew/Getty Images/AFP)
January 17, 2018, 12:50 pm
Trump blasts immigration, citing high ratio of immigrants among terrorists
New US report says nearly 75% of convicted terrorists in US since 9/11 were immigrants, hundreds of terrorists refused entry
By Paul Handley
US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on January 16, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / NICHOLAS KAMM)
From the WebJanuary 17, 2018, 6:13 am
Trump warns of immigration threat to national security
In midst of political fracas, administration seeks to tie immigration programs to terror threats
By Paul Handley
US President Donald Trump speaks as he stops by a Conversations with the Women of America panel at the South Court Auditorium of Eisenhower Executive Office Building January 18, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP)
January 16, 2018, 11:19 pm
Trump: We want immigrants ‘from everywhere’ to come to US
President’s remark stands in stark contrast to his reported denunciation in Oval Office of immigration from ‘shithole countries’
By AFP
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