New Congressional representatives had little time to make themselves comfortable before the battle to fund the Department of Homeland Security was placed in front of them. Already passed in the House, H.R. 240 includes harmful amendments that would separate families and place under daily fear of deportation thousands of our friends, family members and neighbors, including young people who arrived in the United States as children. Immigration Impact’s Amy Grenier reveals the impact removing parents has on U.S. citizen children, which this bill has the potential to do.
- House Approves DHS Funding With Anti-Immigration Executive Action Amendments Immigration Impact Amanda Peterson Beadle
- Climate Change Will Create More Environmental Refugees ColorLines Julianne Hing
- How Thousands of U.S. Citizen Children Are Impacted by Removal of Parents Immigration Impact Amy Grenier
- States’ Lawsuit Against Executive Action More Politics Than Substance Immigration Impact
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