12/22/2022 -
ProCon’s examination of the path to citizenship debate now enjoys our updated format.
11/14/2022 -
Massachusetts voters approved a measure on Nov. 8, 2022, and Rhode Island lawmakers passed a measure in June 2022.
10/24/2022 -
During the 2022 fiscal year (Oct. 01, 2021 to Sep. 30, 2022), US Customs and Border Patrol apprehended a record 2.3 migrants at the southern US border, surpassing the 1.7 million apprehended in FY2021 by 37%.
6/30/2022 -
The policy required non-Mexicans seeking asylum to stay in Mexico while moving through their court proceedings in the United States.
6/22/2022 -
Explore population estimates for undocumented immigrants in the United States from 1969 to 2022.
6/22/2022 -
Based on the most recent data available, the Migration Policy Institute provided demographic estimates for the American undocumented immigrant population, including country of birth, school enrollment, and employment, among other categories.
3/14/2022 -
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) made more than 74,000 administrative immigration arrests in fiscal year 2021, down from over 100,000 yearly under the Trump administration.
10/25/2021 -
Fiscal Year (FY) 2020, October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2020, saw the highest number of illegal border crossings since at least 1960, when the government began tracking the crossings.
8/3/2021 -
The Trump Administration policy, called Title 42 and used to turn away about 100,000 migrants at the southern border, will remain in place during the pandemic.
7/19/2021 -
On July 16, 2021, US District Judge Andrew Hanen of the Southern District of Texas ruled DACA was illegal and put a hold on all new applications. Existing enrollees were allowed to remain in the program while the ruling allowed time for the government to consider changes to the program and continue litigation. President Biden has said the federal government will appeal the ruling, which is at odds with a Dec. 2020 federal ruling that required the federal government to process new applications.
4/28/2021 -
The Trump administration held that the federal government should be able to withhold funds from sanctuary cities for their non-compliance with federal laws. The Biden administration reversed that policy.
1/28/2021 -
The policy required the prosecution of all adults crossing the southern border illegally, which resulted in children being held separately from their parents in detention centers.
1/23/2021 -
In several executive orders issued on inauguration day (Jan. 20, 2021), Biden:
- Paused most deportations for 100 days
- Revoked travel bans from primarily muslim and African Countries
- Ordered census to count all residents, including undocumented immigrants
- Ended declaration of emergency at US southern border and halted border wall construction
- Extended DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) protections
12/7/2020 -
US District Court Judge Judge Nicholas Garaufis ordered the Trump administration to restore DACA to the terms “prior to the attempted rescission of September 2017,” and to reinstate two-year permits.