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OfflineThe 4th Circuit Court of Appeals today ruled against a Trump administration executive order requiring state and local governments to issue explicit consent in order to continue refugee resettlement in their jurisdictions. Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, along with two other resettlement agencies, filed a complaint challenging the executive order in November 2019 and won a preliminary injunction in January 2020.
“This ruling provides critical relief,” said Krish O’Mara Vignarajah,…
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LIRS Statement on the Storming and Occupation of the Capitol
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Donald Trump administration touts completion of 450 miles of border wall
Lauren Villagran, El Paso Times
It was the promise that helped elect President Trump in 2016, a campaign rally chant that became reality. At the close of the administration, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has erected 450 miles of barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border. "The border wall system proves its worth every day with every…
OfflineOn January 7, a mob of supporters loyal to President Trump stormed the Capitol, halting Congress’s counting of the electoral votes to confirm President-elect Biden’s victory. Police evacuated lawmakers from the building in a scene of violence and chaos that has rattled the foundations of American democracy.
The following is a statement from Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, president and CEO of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service:
“I am heartbroken to witness a violent assault on our democracy and…
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President Trump extends immigrant and work visa limits into Biden presidency
Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News
President Trump on Thursday extended a pandemic-era suspension of certain immigrant and work visas, ensuring that his sweeping limits on legal immigration will remain in place when Joe Biden is sworn in. Through a proclamation issued 20 days before Inauguration Day, Mr. Trump ordered a three-month…
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Policy To Bar Asylum-Seekers On Health Grounds Advances
Suzanne Monyak, Law360
The Trump administration is plowing forward with a proposal that would allow border officials to turn away asylum-seekers deemed a health risk, as the administration works to cement its immigrant restrictions before leaving office next month. The White House budget office completed its review on Friday of the proposed asylum changes, paving the way for the U.S. Department of Justice and the…
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Senate majority leader announces approximately $900 billion deal on emergency relief package
Jeff Stein and Mike DeBonis, Washington Post
Senate leadership announced a bipartisan deal on an approximately $900 billion economic relief package late Sunday afternoon that would deliver emergency aid to a faltering economy and a nation besieged by surging coronavirus cases. The deal would include stimulus payments for families in which one of the parents is not a citizen, but…
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Supreme Court won’t decide yet if Trump can exclude undocumented immigrants when allocating congressional seats
Robert Barnes, Washington Post
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a case challenging to President Trump’s authority to exclude undocumented immigrants when determining the size of each state’s congressional delegation, saying it was premature to decide the question at this point. The court’s unsigned opinion said the constitutional and legal questions…
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Biden picks Xavier Becerra as nominee for health and human services secretary
Amy Goldstein and Seu Ming Kim, Washington Post
President-elect Joe Biden has chosen California Attorney General Xavier Becerra (D) to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, a critical position in the coalescing administration for which fighting the coronavirus pandemic looms as the most urgent mission once Biden takes office next month.
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