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Extended DACA Applications will be Accepted Starting February 18th The big news in immigration this week was that USCIS announced that it will begin accepting expanded DACA applications on February 18th. Under the expanded DACA guidelines, there will no longer … Read more Farmworker Justice Immigration Update 1/30/15

In the past few weeks, President Obama’s executive actions on immigration reform have been under attack in Congress and in the courts. You may recall that during the appropriations process late last year, a decision was made to fund DHS … Read more Farmworker Justice Immigration Update – 1/16/15

As the 113th Congress comes to an end, so does the closest chance that we have had to passing comprehensive immigration reform in over a decade. The prospects for immigration reform that includes a path to citizenship in the incoming … Read more 12/19/14 Farmworker Justice Immigration Update

Two weeks have passed since President Obama’s announcement of executive relief. Farmworker Justice, along with many individuals and organizations, is working hard to share information about the upcoming opportunity for deferred action through the new deferred action program for parents … Read more Farmworker Justice Immigration Update 12/05/2014

President Obama Announces Plan to Defer the Deportation of up to 5 Million Undocumented Persons Farmworker Justice applauds President Obama for taking positive executive action to address our broken immigration system. We celebrate with the hundreds of thousands of hard-working … Read more Farmworker Justice Immigration Update 11/20/2014

President Obama to Announce Executive Action on Immigration Tomorrow Evening The White House announced today via a statement and video that President Obama will announce his plans for executive action on immigration in a speech at 8:00pm ET Thursday evening. … Read more Farmworker Justice Immigration Policy Update Nov. 19, 2014

With the midterm elections over, all eyes are turned to the President to see what steps he will take to address our broken immigration system. As you may recall, in September President Obama announced a delay in his plans for … Read more Farmworker Justice Immigration Update 11/7/14

As we approach the midterm elections, pieces of information are surfacing in the press about President Obama’s plans for executive action. According to recent news, President Obama has not yet made a decision on what form administrative immigration relief will … Read more Farmworker Justice Immigration Update – 10/31/14

Administrative Relief, Family Detention & Fraud in the H-2 Visa Programs In recent weeks President Obama has reaffirmed his commitment to announcing executive action on immigration reform before the end of the year. The President also said that he remains … Read more Farmworker Justice Immigration Update – 10/17/14

Obama Promises Administrative Action on Immigration by the End of the Year President Obama’s delay in announcing administrative relief for undocumented immigrants has resulted in anger and protests against him by some individuals and groups. Last night, seeking to reassure … Read more Farmworker Justice Immigration Update 10/3/2014