Three Key Considerations for Saving DACA During COVID-19

 The cancellation of DACA during a pandemic deepens racialized systemic inequities. By Elle Fersan, Blanca Ramirez and Lizette Solorzano published in the CSII Immigrant Integration News Wire. June 17, 2020 Implemented during the Obama administration, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is a quasi-legal status that provides beneficiaries temporary relief from deportation and work permits.… Continue reading Three Key Considerations for Saving DACA During COVID-19

Trump’s Xenophobia Will Exacerbate Crisis

By Eliane Fersan, Kai Golden published in TheProgressive.

Trump has repeatedly chosen opportunism over public health, but crises should not be used for promoting restrictionist policies against immigrants.