Politics Jun 04 Justice Department sues Texas for offering in-state tuition for students without legal residency By Jim Vertuno, Nadia Lathan, Associated Press
Politics Dec 10 ‘Dreamers’ shut out of the health care marketplace in 19 states for now, judge rules Judge Daniel Traynor of the U.S. District Court in North Dakota issued the order Monday from Bismarck, dealing a setback to a Biden administration rule that was estimated to allow 147,000 immigrants to enroll for coverage. By John Hanna, Jack Dura, Associated Press
Politics Nov 08 Federal judge strikes down Biden’s program shielding immigrant spouses from deportation The program, lauded as one of the biggest presidential actions to help immigrant families in years, allowed undocumented spouses and stepchildren of U.S. citizens to apply for a green card without first having to leave the country. By Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press
Politics Jun 18 Watch 7:29 How Biden’s immigration order shields undocumented spouses and children of citizens President Biden unveiled an executive action that offers protections to undocumented spouses and children of U.S. citizens. At a White House event marking the 12th anniversary of DACA, the Obama-era action that protects young undocumented immigrants, Biden laid out his… By Laura Barrón-López, Shrai Popat, Ian Couzens
Politics Jun 18 Here’s what’s in Biden’s plan to offer some migrants a pathway to citizenship, and how it will work It is one of President Joe Biden's most sweeping immigration policies and one that migrant advocates had been heavily lobbying the administration to undertake. By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press
Jun 18 WATCH: Biden announces most expansive federal protection for immigrants in over a decade By Seung Min Kim, Associated Press The White House says the Biden administration will allow certain spouses of U.S. citizens without legal status to apply for permanent residency and eventually citizenship. Continue reading
Jun 17 Biden to announce protections Tuesday for undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens and ‘Dreamers’ By Laura Barrón-López The president’s executive action will shield undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens from deportation, allow them to obtain work authorization, as well as ease their path to permanent resident status, the three sources told PBS News. Continue reading
Sep 13 Federal judge declares DACA illegal again, issue likely to be decided by Supreme Court By Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press A federal judge has declared illegal a revised version of a federal policy that prevents the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. as children. Continue reading
Oct 14 Federal judge allows current DACA immigration program to continue temporarily By Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press A federal judge has ruled that the current version of a federal policy that prevents the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. as children can continue, at least temporarily. Continue reading
Oct 06 Revised ‘Dreamers’ program to get another court review, barring new applicants for now By Kevin McGill, Associated Press A federal appeals court Wednesday ordered a lower court review of Biden administration revisions to a program preventing the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought into the United States as children. Continue reading