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Texas’ latest piece of anti-immigrant legislation, Senate Bill 4, demonstrates yet another state-level policy with likely harmful effects on immigrant well-being. SB 4, set to take effect in March 2024 after being signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott, makes “illegal entry and illegal reentry” a crime in Texas. It gives local law enforcement the Read more

A chilling exposé unveiled former President Trump’s purported immigration policy plans, which would bring sweeping raids and mass deportations if he were to be re-elected.  The lethal consequences of border militarization and “prevention through deterrence” policies on migrants are well-documented. Prevention through deterrence, a staple of U.S. border policy since the mid-1990s, creates obstacles and Read more

As the United States continues to grapple with a devastating opioid-involved overdose crisis, conservative policymakers have seized on a familiar scapegoat: immigrants. Republican leaders and presidential candidates falsely claim that undocumented Black and Brown migrants and asylum-seekers crossing the southern border are responsible for flooding America’s streets with fentanyl. This pernicious lie both distracts from Read more

Today marks Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day, an urgent reminder that we need to do everything we can to protect pregnant people and children, including undocumented mothers and their unborn babies. A new policy solution gives this often-overlooked part of the population hope. Last year, Maryland enacted a new law — the Healthy Babies Read more

Throughout its whole existence, DACA has been used as a bargaining chip, a wedge issue, and a rallying cry. Much of the dialogue has concentrated on what will happen to DACA recipients if DACA finally ends. However, there has been less emphasis on the consequences of leaving DACA recipients in limbo while waiting for Congress Read more

A new data brief from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published this week, found that in 2021, suicide and homicide emerged as the second and third leading causes of death for young people between the ages of 10 and 24, respectively. The data paints a sobering picture of youth mental health in Read more