Press Releases and Statements

WASHINGTON D.C. –– On Tuesday evening, August 17, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ordered the Biden Administration to issue 9,095 diversity visas from Fiscal Year 2020 that the court reserved nearly a year ago. This decision restores hope for thousands of families from all over the world—including Afghanistan—who have suffered excruciating uncertainty, […]

LOS ANGELES — President Biden broke his promise to increase the number of refugees allowed into the United States today, opting instead to adopt refugee admittance levels at the historic lows set by President Trump. The administration had previously announced an intention to increase the number of refugees admitted to the United States.  Below is

WASHINGTON D.C. –– Last night at midnight, former President Trump’s ban on nonimmigrant visas expired. Last month, President Biden revoked the proclamation that barred the ban on immigrant visas. With the expiration of Proclamation 10052, many categories of nonimmigrants will no longer be prevented from seeking entry to the United States due to the false premise that they will

WASHINGTON D.C. –– Today on Wednesday, February 24, President Biden revoked former President Trump’s immigrant visa ban. The Biden administration flatly rejected the previous administration’s proclamation that the entry of immigrants presents a risk to the U.S. economy during the pandemic. “To the contrary, it harms the United States, including by preventing certain family members of United

Washington, D.C. — On Friday night, February 19, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued an emergency injunction preserving and extending the validity of most diversity visas from the 2020 diversity visa lottery, so that these diversity visa recipients may have a chance to travel to the United States before their visas

LOS ANGELES — Senator Menendez (D-NJ) and Representative Sanchez (D-CA) introduced the U.S. Citizenship Act, a legislative proposal that would reform our nation’s immigration system and provide a real route to lawful status and citizenship for millions of immigrants and aspiring immigrants. Below is a reaction from Karen Tumlin, founder and director of Justice Action

PORTLAND, OREGON — Haitian Bridge Alliance and the Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon (APANO) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request last night to demand that the government shed light on the inner workings of Title 42, a Trump-era policy that uses the pandemic as justification for automatically expelling nearly all immigrants seeking

LOS ANGELES — Just before he was installed as president, President-Elect Biden announced a slew of executive orders and unveiled legislation designed to create a fair, humane, and functional immigration system. The orders would get rid of Trump’s infamous Muslim bans, restore Deferred Enforced Departure, and strengthen DACA, among other things. The proposed legislation, to