DACA Health Care Workers Await Supreme Court Ruling
Immigration
‘My patients really don’t care about my immigration status’ — This nurse is one of 30,000 DACA recipients working on the front lines of COVID-19, but the Trump admin could change everything.
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Connected Stories
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What Happens When Graduation is a Dead End
Without DACA or a pathway to citizenship, hundreds of thousands of young undocumented people cannot realize their full potential—to our collective detriment.
Immigration, and Education -
Undocumented and Uninsured
Healthcare in the United States has largely been treated as a privilege reserved for citizens who could afford it; in most states, undocumented immigrants are unilaterally excluded. But individual exclusion has a collective cost.
Immigration, and Health -
Scapegoating Undocumented Immigrants Threatens Our Democracy
Justifying voter suppression by falsely claiming that undocumented immigrants commit voter fraud disenfranchises citizens of color; unconstitutional efforts to depress immigrants’ participation in the census undercounts entire communities.
Immigration, and Social Justice