What is VAWA? The Violence Against Women Act (also called VAWA) is a United States federal law which was signed by President Bill Clinton in 1994 to handle investigation and prosecution of violent crimes against women. How is VAWA linked to immigration? VAWA allows for the possibility that certain individuals who might not otherwise be
DACA was slated to end on March 5, 2018, but the U.S. District Court recently issued an injunction to prevent DACA termination. Nearly 700,000 young immigrants who have no legal status in the U.S. benefit from DACA and have valid employment cards so they can work and attend college. The Trump administration announced on September
With some bipartisanship from Republicans and Democrats, the United States house with a democratic majority was able to pass the latest version of the DREAM Act, an ambitious effort to expand on a long-lived legislation effort that would place millions of young undocumented immigrants and immigrants on temporary status on a pathway to U.S. citizenship.
