Despite growing up in America, children of long-term visa holders often face deportation when they become adults due to the large green-card backlog. I joined a bipartisan group calling on the @whitehouse to take urgent action to protect over 250,000 Documented Dreamers.

I’m grateful that President Biden has taken decisive action to keep families together, provide more stability to Dreamers, & strengthen our economy. However, I'm sorry to see that this does not include relief for Documented Dreamers. Read my full statement👇

Praneetha attended elementary, middle, high school, and university in the United States. She now works for a top company helping with artificial intelligence. Despite being raised and educated lawfully, she faces leaving the country next month.

Our statement on The White House's immigration executive actions announced today and the bipartisan letter from members of Congress calling on Homeland Security and USCIS to protect children of long-term visa holders and families affected by the green card backlog.

How does the journey look for dependents of long-term visa holders? 🔎 Visit our Medium blog to learn more: improvethedream.medium.com/the-journey-th….

A friendly reminder for Homeland Security that they can refer U.S. Department of Justice and the Attorney General to redecide the BIA decision in Matter of Wang, which would allow many children who age out to retain their existing priority date. Easy administrative lift backed by the Supreme Court.

The USA is in decline when it forces people who have lived here and worked here their whole lives to self-deport. Heartbreaking and enraging, from ⁦Billy Binion⁩ and reason. reason.com/2024/07/08/he-…

Young adults, lawfully raised in the U.S., are being forced to leave the country, separating them from their families and stopping their ability to contribute to our country, says Improve The Dream's Dip Patel.

“He Immigrated to the U.S. as a Child. He Was Just Kicked Out—Despite Coming Here Legally.” Billy Binion for reason reason.com/2024/07/08/he-…

.Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testified he cares about children of long term visa holders and will follow up vigilantly. Meanwhile, Homeland Security has put a key proposed rule at risk by delaying it for over a year: reginfo.gov/public/do/eAge… They must publish it immediately for a final rule this year.

My family moved to the US when I was 8, but by the time I turned 20, my dad was still on an H1B (waiting to get processed for a green card). Once I turned 21, I would age out as his dependent, despite the fact that I basically grew up in the US. I thought I'd have to become a

Over 10,000 children of long term visa holders face aging out and self deportation every year. We need to pass America’s Children Act, which is the most bipartisan immigration bill in Congress.

“America recruited us to open a farm, then made us self-deport.” foxnews.com/opinion/americ…

A mockery of justice. In Nakka v. USCIS, a federal court just said "We recognize that individuals like [plaintiff]—who have not violated any immigration laws—must violate the law to render themselves removable and obtain judicial review.” One must break the law to be able to

A federal court’s wild interpretation of “relief” in the Real ID Act will have severe repercussions for any attempt by a legal immigrant to challenge the government’s interpretation of AOS statutes in federal courts. Never thought breaking the law would be a requirement. “And,

“Brain disdain: In America, skilled migrants may find that their children are deported when they reach adulthood and are no longer deemed dependants.” The Economist economist.com/briefing/2024/…