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en español What is DACA? Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, also known as DACA, is a program that gives protection from deportation to young immigrants who came to the US as children and meet certain requirements but has to be renewed every year and pay a fee. When do you have to renew your DACA?…
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En Español On July 31, 2020, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it is implementing unprecedented fee increases for numerous immigration applications starting on October 2, 2020. The increases are expected to price people out of vital immigration benefits including naturalization and asylum. The Trump Administration is implementing these increases despite strong national…
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En Español On July 29, 2020, a federal court issued two nationwide injunctions temporarily blocking the Trump administration’s “public charge” rules, recognizing the rules threaten public health during COVID-19 because they make immigrant families fearful to access testing, treatment, and other resources their families need to stay healthy. This court order prevents the Department of…
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Español Abajo Today, Tuesday, July 21st, President Trump issued an executive order in an attempt to block some immigrants and discourage others from being counted in the 2020 Census. Particularly the memo seeks to limit non-citizens from being included in the population numbers used for reapportionment. The order is a blatant attempt to bypass the…
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en Español Media Contacts: Louise Pocock, Immigration Policy Attorney, SC Appleseed Legal Justice Center, [email protected], 803-630-1375 Aylin Gomez, Community Organizer for Immigration Policy at SC Appleseed, and member of DACA United SC, [email protected], 864-375-8163 South Carolina (June 18, 2020) – This week, South Carolina Appleseed and DACA United SC are celebrating the eight-year anniversary of the Deferred Action for…
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En Espanol Today, we step back to commemorate the eight-year anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. DACA was originally created through executive order in 2012 under the Obama Administration, after Congress failed to pass legislation to help those brought to this country without documentation at a young age. DACA allows those…
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For a PDF version of this file click here. Everyone can help make sure all South Carolinians are included in future federal relief efforts. Click here to contact your member of Congress today. RE: Federal policy recommendations to ensure future COVID-19 relief efforts include South Carolina’s Immigrant Families Dear Honorable United States Senators and Representatives…
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Versión en español Below are some informational slides provided by the Immigrant Legal Resource Center. Public Charge goes into affect on Monday, February 24:
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Puede encontrar una versión en español de esta publicación aquí. Note: this post was last updated March 3, 2020. As of February 24, 2020, the new public charge rule is in effect. Here’s what immigrant families in South Carolina need to know about the new public charge rule: What is “Public Charge”? The “public charge…
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