OPINIONDecember 9Ali Noorani: Restoration of DACA benefits US and Dreamers — now we need immigration law reformThe Trump administration action this week complying with a court order to fully restore the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is an important first step to reform America’s immigration system.
OPINIONNovember 21Ali Noorani: Immigrants made America great — time to end four years of demonizing and denouncing themThe United States has turned into the Divided States, splitting us along many lines. So much of our political debate tells us that someone, someplace, is taking something from us — and many people blame immigrants for many of our problems.
OPINIONJuly 15Ali Noorani: Trump should let DACA recipients become citizens — it will benefit US and his election chancesWhat will President Trump do about the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) program, created by President Obama to allow children brought to the U.S. without authorization to remain here?
OPINIONJune 18Ali Noorani: Supreme Court DACA ruling — good news and now Congress must act to protect DreamersAfter months of anticipation and years of uncertainty, 700,000 Dreamers received their verdict from the Supreme Court.
OPINIONDecember 23, 2019Ali Noorani: Sensible bipartisan immigration reform makes progress – a true Christmas miracleThe Farm Workforce Modernization Act is the product of months of bipartisan negotiation and would provide an economic stimulus for rural America.
OPINIONSeptember 29, 2019Ali Noorani: Trump moves to slash legal immigration make America weaker, not greaterThe lower limit on refugee admissions, combined with the executive order, puts American workers and their families at risk in places where refugees are a workforce and economic boon.
OPINIONSeptember 8, 2019Ali Noorani: Trump asylum policies harming refugee families — and AmericansWhile the economic impact of Trump’s changes to immigration policy are remarkable, the moral collapse of our role in the world is most striking.
OPINIONJuly 27, 2019Ali Noorani: High court ruling allowing border wall to be built with Pentagon funds will worsen border crisisThe Supreme Court decision Friday to allow the redirection of $2.5 billion in Defense Department funds to construct hundreds of miles of wall along the U.S.-Mexico border will do far more harm than good. It will make the humanitarian crisis on the border worst instead of better and do nothing to address the border security challenges we face.
OPINIONJuly 17, 2019Ali Noorani: Trump restrictions on asylum seekers are wrong way to cut migrant flowDesperate immigrants seeking asylum to escape persecution in their home countries are now largely barred from legally entering the U.S. from Mexico, under a new Trump administration rule that went into effect Tuesday.
OPINIONJune 18, 2019Ali Noorani: Trump’s promised immigrant deportations would be a tragic mistake and make America weakerPresident Trump 's threatened mass deportation of millions of unauthorized immigrants would weaken America's economy and permanently alter our moral standing in the world.