DACA

The Duke University linguistics professor talks about her new book, and the power of language in determining inclusion.

• By Vangmayi Parakala

News and notes from Pacific Standard staff and contributors.

• By Pacific Standard Staff
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While the president's proposed path to legalization will give 1.8 million people a chance at citizenship, many will still be left out.

• By Kevin Johnson

The White House appears to be at odds with experts over who is to blame for a sluggish immigration court system.

• By Massoud Hayoun

A judge ruled Tuesday night that the Trump administration has to keep DACA intact.

• By Morgan Baskin

The administration is set to rule on whether to extend temporary residency protections for Salvadorans.

• By Massoud Hayoun

Corporations can help apply positive pressure for social change, but their profit motives should make us wary of letting them displace moral leaders.

• By Rick Paulas

The government is due to run out of money on Friday. What happens next?

• By Dwyer Gunn

As the Trump administration looks to deal with democrats on immigration, DACA students at Loyola University are fighting against legislation that would harm friends and family.

• By Tania Karas

The cap is the lowest set since 1980.

• By Morgan Baskin

Senators James Lankford and Thom Tillis introduced the GOP's answer to immigration reform.

• By Morgan Baskin

The pontiff calls out Trump—and the American public—on an instance of what he deems unchristian ethical inconsistency.

• By Massoud Hayoun

Ineligible for federal grants, undocumented science students must rely on private fellowships—which often depend on DACA.

• By Francie Diep

It remains to be seen how taking away those benefits will affect the American economy.

• By Francie Diep

The program affects about 800,000 people.

• By Morgan Baskin

Activists pray at the wall between Mexico and the United States in Baja California, Mexico, during a protest against the possibility of deportation of those included in the DACA program on September 4th, 2017.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Despite the president's hard-line stance on immigration, he has wavered on the future of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

• By Kate Wheeling

The children of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. are often overlooked in the policy debates surrounding immigration. But a new study shows programs like DACA protect their mental health.

• By Kate Wheeling

The organization filed open record requests to determine whether the attorney general conspired with state officials to end DACA.

• By Morgan Baskin