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 BORDER/LINES is a weekly newsletter where experienced immigration beat reporters Gaby Del Valle and Felipe De La Hoz focus on injecting context into the week’s most contentious and confusing immigration policy news.

Every Friday morning, we deliver an email with a full breakdown of the most significant story of the week, top-to-bottom, including historical context, legal precedent, analysis, informed predictions, and key takeaways. We’ll also dig into stories important new stories that flew under the radar, and take a look at what to expect for the week ahead.

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Gaby Del Valle is an independent immigration reporter. She previously worked as an immigration reporter at VICE News; a reporter at The Goods, a Vox vertical about consumer culture, where she covered labor, wealth, and multi-level marketing companies; and as a staff writer at The Outline, where she covered power. Her work has also appeared in The Nation, The Baffler, The Daily Beast, and other publications.

Felipe De La Hoz is an independent immigration reporter who writes about immigration policy, courts, detention, and related subjects. He is a former staffer for the the investigative immigration site Documented, and his work has appeared in the Village Voice, The Daily Beast, WNYC, Gotham Gazette, and The Wall Street Journal, among others.

 

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Tech and outsourcing companies continue to exploit the H-1B visa program at a time of mass layoffs: The top 30 H-1B employers hired 34,000 new H-1B workers in 2022 and laid off at least 85,000 workers in 2022 and early 2023

Tech and outsourcing companies continue to exploit the H-1B visa program at a time of mass layoffs: The top 30 H-1B employers hired 34,000 new H-1B workers in 2022 and laid off at least 85,000 workers in 2022 and early 2023

Sign the resolution ( DSA Members). Uniting Against the Ultra Right

 

The Reality Check: NO PAPERS? LOSE YOUR HOME!

The Reality Check: NO PAPERS? LOSE YOUR HOME!: NO PAPERS?  LOSE YOUR HOME! By David Bacon The Nation, 4/12/23 https://www.thenation.com/article/society/farmworker-camp-evictions/ Farmwork...

Pathway to Citizenship Proposed

 A California lawmaker is trying to create a path to citizenship for hundreds of thousands of undocumented farmworkers. On Monday, Sen. Anna Caballero, D-Merced, introduced Senate Bill 831 — the Agricultural Worker Permanent Residency Program. The bill would authorize the California governor to work with the federal government to establish a pilot program allowing agricultural workers to start a process toward legal status. The legislation is an attempt to stabilize California’s agricultural workforce, a feat the federal government has tried to accomplish on a national level for decades. Last year, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act passed twice in the House but never came to a vote in the Senate. 

 

“Creating a pathway to permanent residency status allows our undocumented friends, family and neighbors to come out of the shadows, to live lives free of fear and allow them to qualify for the safety net programs that they deserve and pay into,” said Caballero in a statement. Between one-third to half of all farmworkers in the United States reside in California, which would include about 500,000 to 800,000 people, according to the Center for Farmworker Families. About 75% of California farmworkers are undocumented, according to the UC Merced Community and Labor Center. OTHER STATE PROPOSALS FAILED Under the bill, undocumented farmworkers who have lived in California and worked in agriculture for five years would qualify. Federal standards for citizenship would apply including a criminal history background check, national security check and fees. Application fees for permanent resident status vary but are generally $1,225 for individuals aged 14 to 78. Similar, less aggressive, legislation has failed in the past. In 2018, Caballero and Assemblyman Eduardo Garcia, D-Coachella authored AB 1885, which died in the Assembly Labor Committee. The proposed legislation would have formed a group of state representatives to create a state guest worker program.

 

Read more at: https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article273923780.html#storylink=cpy

DSA Members are urged to sign the Defense of Immigrants and Refugees Resolution.

 

The resolution on the Defense of Immigrants and Refugees was written by members of the national Immigrants' Rights Working Group. This resolution reaffirms our commitment to building with working-class communities of color currently outside of DSA. The proposal is intended to prioritize this crucial work with action and calls for a modest budgetary allocation. 

 

 

https://www.dsanorthstar.org/blog/defend-immigrant-rights-at-the-convention-sign-one-more-resolution

 

There is a different form for each proposal. 

• Unite Against the Ultra Right: https://tinyurl.com/dsa23UR
• On the Defense of Immigrants and Refugees: https://forms.gle/mjT8X8SEAtt4VUkd8  
• Big Tent amendment: https://tinyurl.com/dsa23BT

Celebrate the Life of Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta

Choosing Democracy: Celebrate the Life of Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta: Celebrating Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta    Sacramento  March 31   is Cesar Chavez’s birthday and Cesar Chavez Day – a state holida...