Reposted by Michelle Lapointe
We’re in this situation because, for 30 years, the unauthorized population has been more settled than ever — and “getting legal” harder.
The exec branch filled the gap by issuing temporary protections. But that was a Band-Aid that got mistaken for something more. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
newyorker.com
These Immigrants Lived in the U.S. Legally. Now Trump Is Changing Their Status.
More than a million immigrants are seeing protections that granted them safe lives in the U.S. suddenly swept away.