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¿Christmas Miracle for Eagle Act?
This absolutely could happen. Eagle Act could be the Christmas miracle for immigrants this year in Congress.The House votes this evening on the green card backlog's meticulously crafted country caps bill that passed in the last last Congress 365 to 65 before Dick Durbin and Rick Scott blocked th...
Thursday PM Immigration Bulletin: Eagle Vote “Imminent”
House Vote “Imminent” For Eagle ActThree aides to top House Democrats tell me that the Eagle Act is expected to get a floor vote when members return to Capitol Hill after Thanksgiving.“We’re working on it,” said a senior aide in House Democratic leadership. “I can’t say exactly when, b...
Thursday AM Immigration Bulletin: Ten for Dreamers?
Good morning! Yesterday was SUPER busy on the immigration beat at the Capitol as immigrant rights advocates turned up en force to pitch their relief proposals in the lame duck.The day began with the House and Senate holding competing immigrant rights press conferences across the Capitol parking lot ...
Tuesday Immigration Bulletin: DACA Fix
Good evening! Another late bulletin tonight after a long day of news gathering, so let's get right to it —There were rumors abound on Capitol Hill today as a universe of immigrant rights advocates pitched lawmakers on a wide range of relief proposals.Punchbowl broke the news this morning that ...
Monday Immigration Bulletin: Big Freshman Energy
Good evening! Late bulletin tonight after a long day of news gathering, so let's get to it: the incoming class of House freshman includes several migrant (and migrant-adjacent) members … Secretary Mayorkas returns to Congress on Tuesday for hearings before the House Homeland Security Committee...
Friday Immigration Bulletin: Magnus Exitus
Good afternoon! Citizens from mixed-status families make their case to Congress; LAT & Politico report DHS drama as Magnus refuses Mayorkas’ order to resign or be fired; and laid off Meta workers tell Buzzfeed that Zuckerberg’s promised “immigration support” is unresponsive.Escobar Bill Face...
Thursday Immigration Bulletin: “Legal Limbo”
Good afternoon! Another huge backlog of migrants in “legal limbo” grows; big tech layoffs hit visa migrants (also in legal limbo) particularly hard; as a universe of immigrant relief advocates (many of them in legal limbo, too) plan returns to Capitol Hill to lobby for their causes. This is your...
Wednesday Immigration Bulletin: Mrs. Fetterman Goes To Washington
Election night defied dire warnings of a “red tsunami” with some notable wins and losses on the immigration beat.In the Rio Grande Valley in Texas -- the epicenter of the border rhetoric that dominated midterm election politics -- Democrats prevailed in two of three races Senator Ted Cruz hoped ...
Tuesday Immigration Bulletin: McCarthy Promises Border Bill
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is expected to ascend to the House Speakership if Republicans win back the lower chamber of Congress in tonight’s midterm election.The California Republican is making no bones about what his first priority would be as House Speaker: “The first thing you’ll ...
Monday Immigration Bulletin: Immigrants for Mike Lee
Good afternoon! Backlog immigrants posted a new video in support of Senator Mike Lee, as two Latina immigrants campaign as disruptors for Congress in Texas and Pennsylvania. Here’s your Monday immigration bulletin -Immigrants for LeeGreen card backlog immigrants are hopeful that Senator Mike Lee w...
Friday Immigration Bulletin: DHS Deems DePape Deportable
Happy Friday! DHS says Pelosi attacker is deportable; Grijalva + 27 House Dems send letter to Mayorkas about attorney access to migrants in ICE detention; insights into immigration messaging during the election from Data for Progress; and some Beltway context to the Define American report on North C...
Wednesday Immigration Bulletin: Immigrants, Would Get The Job Done
Happy Wednesday! Jobs report highlights immigrant labor needs; Define American’s new report on immigration news coverage in North Carolina; and some housekeeping items.Immigrants, Would Get The Jobs DoneThe Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report this week shows 10.7 million vacancies. Bloomberg...
Monday Immigration Bulletin: Dreamer Documentary, LatAm Delegation, Registry, Eagle, Midterm
Hey fam! Happy Monday. I’m working on some magazine pieces this afternoon so I am putting out today's bulletin a lil' earlier than usual ... FOR TODAY — filmmaker Daniela Cantillo has a new documentary focused on documented dreamers; advocates tell me Gillibrand has declined to cosponsor...
Friday Immigration Bulletin: Cardenas, Semiconductors, Wyden
Rep. Cardenas of Los Angeles introduces a House bill focused on transparency in USCIS wait times; NYT reports the stateside semiconductor industry is slowing down despite the CHIPS Act; and Senator Wyden of Oregon posts an unredacted report on a controversial DHS operation in Portland. Happy Friday!...
Wednesday Immigration Bulletin: STEM PhDs, Oz/Fetterman, EOIR
Good afternoon! Voters head to the polls in less than two weeks to choose who will represent them in the 118th Congress of the United States. Today we’ll take a look at the stymied state of STEM PhD relief in Congress, plus the tight Pennsylvania Senate race in this bulletin’s first election spo...
Monday Immigration Bulletin: Eagle, Registry, Diwali
Good afternoon and Happy Diwali to those who celebrate! Bay Area backloggers marched to end per-country caps over the weekend as East Harlem Latinas continue to push Senators to support the immigration registry bill. Here’s your Monday immigration bulletin -Backlog Immigrants March to Lofgren’s ...
Friday Immigration Bulletin: Senate Cafeteria FTW
The Capitol workforce is a deeply immigrant beat. Where member and staffer diversity has been elusive for generations in Congress, support workers - like cafeteria, custodial, and law enforcement - are rife with perspectives of color, including many immigrants, like in the Senate cafeteria where thi...
Wednesday Immigration Brief: Speaker McCarthy Preview
Hello readers! Republicans are predicted to take at least the House back at the polls next month. Let's take a quick look at what that means for immigrants.Less than three weeks from now, voters will head to the polls to vote in a midterm election that is less a referendum on immigration policy ...
Monday Immigration Brief: Backlog Rallies for Eagle
Hello, readers! Here’s your Monday afternoon immigration news bulletin, delivered an hour early —Eagle Act Rally Planned for Bay AreaAdvocates for green card backlog relief are planning a rally in support of the Equal Access to Green Cards for Legal Employment Act of 2022 (Eagle Act) on Sunday i...
Friday Immigration Brief: All Eyes On Lame Duck
Hello readers! This Friday bulletin comes to you a couple hours early so that I can get started on my weekend oil paintings. Lmk what you think!Age Out Protections Face Another Senate HurdleThe latest bipartisan manager’s amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) in the Senate did...
Hello Internet.
Welcome to Pablo Reports, my bulletin of immigration news reports on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 5 PM Eastern from Washington, D.C.Here, you’ll get the latest immigration news you can’t find anywhere else posted for free on the open Internet, with the Patreon support of subscribers like ...
