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Biden v. Texas: The Case Before the Supreme Court

The lower courts challenging President Biden’s attempt to wind-down Remain in Mexico (MPP) are unfairly hampering the Administration from fulfilling its campaign promises to create a nation of laws and policies that value fairness, dignity, and equality. We need the Supreme Court, in Biden v. Texas, to make clear that any presidential administration should have the freedom to implement its own policies.

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Bipartisan Briefs Filed: Biden v. Texas

The lower courts challenging President Biden’s attempt to wind-down Remain in Mexico (MPP) are unfairly hampering the Administration from fulfilling its campaign promises to create a nation of laws and policies that value fairness, dignity, and equality. This case is so critical that 11 briefs were filed in support of the Biden Administration’s position reflecting different impacts.

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We need the Supreme Court to affirm a presidential administration's freedom to implement its own policies and end the inhumane Remain in Mexico policy. Sign this pledge to take action.

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The lower courts challenging President Biden’s attempt to wind-down Remain in Mexico (MPP) are unfairly hampering the Administration from fulfilling its campaign promises to create a nation of laws and policies that value fairness, dignity, and equality. Returning all people seeking asylum to inhumane and unsafe conditions in Mexico or detaining them indefinitely would be cruel, barbaric, and contrary to the law and our values. We need the Supreme Court, in Biden v. Texas, to make clear that any presidential administration should have the freedom to implement its own policies.

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The lower courts challenging President Biden’s attempt to wind-down Remain in Mexico (MPP) are unfairly hampering the Administration from fulfilling its campaign promises to create a nation of laws and policies that value fairness, dignity, and equality. Returning all people seeking asylum to inhumane and unsafe conditions in Mexico or detaining them indefinitely would be cruel, barbaric, and contrary to the law and our values. We need the Supreme Court, in Biden v. Texas, to make clear that any presidential administration should have the freedom to implement its own policies.

What's at Stake

In Biden v. Texas, the Supreme Court will decide whether the Biden Administration can exercise its discretionary control of border policy to discontinue the Remain in Mexico program (MPP). Under Remain in Mexico, the Trump Administration returned asylum seekers to (or stopped them in) Mexico. After extensive review following President Biden’s inauguration, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) terminated the policy in July 2021. DHS’s agency review concluded that Remain in Mexico had left asylum seekers in inhumane conditions, likely turned away legitimate asylum seekers, and put unnecessary strain on the U.S.–Mexico relationship.

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Millions of immigrants and other Americans are waiting on President Biden and Congressional Democrats to deliver on immigration.

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For over three decades, undocumented immigrants have urged Congress to pass legislation that would provide them with certain protections.

Unfortunately, Congress has yet to take meaningful action but undocumented immigrants will not give up until permanent immigration protections become a reality.

President Biden and Congressional Democrats promised to shield millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation and family separation through immigration legislation. But, so far, they have yet to deliver on their promise.

In the coming weeks, Congressional Democrats will have an opportunity to use a legislative process known as reconciliation to fulfill their promises on immigration.

Voters across the country have made it clear — they want Congress to use every tool at their disposal to get immigration relief signed into law.

The time for Congress to act on immigration is now. No more excuses.

Add your name to urge Congressional Democrats to deliver on immigration through reconciliation.

Reyna Montoya, AZ
Avinash C, CA
Ana Garcia, CA
Anner Alfaro Cividanis, CA
Maria Gavaldon, CA
Edvin Dapcevic, CA
Karen Nunez Sifuentes, CO
Armando Reyes, CO
Karen Nunez Sifuentes, CO
Jesus Castro Gonzalez, CO
Fryda Faugier Ferriera, CO
Hugo Calvo, CO
Reydesel Salvidrez, CO
Mario Bravo, CO
Gladis Ibarra, CO
Daiquiri Ryan, DC
Maria Rodriguez Acosta, FL
Claudia Jimenez, FL
Marco Dorado, FL
Yerisson Cardenas, GA
Christian Olvera, GA
Bernie Olvera, GA
Jennifer Coello, GA
Oscar Baza Pineda, GA
María del Rosario Palacios, GA
Diana Vela Martinez, GA
Cheska Mae Perez, IL
Edwin Torres, MN
Eroisha Crasto, NJ
Vania Durand, NJ
Ilknur Eren, NJ
Astrid Silva, NV
Nayelli Rico Lopez, NV
Ambar Januel Lopez, NY
Erendira Garcia, NY
Jessica Astudillo Oleas, M.D., NY
Sogbe-Eden N’guessan, NY
Aura Lopez Zarate, NY
Hina Naveed, NY
Isidora Echeverria, NY
Rey Mendez, NY
Israel Sanchez, NY
Raymond Partolan, NY
Maria Morales, SC
Jesus Contreras, TX
Javier Quiroz, TX
Edilsa Lopez, TX
Melissa Martinez, TX
Ricardo Reyna, TX
Angélica Guzmán, UT
Mariela Pulido, WA
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For over three decades, undocumented immigrants have urged Congress to pass legislation that would provide them with certain protections.

Unfortunately, Congress has yet to take meaningful action but undocumented immigrants will not give up until permanent immigration protections become a reality.

President Biden and Congressional Democrats promised to shield millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation and family separation through immigration legislation. But, so far, they have yet to deliver on their promise.

In the coming weeks, Congressional Democrats will have an opportunity to use a legislative process known as reconciliation to fulfill their promises on immigration.

Voters across the country have made it clear — they want Congress to use every tool at their disposal to get immigration relief signed into law.

The time for Congress to act on immigration is now. No more excuses.

Add your name to urge Congressional Democrats to deliver on immigration through reconciliation.

Reyna Montoya, AZ
Avinash C, CA
Ana Garcia, CA
Anner Alfaro Cividanis, CA
Maria Gavaldon, CA
Edvin Dapcevic, CA
Karen Nunez Sifuentes, CO
Armando Reyes, CO
Karen Nunez Sifuentes, CO
Jesus Castro Gonzalez, CO
Fryda Faugier Ferriera, CO
Hugo Calvo, CO
Reydesel Salvidrez, CO
Mario Bravo, CO
Gladis Ibarra, CO
Daiquiri Ryan, DC
Maria Rodriguez Acosta, FL
Claudia Jimenez, FL
Marco Dorado, FL
Yerisson Cardenas, GA
Christian Olvera, GA
Bernie Olvera, GA
Jennifer Coello, GA
Oscar Baza Pineda, GA
María del Rosario Palacios, GA
Diana Vela Martinez, GA
Cheska Mae Perez, IL
Edwin Torres, MN
Eroisha Crasto, NJ
Vania Durand, NJ
Ilknur Eren, NJ
Astrid Silva, NV
Nayelli Rico Lopez, NV
Ambar Januel Lopez, NY
Erendira Garcia, NY
Jessica Astudillo Oleas, M.D., NY
Sogbe-Eden N’guessan, NY
Aura Lopez Zarate, NY
Hina Naveed, NY
Isidora Echeverria, NY
Rey Mendez, NY
Israel Sanchez, NY
Raymond Partolan, NY
Maria Morales, SC
Jesus Contreras, TX
Javier Quiroz, TX
Edilsa Lopez, TX
Melissa Martinez, TX
Ricardo Reyna, TX
Angélica Guzmán, UT
Mariela Pulido, WA
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We must transform our entire immigration system #ForOurFamilies

Border & Asylum

Dignity for our Families Seeking Asylum: End Family Separation at the Border

Under the Biden Administration, America can stop family separation at the border and repair the harm of the family separation policy, to bring dignity to all our families.

Welcoming those seeking refuge from persecution is embedded in our nation’s laws, honoring the legacy of our Bill of Rights. Not only do families and children have a legal right to apply for asylum in the United States, but welcoming them together and with dignity is also the right thing to do and will help keep families and communities safe.

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A Dignified Asylum System #ForOurFamilies

It is long past the time to end family separation at the border and fix our failed asylum system. The Trump Administration took a failed immigration system and made it worse. Now under the Biden Administration, we have the opportunity to undo the cruelty and bring dignity to families trying to seek asylum.

The Trump Administration’s primary goal was to treat families seeking humanitarian protections, like asylum, so terribly that not only would they choose to return to the very places where their lives were in danger, but future people seeking asylum would be deterred by this inhumane treatment from even trying.

Trump used the COVID-19 pandemic as a pretext to continue his attacks on our legal asylum system. The Trump administration used policies like Remain in Mexico, Zero Tolerance family separation, Title 42, third-country agreements, the transit ban and metering, and dozens of others to both restrict immigration at the border and eliminate the entire asylum system. Parents at the border were also forced into a false binary choice: separating from their children or waiving their childrens’ Flores Settlement rights and remaining incarcerated together.

President Biden’s executive orders were welcomed and transformative news, and included an end to MPP, also known as the “Remain in Mexico,” policy, which forced tens of thousands of migrants and children fleeing violence and persecution to remain trapped in Mexico in inhumane conditions in tents for months and years, all within a few feet of the border. Approximately 25,000 individuals in MPP continue to have active cases.

In addition to the important series of steps to undo current systems keeping families trapped at the border, the Biden Administration announced a taskforce to reunify families. Family separation at the border tore more than 5,000 children away from their parents, and it is time to correct a grave wrong done to their families. And, the Biden Administration announced new steps they would be taking to increase the ability for future migrants to apply for humanitarian protections closer to home, and to increase the capacity of countries across the western hemisphere to better protect and care for migrants.

Changes are needed immediately as families continue to wait in desperation and under difficult conditions at the border. This must include an immediate halt to the deportation and expulsion of Black immigrants seeking asylum trapped in a failed system. Continued, urgent action must also include the proposed efforts to expeditiously expand legal migration pathways through dedicated refugee admission goals, family reunification programs, the expansion of existing employment programs, and a complete transformation of the asylum system.

The Biden Administration must bring order, an end to family separation, and dignity at the border #ForOurFamilies.

Border & Asylum

Take the Pledge: Stop Family Separation at the Border and Restore Dignity

We can have an immigration system that actually works and focuses on keeping families together, while prioritizing immigrants’ dignity to work, live, and establish the U.S. as their home.

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For Our Families: Restoring Dignity at the Border

It is key that we restore dignity for our families at the border by rebuilding the asylum system to a new fair, orderly, and humane process that upholds the best of what America can be, creating humanitarian protections closer to their homes, and increasing the capacity of Western Hemisphere countries to better protect and care for migrants. Learn more here.

Bipartisan Briefs Filed: Biden v. Texas

The lower courts challenging President Biden’s attempt to wind-down Remain in Mexico (MPP) are unfairly hampering the Administration from fulfilling its campaign promises to create a nation of laws and policies that value fairness, dignity, and equality. This case is so critical that 11 briefs…

The lower courts challenging President Biden’s attempt to wind-down Remain in Mexico (MPP) are unfairly hampering the Administration from fulfilling its campaign promises to create…

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A New Approach at the Border

President Trump took a long failed immigration system and weaponized it. The separation of families at the border was part of a deliberate strategy to use cruelty to deter immigrants from coming to our country. But as a policy, it failed by any moral, substantive,…

President Trump took a long failed immigration system and weaponized it. The separation of families at the border was part of a deliberate strategy to…

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Jose

Former Church Director & Father

Jose and his family, who were targeted because of their church affiliation, moved from town to town persevering through police and gang violence in El Salvador. This family was separated at the U.S.-Mexico border because in January 2019, the Trump Administration implemented the Migration Protection…

Jose and his family, who were targeted because of their church affiliation, moved from town to town persevering through police and gang violence in El…

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Legalization

Tell Congress to include immigration in reconciliation

Including immigration in the legislative process known as reconciliation is a significant step forward for those who will benefit, and towards achieving our goal of citizenship for all. Congress must act now and include immigration in reconciliation without delay.

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Support Immigration Relief For Our Families

Including immigration in the reconciliation process would positively impact the lives of millions of immigrants, all of whom have lived, worked, and contributed here for on average for 20 years.

Our goal is to create pathways to citizenship for the all 11 million undocumented immigrants who are American in all but paperwork. While this measure falls short, we believe it’s a significant step forward for those who will benefit, and towards achieving our goal of citizenship for all. Two things can be true at the same time: that this process is far less than what is needed, and would still be life-changing for millions of immigrant families across the country.

Pledge to support the pathway #ForOurFamilies campaign today.

Legalization

A Pathway to Citizenship

5 million immigrant essential workers have helped keep all of us safe, healthy, and fed at great personal risk to themselves during the COVID-19 pandemic, and we won’t have a successful economic or public health recovery without them. Congress must pass a pathway to legalization for all essential workers, DACA, TPS holders and all 11 million immigrants in the US.

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Immigrant Essential Workers are Crucial to America’s COVID-19 Recovery

Our report highlights the 23 million immigrant essential workers and their immense impact in combating the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 5 million are undocumented and risk their lives every single day to provide vital services and save countless lives. It is our country’s moral and economic responsibility to provide them – and all 11 million undocumented people – with a pathway to citizenship.

Our report highlights the 23 million immigrant essential workers and their immense impact in combating the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 5 million are undocumented and risk their lives every single day to provide vital services and save countless lives. It is our country’s moral and economic responsibility to provide them – and all 11 million undocumented people – with a pathway to citizenship.

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Dismantling DACA & Terminating TPS

The Trump Administration's Separation of Families

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For Our Families: Stories from the Undocumented Community

Our country’s recovery pathway forward must start by creating the ability for the 11 million undocumented immigrants to become citizens. It’s vital for the success of all American families, so that everyone can fully contribute, in the place we call home.

Javier

Registered Nurse, DACA Recipient

Javier is among millions of immigrants that are continuing to serve on the frontlines of the COVID-19 crisis. DACA has given Javier many opportunities, but without immigration relief he and his family are living their lives in two-year increments. The Biden Administration and Congress have…

Javier is among millions of immigrants that are continuing to serve on the frontlines of the COVID-19 crisis. DACA has given Javier many opportunities, but…

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Julio

Undocumented Dreamer,
college graduate

Julio’s parents have TPS, his sister is a U.S. citizen, and his younger brother has DACA, but he and his twin brother are both undocumented Dreamers. He knows the value of family. As such, Julio thinks it’s important to live life without expectations, but he…

Julio’s parents have TPS, his sister is a U.S. citizen, and his younger brother has DACA, but he and his twin brother are both undocumented…

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Wilna

Mother, TPS holder

Wilna, a Haitian TPS holder currently residing in Central Florida, wants Senate Democrats to keep their promise and include immigration relief — including protection from deportation and work permits — in the final Build Back Better bill.

Wilna, a Haitian TPS holder currently residing in Central Florida, wants Senate Democrats to keep their promise and include immigration relief — including protection from…

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Jaime

Father, DACA recipient

Jaime, a DACA recipient and father who has made his home in Georgia, is fighting for transformative immigration relief for himself and his family. The House of Representatives is soon expected to take the most important vote for immigrants in at least a decade. This…

Jaime, a DACA recipient and father who has made his home in Georgia, is fighting for transformative immigration relief for himself and his family. The…

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Nereyda

Nursing student, mother, DACA recipient

Nereyda is an essential worker and DACA recipient who came to the United States from Mexico when she was eight years old. When she was 18, Nereyda moved from Las Vegas to Missoula, Montana, where she has built a life, a career, and a family.…

Nereyda is an essential worker and DACA recipient who came to the United States from Mexico when she was eight years old. When she was…

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Sinthia

DACA recipient, nurse assistant

Dreamers like Sinthia have just received some devastating news — a federal judge in Texas just ruled that DACA is illegal, throwing hundreds of thousands of lives into chaos. Sinthia’s parents brought her to Utah from Mexico when she was a child, in search of…

Dreamers like Sinthia have just received some devastating news — a federal judge in Texas just ruled that DACA is illegal, throwing hundreds of thousands…

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Daniela and Pamela Chomba

Daniela and Pamela Chomba, as sisters understand the feeling of not being able to visit family, and the fear that their loved ones could be taken away from them at any moment.

Daniela and Pamela Chomba, as sisters understand the feeling of not being able to visit family, and the fear that their loved ones could be…

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Vicente

Farmworker

Since he was 12-years-old, Vicente from the Central Valley of California has worked with his family as a farm worker. He is part of the one million undocumented farm workers feeding America during the COVID-19 pandemic. Vicente and his family have helped keep all of…

Since he was 12-years-old, Vicente from the Central Valley of California has worked with his family as a farm worker. He is part of the…

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Israel

Musician & surgical tech

Israel, a musician and surgical tech in Georgia, is one of millions of essential workers fighting against the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to a lack of a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, Israel has not been able to see his parents in 6 years. Cutting…

Israel, a musician and surgical tech in Georgia, is one of millions of essential workers fighting against the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to a lack of…

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Jesus

Paramedic, DACA recipient

Jesus is a paramedic, one of millions of undocumented immigrants who are essential workers — all of whom have been essential in the fight against COVID-19. Undocumented people like Jesus are essential to help our country recover from this crisis, and this is why we…

Jesus is a paramedic, one of millions of undocumented immigrants who are essential workers — all of whom have been essential in the fight against…

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Support a pathway to citizenship for the 11 million undocumented immigrations.

Dignity

For our Families

Our immigration system must focus on keeping families together, while prioritizing immigrants’ dignity to work, live, and establish the U.S. as their home.

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FWD.us Welcomes Introduction of the Dream Act

WASHINGTON, DC— Today, Senators Durbin (D-IL) and Graham (R-SC) introduced the Dream Act, which…

FWD.us Statement on the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021

WASHINGTON, DC— Today, Senator Bob Menendez and Congresswoman Linda Sánchez introduced the U.S. Citizenship…

FWD.us Statement: Alejandro Mayorkas Confirmed as Secretary of Department of Homeland Security

WASHINGTON, DC — FWD.us President Todd Schulte issued the following statement today after the…

FWD.us Statement: Bold Immigration Reform Vital to Restoring the U.S.’ Moral Leadership

WASHINGTON, DC – FWD.us President Todd Schulte issued the following statement on the Biden-Harris…

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Join us in fighting for a pathway to citizenship and dignity for our families at the border that will protect families and allow a full economic recovery for all people in America.