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Amid refugee announcement, Biden seeks to relieve a backlogged asylum system

March 24, 2022

The Biden administration made two major announcements affecting our refugee and asylum systems today, including the acceptance of up to 100,000 Ukrainians over the next few months.

Law, Government & Public Policy
International

White House acknowledges ‘right to stay home’ for climate migrants

October 21, 2021

Maria Cristina Garcia, professor of history and Latino studies, comments on the White House report on climate migration. 

Law and Policy

Despite refugee boost and family reunification, Biden has ‘long road to go’

May 4, 2021

Ian Kysel, Maria Cristina Garcia, and Chiara Galli comment on President Biden's significant increase to the refugee cap and efforts to reunite migrant families as part of the administration's immigration strategy.

Law and Policy

Experts list: U.S. Congress to consider immigration

February 18, 2021

Cornell University experts are available to weigh in on Congress taking up either Biden's immigration wide-ranging bill or smaller pieces of legislation, offering historical, legal and labor perspectives.

Law and Policy
Industrial and Labor Relations
Arts and Sciences
Law School

Biden immigration bill brings promise and peril

February 18, 2021

Cornell experts weigh in on the Biden administration's immigration bill, released in concert with Congressional leaders this week.

Law and Policy
Arts and Sciences
Industrial and Labor Relations
Human Ecology
Law School

Even with SCOTUS win, Dreamers are still vulnerable

June 18, 2020

Sergio Garcia-Rios, professor of government and Latino studies, and Maria Cristina Garcia, professor of History and Latino Studies, comment on the Supreme Court ruling in support of the DACA Program. 

Law and Policy

With executive order, Trump advances restrictive policies for immigrants, refugees

April 21, 2020

Maria Cristina Garcia, professor of History and Latino Studies at Cornell University, says that the COVID-19 outbreak has given the White House pretext to advance restrictive immigration policies.

Law and Policy

White House abdicates global leadership with proposed cuts to refugee program

September 6, 2019

Maria Cristina Garcia says that changes proposed by the White House to U.S. refugee programs are unconscionable given that refugee admissions quota is at its lowest level since 1980.

Law and Policy
Cornell in DC

Immigration facilities win in proposed change to child detention policy

September 7, 2018

Maria Cristina Garcia is a professor of History and Latino studies at Cornell University, and says that the predominant winners of a change in child detention policy are the immigration facilities.

Law and Policy

Trump OK for Dreamers to stay won’t protect parents

June 16, 2017

President Trump’s decision to reverse a campaign promise to repeal the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is a relief for those children of undocumented immigrants. Maria Cristina Garcia, professor of History and Latino studies at Cornell University, says that Trump’s decision, while a relief to many DACA children, will not impact the status of their parents.

Arts and Sciences

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