Tag: DACA
R.I. federal judge denies Trump’s emergency stay request in asylum application...
A Rhode Island federal judge on Wednesday left intact his ruling from last month blocking the Trump administration’s freeze on processing asylum applications from...
Judge rules new DACA program can continue temporarily
HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge ruled Friday that the current version of a federal policy that prevents the deportation of hundreds of thousands of...
R.I. health insurance commissioner joins other states in supporting ACA recommendations
PROVIDENCE – Marie Ganim, Rhode Island's outgoing health insurance commissioner, signed a letter on Wednesday pledging to work with President-elect Joe Biden on health...
Raimondo signs legislation protecting DACA recipients in R.I.
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo signed into law legislation that protects the ability of approved recipients in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals...
General Assembly passes legislation to protect DACA recipients in R.I.
PROVIDENCE – The General Assembly passed legislation Friday that would continue to protect undocumented immigrants that came to the United States as minors.
The legislation...
Land of unintended consequences
Welcome to the land of irony, otherwise known as the land of unintended consequences, or maybe intended, in a plot worthy of the old...
Congressional spending bill extends CHIP, RIte Care funding 6 years
PROVIDENCE— Congress’s spending bill that extended federal services through Feb. 8 on Monday also funded the Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, for six...
Raimondo moves to aid ‘Dreamers’
Rhode Island organizations and Gov. Gina M. Raimondo have made a concerted effort to retain the state’s so-called “Dreamers,” including covering their application fees...
Should the U.S. government rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals...
By setting a time limit on the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program created by executive order by former President Barack...
















