This Administration’s immigration enforcement efforts have clearly not just been extreme and cruel; they’ve been unlawful and indefensible.
Editor's note · Context
Criticizing immigration enforcement policies.
Share
More from Alex Padilla
By directing adjudicators to treat adjustment of status as an ‘extraordinary form of relief’ and by creating a policy preference for consular processing, the memorandum undermines the very purposes Congress sought to advance when enacting…
Too many people who pose no threat to public safety and should not be in detention are nevertheless being held in unacceptable conditions with inadequate access to medical care, legal counsel, clean water, nutritious food, and other basic…
Adjustment of status is the statutory process by which immigrants may apply for lawful permanent residence, often called a ‘green card,’ from within the United States.
I will continue to push to overturn Citizens United so that our elections reflect the will of the people and not the highest bidder.





