Immigration and DACA: Immigration
Practical and research-based resources for understanding immigration and DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals).
Rice Immigration Enforcement FAQs
Note: The following FAQs are presented as a resource to the Rice University community from the Office of the General Counsel, but are not intended to serve as personal legal advice. For legal advice, individuals should consult with a licensed attorney.
- Rice Immigration Enforcement FAQsJanuary 2025
Related Rice Research Guides
See the Genealogy LibGuide for both government and non-government historical immigration materials.
Rice Baker Institute for Public Policy
- Implications of Skilled MigrationThe author examines the state of high-skilled migration from Mexico, particularly of entrepreneurs, and raises questions that should be answered on both sides of the border before changes are made to the current system.
- Center for the U.S. and MexicoThought and policy leadership spanning two nations.
- Migration InitiativeWith an interdisciplinary and interrelated approach, the Baker Institute Migration Initiative — a collaboration between the Center for Health and Biosciences, Center for the U.S. and Mexico and Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East — focuses on the economic, legal, health and social and environmental aspects of migration.
Government Information Coordinator&Sociology
Baker Institute Webinar November 4, 2021
Recent Executive Orders Concerning Immigration
- Protecting the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety ThreatsJanuary 20, 2025
Enhances and tightens vetting for all visa applicants, including F-1 and J-1 students. The order also directs the departments of State and Homeland Security to ensure that applicants “do not bear hostile attitudes” toward U.S. institutions and that “admitted aliens…already present in the United States…do not advocate for, aid, or support designated foreign terrorists and other threats to our national security.” These provisions could potentially impact international students involved in campus protests. - AMERICA FIRST POLICY DIRECTIVE TO THE SECRETARY OF STATEJanuary 20, 2025
Orders the Department of State to align all policies and programs with an “America First” approach, which could have implications for State Department-funded international exchange and study abroad programs. - Realigning the United States Refugee Admissions ProgramJanuary 20,2025
- Securing Our BordersJanuary 20, 2025
- Protecting the American People Against InvasionJanuary 20, 2025
Requires the attorney general and the secretary of homeland security to review contracts, grants, and agreements between the federal government and “non-governmental organizations supporting or providing services, either directly or indirectly, to removable or illegal aliens.” This directive could impact institutions that enroll undocumented students, operate legal aid clinics, or offer in-state tuition to undocumented individuals. - Guaranteeing the States Protection Against InvasionJanuary 20, 2025
- Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Open BordersFebruary 19, 2025
Government Agencies
Recent Government Documents
- Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on the State of the UnionAdministration of Joseph Robinette Biden (2021-) 2023
- H.R. 3941 - Schools Not Shelters Act of 2023Administration of Joseph Robinette Biden (2021-) 2023
- Schools Not Shelters Act. Congressional Report. Congressional ReportU.S. Congress. House Committee on Education and the Workforce 2023
- Ensuring the Safety and Well-Being of Unaccompanied ChildrenU.S. Congress. Senate Committee on the Judiciary 2023
- Transcribed Interviews of U.S. Border Patrol Chief Patrol Agents. Congressional PublicationsU.S. Congress. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability. House Committee on Homeland Security 2023
- The Border Crisis: Is the Law Being Faithfully Executed?U.S. Congress. Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement 2023
- Immigration Courts: Actions Needed To Address Workforce, Performance, and Data Management Challenges. Congressional PublicationsU.S. Congress. Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR). Government Accountability Office (GAO) 2023
- Border Security and Enforcement Act of 2023 : report together with minority views (to accompany H.R. 2640).United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
May 5, 2023 - Border Security and Enforcement Act of 2023. Congressional Report. Congressional ReportU.S. Congress. House Committee on the Judiciary 2023
- Immigration Detention Snapshot: ICE Can Improve Oversight and Management. Congressional PublicationsU.S. Congress. Government Accountability Office
2023 - Southwest Border: Challenges and Efforts Implementing New Processes for Noncitizen Families. Congressional PublicationsU.S. Congress. Government Accountability Office 2022
- H.R. 1333-National Origin-Based Antidiscrimination for Nonimmigrants (NO BAN) ActAdministration of Joseph Robinette Biden (2021-) 2021
- Revision of Civil Immigration Enforcement Policies and PrioritiesAdministration of Joseph Robinette Biden (2021-) 2021
Attribution
Linda Spiro, Government Information Librarian, created this guide and maintained the guide until her retirement in August, 2017.
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