On Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, NPNA and Congressional Champions Vow to Defend Our Constitutional Rights
WASHINGTON, D.C. — This Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, the National Partnership for New Americans (NPNA), Representative Delia Ramirez (IL), and Senators Mazie Hirono (HI) and Ed Markey…
AILA, NALEO Educational Fund, National Partnership for New Americans, Citizenshipworks, and the New Americans Campaign to Celebrate 21 Years of AILA Citizenship Day
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund, the National Partnership for New Americans (NPNA), Citizenshipworks (a…
NPNA Marks Citizenship Month with Call to Protect Access to Naturalization, Legal Pathways
WASHINGTON, D.C. — This Citizenship Month, in the face of sweeping efforts from the White House to undermine access to citizenship and legal immigration, the National Partnership for…
NPNA Launches “Together We Are America, and Together We Vote” Nationwide Campaign to Unite Naturalized Citizens, Voters with Immigrant Parents, and Allies at the Ballot Box
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday, the National Partnership for New Americans (NPNA) launched the Together We Are America campaign—a nationwide effort to encourage naturalized citizens and allies to stand together, show up…
Amid Attacks on Due Process, Campaign Forges Ahead to Introduce a Bill to Ensure Legal Representation for All People Facing Deportation
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Senator Adam Schiff (CA) reintroduced the Fairness to Freedom Act—landmark legislation that would establish a right to legal representation for anyone facing deportation. This legislation…
NPNA: The Senate Must Choose Accountability over Expediency
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Partnership for New Americans (NPNA) denounces the latest Continuing Resolution funding package, which cleared the House of Representatives and now heads to the…
No Accountability + Endless Taxpayer Money = ICE’s Rising Death Toll
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Partnership for New Americans (NPNA) is beyond outraged by the murder of Johan Sebastián Guerrero, a 25-year-old Colombian husband and father who was…
Silent Surges, Screaming Consequences: Advocates Demand Swift Accountability for ICE’s Deadly Houston Shooting, Thousands of Families Separated
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday’s fatal shooting of Houstonian Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by ICE is the latest proof that the agency continues to terrorize immigrant communities with total impunity.…
On America’s 250th, We Reclaim the American Dream: Lawmakers and Advocates Unveil Resolution for Immigrant Inclusion
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As we prepare to commemorate America's 250th anniversary, we commend Representative Delia Ramirez (IL-03) and Senator Ed Markey (MA) for joining advocates to honor the…
SCOTUS Upholds “Citizenship, then and now, was the right to have rights—to freely participate in our community.” Advocates Vow to Advance Full Inclusion.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) upheld birthright citizenship, ruling that all children born in the United States are…
National Partnership for New Americans: SCOTUS’ Inhumane Rulings on TPS and Asylum Will Cause “Mass Cruelty”
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, in a further attack on lawful immigration pathways, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) issued two reckless rulings: Mullin v. Al Otro…
Priced Out of Citizenship: Proposed 75% Fee Increases to Naturalization Aim to Decrease Representative Participation in our Democracy
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) continues its attacks on lawful immigration pathways by issuing a new proposed rule to hike naturalization fees by…
Reconciliation Bill Gives Billions More to ICE and CBP while Americans Foot the Bill, NPNA Doubles Down on Calls for Accountability
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed a $70 billion reconciliation package, joining the Senate in approving a blank check for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)…
This Immigrant Heritage Month, NPNA and Network Issues Declaration of Dreams and Vision of Transformation
WASHINGTON, D.C. — This Immigrant Heritage Month, as the nation prepares to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary, the National Partnership for New Americans (NPNA), along with our membership of…
As Congress Votes on Blank Check for ICE and CBP, NPNA Warns: Reckless Priorities Endanger American Families
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As Members of Congress gather to vote on a reckless budget reconciliation package that would endanger communities nationwide, The National Partnership for New Americans (NPNA)…
NPNA Stands with Black, Brown, and AANHPI Voters; Denounces Supreme Court Ruling as Further Assault on Civil Rights
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Partnership for New Americans (NPNA) denounces the U.S. Supreme Court’s (SCOTUS) ruling that clears the way for Louisiana, Tennessee, Alabama, and other states…
From Mass Deportation to Mass Denaturalization—NPNA Warns of Escalating Threat to Naturalized Americans
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Partnership for New Americans (NPNA) is sounding the alarm on the Trump Administration’s formal expansion of its ongoing denaturalization campaign ahead of the…
“Enhanced FBI Background Checks for Asylum, Green Cards, and U.S. Citizenship are Latest in Pattern of Attacks on Legal Immigration Pathways,” Warns NPNA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 29, 2026CONTACT: Rachel Dupree, racheld@masadc.com WASHINGTON, D.C. – According to a CBS exclusive, the administration has ordered enhanced FBI background checks for people seeking…
330+ Organizations Demand Immediate Restoration of DOJ’s Immigration Legal Assistance Program
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 24, 2026CONTACT: Rachel Dupree, racheld@masadc.com ***Interviews with signatories available*** WASHINGTON, D.C. — As first reported by CBS News, this week, more than 330 nonprofit …
National Coalition Calls on Congress to Side with American Communities, Reject Blank Check for Cruelty
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 23, 2026CONTACT: Rachel Dupree, racheld@masadc.com WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Partnership for New Americans (NPNA), a coalition of over 70 leading refugee and immigrant…
Suppressing the Naturalized Citizen Vote: New Analysis of USCIS Data Shows Dropping Naturalization Rates Ahead of Midterms
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 31, 2026 CONTACT: Rachel Dupree, racheld@masadc.com WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has released its quarterly data for July-September 2025, showing…
“A Deliberate Attempt to Cut an Invaluable Lifeline:” NPNA Condemns Administration’s Secret Dismantling of Immigration Legal Assistance Program
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, the Justice Department (DOJ) quietly gutted the Recognition and Accreditation (R&A) program, a 60+ year-old initiative that accredits non-attorneys to provide affordable legal…
From City Streets to Airport Runways: “ICE Has No Place in Our Communities,” says National Partnership for New Americans
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, as the debate over common-sense safety guardrails for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) budget funding fight continues, untrained Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)…
NPNA Puts Senate on Notice: Mullin Lacks Experience and Willingness to Fix Constitutional Threats Plaguing Immigration System
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 18, 2026 CONTACT: Rachel Dupree, racheld@masadc.com WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, amid a lengthy partial government shutdown, unmet demands to rein in Immigration and Customs…
As ICE’s Detention Death Toll Continues to Rise: “Cruelty Cannot Go Uncontested,” says National Partnership for New Americans
WASHINGTON, D.C. — While the Trump Administration removes former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem and the congressional battle to rein in the rogue agency continues,…
Sen. Markey and Advocates Unveil Bill to Support Immigration Legal Defense
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 27, 2026 CONTACT: Melissa Stek, melissa@masadc.com BOSTON, MA – As communities in Massachusetts and nationwide continue to face President Trump’s heightened immigration operations, Senator…
NPNA Sounds Alarm on Trump Administration Closing Legal Immigration Pathways, Turning them into “Weapons of the Mass Deportation Machine”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 26, 2026 CONTACT: Rachel Dupree, racheld@masadc.com WASHINGTON, D.C. — On the heels of President Trump’s State of the Union address, in which he named…
At SOTU, Trump stokes anti-immigrant fear, avoids the widespread horrors and lawlessness of his mass deportation agenda
WASHINGTON, DC – Following President Trump’s State of the Union address, advocates for due process condemn the president’s continued use of anti-immigrant fearmongering and misleading claims to justify…
After $190 Billion for DHS, Trump’s DHS Shutdown Exposes Refusal to Reinvest in Communities
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Friday night, after a days-long impasse over funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and reforms to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the…
“A Deadly, Runaway Secret Police:” Advocates Demand Accountability, Immediate Withdrawal of ICE & CBP from Minnesota after Alex Pretti Murder
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Partnership for New Americans (NPNA) is heartbroken and outraged by the senseless and tragic murder of Alex Jeffery Pretti at the hands of…
On the ballot in the US midterms: Economy (opens in a new tab)
New voters to play key role in Arizona midterms (opens in a new tab)
Newly naturalized citizens could sway elections in key states (opens in a new tab)
The number of immigrants who became U.S. citizens in Georgia, Arizona, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Florida between fiscal years 2016 and 2020 is greater than the 2020 presidential margin…
Hundreds of thousands of Texas’ newly naturalized citizens could swing upcoming elections (opens in a new tab)
Biden budget accelerates shift from Trump policies on immigration (opens in a new tab)
President Biden’s annual budget proposal would substantially increase funds for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) while further taking the agency away from the enforcement-heavy policies imbued into it by…
Biden ends Trump-era asylum curbs amid border-region Democrat backlash (opens in a new tab)
Joe Biden will next month end a controversial pandemic-related expulsion policy that effectively closed America’s asylum system at its border with Mexico, it was announced on Friday.
On the ballot in the US midterms: Economy (opens in a new tab)
New voters to play key role in Arizona midterms (opens in a new tab)
Newly naturalized citizens could sway elections in key states (opens in a new tab)
The number of immigrants who became U.S. citizens in Georgia, Arizona, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Florida between fiscal years 2016 and 2020 is greater than the 2020 presidential margin…
Hundreds of thousands of Texas’ newly naturalized citizens could swing upcoming elections (opens in a new tab)
Biden budget accelerates shift from Trump policies on immigration (opens in a new tab)
President Biden’s annual budget proposal would substantially increase funds for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) while further taking the agency away from the enforcement-heavy policies imbued into it by…
Biden ends Trump-era asylum curbs amid border-region Democrat backlash (opens in a new tab)
Joe Biden will next month end a controversial pandemic-related expulsion policy that effectively closed America’s asylum system at its border with Mexico, it was announced on Friday.
Biden spending plan ‘not good enough’ on immigration: Advocates (opens in a new tab)
Washington, DC – Legislators in the US House of Representatives this month advanced President Joe Biden’s ambitious $1.75-trillion domestic spending plan, which aims to expand the nation’s social safety net and…
She came to the U.S. from Mexico 44 years ago. On Tuesday, she voted for the first time. (opens in a new tab)
Forty-four years since emigrating from Mexico for a farming job, Rutilia Ornelas decided to apply for citizenship this year for one purpose: to vote for the Democratic presidential…
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