By:Aaron Reichlin-Melnick |americanimmigrationcouncil.org With weeks of failed negotiations, Congress has less than 12 hours to avert a possible government shutdown. Should government funding lapse on October 1 without a deal, the impact will be felt differently across the government agencies that play a role in the immigration system. Democratic members of the Senate have rejected […]
By:civilrights.org WASHINGTON — Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement after the government shutdown: “This government shut down as the debate about whether or not hard-working people and families in the US deserve to be able to see a doctor, get hospital services, and […]
By Esther Claudette Gittens | Editorial credit: Tada Images / Shutterstock.com The debt ceiling is the legal limit set by Congress on the amount of money the federal government can borrow to meet its financial obligations. When the U.S. government reaches this limit, it cannot issue new debt unless Congress votes to raise or suspend […]