While campaigning in November 2019, Joe Biden talked with a protester about his stance on deportations at a town hall at Lander University in Greenwood, S.C. The Biden administration says it will rein in Immigration and Customs Enforcement, starting with a temporary moratorium on deportations. Meg Kinnard/AP hide caption
Xavier, a fifth grader, shows his teacher Raisa Luna Guzmán the comic book he made for his virtual language arts class. Movimiento Cosecha/Ann Arbor Community Learning Center hide caption
José spent three months in the hospital being treated for COVID-19. "All of the nurses clapped for me as I was leaving the hospital," he says. But now he faces a long recovery at home. Eddie Quiñones for NPR hide caption
Author Karla Cornejo Villavicencio. Talya Zemach-Bersin hide caption
Christian (left) and his wife Monze (right) were laid off from restaurant jobs in mid-March and not qualified to receive unemployment because they are undocumented immigrants. Liz Hafalia/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images hide caption
Immigrant rights group CASA, along with the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection at Georgetown University Law Center, filed a federal class-action lawsuit Tuesday. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The Pew Research Center estimates there are 7.5 million unauthorized workers in the United States concentrated in agriculture, construction and the hospitality industry. Karina Perez for NPR hide caption
Changes to the expedited removal process allow low-level immigration officers to determine if an undocumented immigrant has been living in the U.S. for less than two years. Gregory Bull/AP hide caption
In many cases, federal agents can request access to state DMV records by filling out a form. This is an example of a Homeland Security request that was made to the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles in 2017. Georgetown Law hide caption
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, pictured in January, must sign off on the latest state budget by June 15. The new $213 billion plan includes an expansion of the state's Medicaid program for low-income adults under the age of 26, regardless of immigration status. Rich Pedroncelli/AP hide caption
A sample Drive Only license from Connecticut. Courtesy of Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles hide caption
In most states, undocumented immigrants with kidney failure have to receive dialysis as an emergency treatment in hospital emergency rooms. Some advocates say kidney transplants for undocumented immigrants would be a cheaper way to treat the problem. JazzIRT/Getty Images hide caption
The New York Times report says that at least two supervisors at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in New Jersey were aware that two female employees were not in the country legally. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Arleene Correa Valencia works on a painting in her latest series: In Times of Crisis, En Tiempo de Crisis. Rachael Bongiorno for NPR hide caption
First lady Melania Trump talks with Border Patrol agents as she visits a processing center of a U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility in Tucson, Ariz. Thursday. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption