I Just Finished a Life-Changing Semester Abroad. But Thanks to Trump’s Policies, I’m Afraid Other Students Won’t Have the Same Opportunity.

After a bittersweet goodbye, I returned to the U.S. in May. Yet while I still was ecstatic over the life-changing experience I had just concluded abroad, the Trump administration was increasing its efforts to target international students wanting to study in the U.S. International students are now increasingly prevented from having the same educational and personal opportunities that I, a U.S. citizen, had just been able to access.

The reconciliation spending bill known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” which was signed into law the first week of July, impacts people who file taxes with an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN), including undocumented individuals.
 
The OBBB prohibits the families of an estimated 2.6 million children who do not have at least one parent with a Social Security number from receiving the Child Tax Credit (CTC). It also makes permanent the requirement that children must have Social Security numbers to claim the CTC (which was set to expire at the end of this year). These changes will have devastating effects on the U.S. citizen children in these families. 

 
In this recently updated fact sheet, the American Immigration Council explains what ITINs are, who has them, and their various purposes.  
 
Read more: The Facts About the Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN)  

In 2022, the American Immigration Council’s Center for Inclusion and Belonging created the Belonging Innovation Lab Fellowship to support and strengthen groups working to bring people together and build belonging in communities across the United States. The Fellowship was designed to recognize and reinforce the vital work being done by small, local nonprofit organizations—from colleges and literacy centers to mutual aid societies and community agricultural initiatives. 

The Council’s new report, Transforming Together, celebrates the Belonging Innovation Lab Fellows’ extraordinary work building community and belonging, and elevates their takeaways to help others learn. 
 
Read more: Transforming Together

Houston Chronicle: Low wages and ICE threats: Inside the shadow economy of Texas construction 

The Hill: Democratic leaders can’t beat Trump’s immigration agenda from the sidelines 

EFE: El presupuesto de Trump convierte al ICE en la mayor agencia de seguridad de EE.UU. 

Bloomberg: ICE Doesn't Need Another $100 Billion 

The Independent: Even over the Fourth of July weekend, ICE officials didn’t stop their raids in LA: ‘Troubling reminder of federal overreach’ 

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