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IMPACT welcomes bill to protect Documented Dreamers

IMPACT welcomes bill to protect Documented Dreamers

THE US-based Indian American support organisation IMPACT has welcomed the Recognizing America’s Children Act in the House of Representatives.

The act was introduced by Representatives Deborah Ross (NC-02) and Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08), which would provide a pathway to permanent residency for over 200,000 Documented Dreamers, a vast majority of whom are of Indian origin.


Documented Dreamers were brought to the US, at the average age of 5, as child dependents of longterm visa holders. Yet, as Congress debates the pathway to citizenship for two million Dreamers, over 200,000 people — becoming known as Documented Dreamers — are facing self-deportation at the age of 21 because of an unfair loophole that leaves them behind simply because their parents maintain legal status in the US.

'The America’s Children Act would permanently end the issue of ageing-out and allow children who have grown up in the US to be recognised as the Americans that they are. We are proud to stand with Documented Dreamers as they fight to stay in the country they call home,' said Neil Makhija, executive director, IMPACT, in a statement.

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Martin Parr, who captured Britain’s class divides and British Asian life, dies at 73

Highlights:

  • Martin Parr, acclaimed British photographer, died at home in Bristol aged 73.
  • Known for vivid, often humorous images of everyday life across Britain and India.
  • His work is featured in over 100 books and major museums worldwide.
  • The National Portrait Gallery is currently showing his exhibition Only Human.
  • Parr’s legacy continues through the Martin Parr Foundation.

Martin Parr, the British photographer whose images of daily life shaped modern documentary work, has died at 73. Parr’s work, including his recent exhibition Only Human at the National Portrait Gallery, explored British identity, social rituals, and multicultural life in the years following the EU referendum.

For more than fifty years, Parr turned ordinary scenes into something memorable. He photographed beaches, village fairs, city markets, Cambridge May Balls, and private rituals of elite schools. His work balanced humour and sharp observation, often in bright, postcard-like colour.

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