by Ali Bianco | Mar 17, 2022 | Featured, Immigration
ARIZONA BORDER, June 1999 — It has been two days and two nights of trudging through the Arizona desert. Faustino’s left leg is lifeless. As his feet drag through the sand, he recalls his previous endeavors at this same malicious journey. The first four attempts remain...
by Ali Bianco | Mar 8, 2022 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – As Russian troops descended, hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians started to flee their country. Eight days after the invasion, the Department of Homeland Security announced that Ukrainian refugees would be given temporary status, granting eligibility to...
by Ali Bianco | Mar 3, 2022 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – As countless Ukrainians begin to leave their homes following the Russian invasion, conversations have spurred around the Capitol about President Biden potentially designating the country for Temporary Protected Status. All the while, countless Central...
by Ali Bianco | Mar 2, 2022 | Featured, Immigration, Topics
WASHINGTON – After President Joe Biden finished his first State of the Union address, immigrants and activists shared their reactions to Biden’s one-and-a-half minute statement on the state of immigration. For many who were hoping to hear potential policy proposals or...
by Ali Bianco | Mar 2, 2022 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in a case that hinged on whether states can step in to defend a Trump-era immigration policy that the Biden administration opted not to enforce. “If we step back and refuse to let the trees obscure our view...
by Ali Bianco | Feb 22, 2022 | Featured, Immigration, Topics
WASHINGTON – As Democratic lawmakers speak out against “inhumane treatment” of Black migrants at the southern border, senators from both sides remain divided on why Black people are underrepresented in immigration policy discussions, and how current policies are...
by Ali Bianco | Feb 15, 2022 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – A freshman GOP lawmaker’s immigration bill might be a non-starter under a Democrat-controlled Congress. But if Republicans retake either chamber in November, Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar’s (R-Fla.) proposal could provide groundwork for increased border...
by Ali Bianco | Feb 15, 2022 | Featured, Immigration, Topics
WASHINGTON – When Evelyn Marroquin went to work last week at Montgomery County Public Schools, she walked up to her employers and told them that she would be out next Monday. “Ah,” they said, “It must be because of the Super Bowl.” But this wasn’t about a game....
by Ali Bianco | Feb 2, 2022 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – Three years ago in Iran, Marziyeh Ehtesab won the Diversity Visa lottery, a U.S. government program that grants recipients permanent U.S. residency. But after paying all the necessary fees and filing for a visa, this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity was...
by Ali Bianco | Jan 25, 2022 | Featured, Health & Science, Living
WASHINGTON – A father slept by his sister’s side as she cried in the hospital after losing four of her limbs to unchecked diabetes. The family didn’t have insurance, so they couldn’t have treated her condition earlier. Laura Guerra-Cardus witnessed their struggle...
by Ali Bianco | Jan 20, 2022 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — The merits of overhauling the U.S. immigration courts into an independent system, removed from the jurisdiction of the Department of Justice, divided lawmakers and witnesses at a virtual hearing on Thursday. “Our country deserves an immigration court...
by Ali Bianco | Jan 19, 2022 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – After 394 days, President Biden earned praise for lowering interior deportation cases but criticism for failing to improve the humanitarian crisis on the southern border and reverse Trump-era policies, immigration experts and government officials said in...
