by Jiah Choe | Apr 15, 2025 | Featured, Immigration
Sara arrived in the United States as a 7-year-old refugee when her family fled religious persecution in Bangladesh. Eleven years later, Sara now calls Montgomery County, Md., home. But if the Trump administration has its way, she would be immediately deported because...
by Jiah Choe | Mar 5, 2025 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – The free mobile application once used by migrants to schedule appointments at the U.S.-Mexico border became an example, or in some cases a counterexample, of how technology should be leveraged in the U.S. immigration system. The CBP One mobile...
by Jiah Choe | Mar 4, 2025 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON – Mardi Gras celebrations filled Wharf Street Saturday as attendees packed the street with food, laughter, music and dancing. The celebration kicked off with an hour-long parade down Wharf Street. Over 40 organizations participated in the parade, including...
by Jiah Choe | Mar 4, 2025 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON – Two Indian companies argued before the Supreme Court Monday about whether the U.S. legal system can rule over their case. In 2005, Devas, an Indian multimedia company, and Antrix, a government-owned Indian space company, signed a space and satellite...
by Jiah Choe | Feb 20, 2025 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – The nonprofit organization that manages legal assistance for unaccompanied children who arrive in the United States scrambled to meet the needs of more than 26,000 children after a stop-work order stalled all federal funding. The Department of the...
by Jiah Choe | Feb 13, 2025 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats pressed Secretary of Education nominee Linda McMahon on her views for President Donald Trump’s education agenda including DEI, school choice and the president’s promise to downsize the Department of Education at her confirmation hearing...
by Jiah Choe | Feb 5, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – House Democrats introduced the Rosa Parks Day Act on Tuesday, which would have been Rosa Parks’s 112th birthday. The bill was reintroduced by Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Ala.) and, if passed, will designate December 1st as the first federal holiday honoring a...
by Jiah Choe | Feb 4, 2025 | Featured, National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON – The Senate Foreign Relations Committee met on Thursday to discuss China’s influence at home and abroad with committee Chairman James Risch (R-Idaho) calling the country, “the greatest, long-term threat to the United States.” Both lawmakers and experts...
by Jiah Choe | Jan 16, 2025 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – As tensions rise on Capitol Hill amidst consecutive confirmation hearings and the transition of power in the White House, one committee came together in a rare moment of bipartisanship to discuss a topic that all Americans can relate to: Aging. “Age is...
