by Jiah Choe and Norah D'Cruze | 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 Samanta Habashy | Apr 15, 2025 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — Three days before Arab America’s Empowerment Summit, co-founders Warren and Amal David received a shocking setback: their venue, the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Orlando, abruptly canceled, citing security threats. Devastated, the Davids scrambled to...
by Norah D'Cruze | Mar 25, 2025 | Featured, Immigration, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON– As Illinois and the Midwest’s first Latina congresswoman, Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.) said she feels a responsibility to uplift immigrant communities like those she came from. This has meant protesting President Donald Trump and his administration’s attack...
by Samanta Habashy | Mar 6, 2025 | Featured, Immigration, Politics
WASHINGTON – Despite the Trump administration’s threats to withhold funding, four Democratic mayors defended their cities’ sanctuary policies before the House Oversight Committee on Tuesday. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, New York City Mayor Eric Adams,...
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 | 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 Victoria Ryan | Jan 23, 2025 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – In a press-filled Oval Office Monday night President Donald Trump signed a string of executive orders that included a declaration that U.S.-born children whose parents do not have permanent legal status will no longer be considered citizens. The order...
by Samanta Habashy | Jan 16, 2025 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – Supporters of the Laken Riley Act believe it would make Americans safer by detaining undocumented immigrants charged with crimes. But immigration experts cautioned that the legislation could have many unintended consequences including overburdening law...
by Audrey Pachuta | Nov 20, 2024 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – Republican lawmakers pressed Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra over concerns that the department may be prioritizing speed over public safety when placing unaccompanied migrant children with sponsors during a House Judiciary Immigration...
by Marisa Guerra Echeverria | Nov 20, 2024 | Featured, Immigration, Politics
WASHINGTON — In the first House Homeland Security hearing on immigration since Republicans’ decisive 2024 election victory, both sides of the aisle derailed a conversation on migrant children trafficking to debate their administrations’ respective immigration...
by Marisa Guerra Echeverria and Audrey Pachuta | Nov 15, 2024 | Featured, Immigration, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Congressional Hispanic Caucus introduced its newest members for the 119th Congress and outlined key issues facing Latino voters during a press conference Friday morning. “Every crisis also brings great opportunity,” said Rep. Adriano Espaillat,...
by Marisa Guerra Echeverria and Audrey Pachuta | Nov 12, 2024 | Featured, Immigration, Topics
WASHINGTON — During oral arguments Tuesday, Supreme Court justices participated in a heated debate regarding the status of Hugo Abisaí Monsalvo Velázquez, an undocumented immigrant seeking to avoid deportation. Monsalvo Velázquez’s attorney contended that his...
