by Emma Richman | Oct 10, 2024 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – Former President Donald Trump’s proposed mass deportation of undocumented immigrants could cost $967.9 billion over more than a decade and devastate the labor market, according to a new report from the nonprofit advocacy organization American Immigration...
by Marisa Guerra Echeverria | Oct 10, 2024 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — Once presidential candidate Donald Trump and running mate JD Vance spread false claims about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, Haitian American Guerline Jozef knew trouble was coming to her community. “As I’m watching the debate, Trump went...
by Audrey Pachuta | Oct 9, 2024 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – Just over fourteen months into President Joe Biden’s term, he appointed Vice President Kamala Harris to lead efforts with Mexico and Central America’s Northern Triangle —Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador—to address the root causes of the southern...
by Lily Ogburn and Lance Wilhelm | May 16, 2024 | Featured, Immigration, Topics
WASHINGTON – When Irade Kashgary was a little girl, she fled East Turkestan with her parents out of fear they would disappear at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party like others in their town. Since leaving in 1999, they’ve never returned to their homeland. East...
by Rafaela Jinich | Jan 11, 2024 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers made a concerted effort on Wednesday to find grounds to impeach Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas by focusing on how border enforcement policies have increased drug trafficking. The hearing, led by Rep. Mark Green...
by Angela Zhang | Dec 15, 2023 | Featured, Immigration
MANCHESTER, Md. — For Laura Araujo, a U.S. citizen and mother of five, every FaceTime with her husband Alberto is more than just a call: it’s a reminder of the 10 long years they must spend apart until Alberto is allowed to return to her and their children...
by Rachel Schlueter | Nov 15, 2023 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – Democrats slammed Republicans at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Tuesday for failing to address gun violence in Mexico, which is a root cause of human trafficking at the southern U.S. border. This criticism comes amid a historic increase...
by Jessica Ma | Oct 18, 2023 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — Immigration attorneys and judges implored lawmakers on Wednesday to find solutions to the nation’s backlogged immigration court system, where 2.6 million cases remain pending — a significant uptick from 1.6 million cases in December 2021. They called for...
by Saul Pink | Mar 27, 2023 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — Julia Orzol’s profile on Opendorse, a marketplace that connects student-athletes with brands seeking testimonials and appearances, said she could charge $19 to film a video for a fan and $89 to post for her 15,000 Instagram followers. However, Orzol isn’t...
by Lucia Barnum | Feb 28, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science, Immigration
WASHINGTON — Members of the new GOP-led House Committee on Homeland Security debated the issue of fentanyl at the border at the first hearing of the new Congress, saying Department of Homeland Security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and the rest of President Joe Biden’s...
by Shannon Tyler | Feb 28, 2023 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — In early January the Biden administration proposed new rules for asylum seekers, requiring them to use an app to make an appointment for entry at the border. Modernizing the asylum process has been a priority for the president, but the forced use of the...
by Kaitlin Bender-Thomas and Shannon Tyler | Feb 23, 2023 | Featured, Immigration, Topics
WASHINGTON – Dozens of immigration advocates protested outside the White House on Thursday to criticize the Biden administration’s latest steps for asylum seekers, saying that the proposal is overly restrictive. The Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday released...
