by Ellisya Lindsey | Mar 2, 2022 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) introduced a bill on Tuesday aimed at shifting H1-B and L-1 visas from a lottery to a merit-based system. “Over a long period of time, I have found that the people that come into...
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 Jenny Huh | Mar 2, 2022 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — After Tuesday’s State of the Union address, I had a fascinating conversation with Jeff Shesol, former deputy chief speechwriter for President Bill Clinton. Shesol analyzed the tone and manner in which President Biden discussed immigration, with a focus on...
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 Ellisya Lindsey and Julia Richardson | Feb 24, 2022 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — Los activistas se concentraron frente a la Casa Blanca este mes para pedir al presidente Biden y al secretario Alejandro Mayorkas que concedieran el Estatus de Protección Temporal a los cameruneses. Como consecuencia de la actual crisis anglófona...
by Ellisya Lindsey and Julia Richardson | Feb 24, 2022 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — Activists gathered in front of the White House this month to call for President Biden and Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to grant Temporary Protected Status for Cameroonians on Thursday. As a consequence of the ongoing Anglophone Crisis in Cameroon,...
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 Jenny Huh | Feb 10, 2022 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — Amid Afghanistan’s growing humanitarian crisis, lawmakers are brainstorming ways to ensure humanitarian aid reaches the Afghan people, while not empowering the Taliban. “The worst case scenario of all would be if humanitarian aid were...
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 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...
