by Ali McCadden | Nov 16, 2021 | Immigration
WASHINGTON — Republican senators grilled Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas during a Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday, criticizing the department’s handling of migrants at the southern border as well as its handling of Afghan evacuees. Iowa Sen....
by Christina van Waasbergen | Nov 3, 2021 | Immigration
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union is challenging the constitutionality of federal immigration bond proceedings in Maryland. In Miranda v. Garland, Marvin Dubon Miranda and two other men who had been held by federal immigration authorities in Maryland...
by Henry Rogers and Yiming Fu | Oct 28, 2021 | Immigration
WASHINGTON — Two Maryland candidates for public office were among 30 demonstrators arrested outside the Capitol building Wednesday as hundreds rallied to demand that Congress pass the Biden administration’s Build Back Better plan with provisions including...
by Ali McCadden | Oct 21, 2021 | Immigration
WASHINGTON — In a hearing on Capitol Hill on Thursday, leaders from humanitarian nonprofits and resettlement agencies asked the House Homeland Security Committee to pressure the Biden administration to do more to help resettle evacuated Afghans into U.S....
by Ali McCadden | Oct 7, 2021 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — Gabriel Madison began advocating for immigration reform a few years ago in support of a friend who is undocumented. On Thursday, as part of a demonstration in front of the White House, he and 50 other protesters — in a heightened display of communal...
by Ali McCadden and Mikayla Denault | Sep 30, 2021 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — Activists and progressive Democrats including Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Cori Bush protested on the Capitol lawn Thursday, demanding that Congress include immigration reform in the $3.5 trillion social spending bill and connect it to the $1...
by Khadija Islow | Mar 27, 2020 | Featured, Immigration
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees announced on Wednesday it is seeking $255 million to deliver equipment to test refugees and migrants for the coronavirus, to deliver medical supplies and to install handwashing stations in camps and settlements. The...
by Khadija Islow | Mar 11, 2020 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — The head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Wednesday defended the Trump administration’s proposed $2 billion budget increase for the agency to $10.4 billion, saying the agency needs more resources for the influx of migrants to the border....
by Megan Lebowitz | Mar 3, 2020 | Featured, Immigration
FAIRFAX, VA. – “I’m OK. We’re OK. Hang up the phone. Don’t talk too much.” Irade Kashgary remembers her aunt’s warning during a phone call several months ago — the last contact Kashgary had with her relatives in Xinjiang, China. Kashgary, 26, is a Uyghur American...
by James Pollard and Suzy Vazquez | Feb 25, 2020 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON –The Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday in a case that could ultimately decide whether the First Amendment protects the people who encourage unauthorized immigrants to remain in the country. The case, United States v. Sineneng-Smith, centers on...
by Megan Lebowitz | Feb 25, 2020 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — Senators Tuesday pressed Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf on the effectiveness of the Trump administration’s $2 billion proposal for border wall construction and also criticized the construction’s potential harm to tribal lands and...
by Sneha Dey | Feb 5, 2020 | Featured, Immigration, SOTU2020
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump touted hard-line border policies at his third State of the Union, impressing on his anti-immigrant supporters he has fulfilled his 2016 campaign promises. “If you come illegally, you will now be promptly removed,” Trump said....
