by Paola de Varona & Rachel Frazin | Jan 16, 2018 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – Hundreds of “dreamers” and supporters swarmed a Senate office building Tuesday, blocking the doors to a number of the senators’ offices and occupying others as the chanted “Dream Act now” and demanded that Congress pass legislation this week to let them...
by Erica Snow | Jan 16, 2018 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — After the Senate bipartisan effort to protect “dreamers” from deportation became mired in accusations of racist remarks by the president, three House members said Tuesday they have a solution that would extend protections to the 700,000 young immigrants...
by Mila Jasper | Jan 16, 2018 | Featured, Immigration, National Security
WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said that she did not hear President Donald Trump call Haiti and African countries “shithole” or “shithouse” nations during a White House meeting last Thursday on an immigration deal....
by Jason Mast | Nov 30, 2016 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – Little over two weeks after president-elect Donald Trump declared he would deport an unprecedented number of immigrants, the Supreme Court Wednesday hears oral arguments in a case that could limit the federal government’s ability to detain...
by Ross Krasner | Nov 28, 2016 | Featured, Immigration
There are over 11 million unauthorized immigrants in the United States. Here is one of their stories.
by Anna Waters | Oct 25, 2016 | Immigration
WASHINGTON, D.C. — At the end of its first official visit to the United States, the U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention said the United States should close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp and end mandatory detention of asylum seekers, undocumented...
by Lauren Bally | Oct 17, 2016 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – Is it a “migrant problem,” or a “nationalism problem?” That was the question posed Monday at a conference on national security and civil liberties at the Wilson Center. With the recent flow of immigrants from the Middle East, many countries have struggled...
by Lauren Bally | Oct 11, 2016 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — America’s economy would be spurred by boosting the number of high-skilled immigrants tin the country, the author of a new book on income inequality said Tuesday. Edward Conard, author of “The Upside of Inequality: How Good Intentions Undermine the...
by Mariana Alfaro | Mar 16, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Immigration
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Manuel Loaiza, 24, and his mother were some of the last people leaving a Marco Rubio rally Sunday night in Virginia Beach. Loaiza and his mom, who he said doesn’t speak English very well, are two of thousands of conservative Latinos across the...
by Erin Bacon | Feb 23, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Immigration, Politics
WASHINGTON — More than 13.1 million Latinos may cast votes in the primary and general elections this year, a record high that could be the difference in swing states such as Colorado, Nevada and Texas, according to a projection by the National Association for...
by Erin Bacon | Feb 17, 2016 | Immigration
WASHINGTON- The trickle of Syrian refugees into the United States has gone smoothly so far, making the country the best equipped to lead Europe on the refugee crisis, according to migration experts. European countries are divided on how to handle refugees...
by Jack Corrigan | Feb 8, 2016 | Immigration
WASHINGTON — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s plan to admit 25,000 Syrian refugees by the end of February has raised questions for the US Senate Homeland Security Committee, with some senators worried that the plan may pose a threat to national security. The...
