by Mariana Alfaro | Feb 8, 2016 | Immigration
WASHINGTON — When 12-year-old Joel Salazar lived in El Salvador, he was beaten by gang members on his way to school for failing to pay “la renta” — extortion money. His mother, who already had fled to the United States, told Joel to leave the...
by Mariana Alfaro | Feb 1, 2016 | Immigration
WASHINGTON — Representatives of nations in the Americas debated proposals Monday that would facilitate absentee voting for immigrants and encourage governments to offer dual citizenship. Maria Moreno, a representative of the International Organization for...
by Mariana Alfaro | Jan 28, 2016 | Immigration
WASHINGTON – Immigration experts warned Wednesday that Central American immigrants, targeted by recent deportation raids, are being sent to their deaths in the Northern Triangle countries – El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala. The raids, started by the Obama...
by Alex Lederman | Jan 28, 2016 | Immigration
WASHINGTON – The Department of Health and Human Services suffers from serious systemic failures in protecting “unaccompanied alien children” from human trafficking, a Senate investigation says. “It’s intolerable that human trafficking, really modern day slavery,...
by Julia Jacobs | Jan 27, 2016 | Immigration
WASHINGTON — Three European ambassadors warned against a rise of xenophobic sentiment on the continent at an event Wednesday marking a day of international Holocaust remembrance. An influx of refugees to France is fueling anti-immigrant sentiment, including calls to...
by Jacob Meschke | Jan 20, 2016 | Immigration, Politics
WASHINGTON — Democrats halted part of the Republican agenda in its tracks on Wednesday —without Bernie Sanders—as the Senate fell short of approving a bill that would make it harder for Syrian refugees to enter the United States. The American Securities Against...
by Mariana Alfaro | Jan 19, 2016 | Immigration
WASHINGTON — Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez and the Organization of American States agreed Tuesday to cooperate in the fight against high levels of corruption and crime in the Central American nation. The Mission to Support the Fight against...
by Sabrina Rodriguez | Jan 13, 2016 | Immigration, Topics
WASHINGTON — Migration from Central America, which has caused U.S. officials to start deportation raids recently, won’t slow down without increased investment in the region, El Salvador’s ambassador to the United States said Wednesday. “Without stability, there...
by Mariana Alfaro | Jan 6, 2016 | Immigration
WASHINGTON — The recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids targeting Central American undocumented immigrants will go down as one of the “darkest moments” in President Barack Obama’s administration, the head of the National Immigration Law Center said...
by Yunita Ong | Mar 19, 2015 | Immigration
By Yunita Ong WASHINGTON – When Laura Drain moved from Mexico City to Atlanta to be a Hewlett-Packard engineer 15 years ago, she was single and her maiden name, Ramirez, created tensions with her co-workers. “People called me different and the pronunciation of...
by Astrid Goh | Mar 18, 2015 | Immigration
WASHINGTON—When Kenfe Bellay fled from the Ethiopian Red Terror in the late 1970s, he never thought he’d one day own a successful café. The cozy joint on H Street Northeast was established by Bellay and his wife, Yalemzwed Desta, in 2006. Money did not come easy...
by Yunita Ong | Mar 11, 2015 | Immigration, Living
WASHINGTON – The White House on Wednesday hosted its annual celebration of Norwuz, the first day of the New Year on the Persian calendar and the start of spring. With President Barack Obama on the road, first lady Michelle Obama addressed the guests, who...
