by Jenny Huh | Mar 3, 2022 | Featured, Living, State of the Union
WASHINGTON – A day after President Biden’s State of the Union, a Texas judge issued a temporary restraining order, blocking the state’s Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) from investigating two parents for providing gender-affirming health care to...
by Ali Bianco | Mar 3, 2022 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – As countless Ukrainians begin to leave their homes following the Russian invasion, conversations have spurred around the Capitol about President Biden potentially designating the country for Temporary Protected Status. All the while, countless Central...
by Maia Pandey | Mar 3, 2022 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — In a series of divided opinions, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that the United States does not have to turn over information about the existence of an alleged Central Intelligence Agency black site under its state secrets privilege. Justice Stephen...
by Zachary Kessel | Mar 3, 2022 | Featured, Politics, State of the Union
WASHINGTON – While Gov. Kim Reynolds (R-Iowa) dinged President Joe Biden on issues salient to the American people like crime, education and inflation in the official GOP response to the State of the Union, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) took a different approach...
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 Vanessa Kjeldsen | Mar 2, 2022 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON, March 1 (UPI) — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine amplifies Sino-Russian threats to world order, experts and lawmakers agreed during a hearing Tuesday. “China is watching how the democratic nations of the world respond to Russia,” said...
by Shannon Coan | Mar 2, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Cherilyn Holloway was born and raised in Oberlin, Ohio, a key stop on the Underground Railroad. She was taught to be proud of that history and to stand for justice. After the murders of George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery, she took to the streets and founded...
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 Shannon Coan | Mar 2, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Reproductive health advocates expressed their fears about the future of abortion access at the National Organization for Women’s Racial Justice Summit recently. “We have never been closer to losing a fundamental constitutional right,” said Alexis McGill...
by Medill News Service | Mar 1, 2022 | Featured, Politics, Topics
Immigration experts and advocates divided in response to Biden’s SOTU By Ali Bianco and Jenny Huh, 11:34 p.m. Rep. Chuy Garcia of Illinois, who attended yesterday’s “People’s State of the Union” protest, took to Twitter: “It’s great that POTUS wants to provide a...
