by Naomi Taxay | Dec 2, 2025 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court wrestled Monday with how much power federal appeals courts should have to review asylum denials, pressing both sides on whether findings of persecution are legal matters that federal courts can independently (de novo) review or factual...
by Aanika Sawhney and Naomi Taxay | Nov 20, 2025 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) walked out of a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday after calling the hearing – titled “ICE Under Fire: The Radical Left’s Crusade Against Immigration Enforcement” – an exercise in Republican political theater. At the...
by Naomi Taxay | Oct 15, 2025 | Featured, Immigration
As President Donald Trump ordered federal troops into Chicago to assist with deportation efforts, immigrants and their advocates found an ally in Pope Leo XIV. A native of the city, the new pope urged U.S. bishops to confront the government’s escalating targeting of...
by Katareena Roska | Sep 25, 2025 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – When news of President Donald Trump’s latest proclamation regarding the H-1B visa broke, Sydney rushed to check on her close friends. Sydney, an H-1B visa holder from Taiwan, requested that her real name be withheld to protect her privacy. “One of my...
by Jiah Choe and Norah D'Cruze | Apr 15, 2025 | Featured, Immigration
Sara arrived in the United States as a 7-year-old refugee when her family fled religious persecution in Bangladesh. Eleven years later, Sara now calls Montgomery County, Md., home. But if the Trump administration has its way, she would be immediately deported because...
