by Dalia Faheid | Apr 23, 2021 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – Muslim groups across the country are calling on President Joe Biden’s administration to name a special envoy to monitor and combat Islamophobia, which a U.N. expert says has escalated to “epidemic proportions.” In the letter, the U.S. Council of Muslim...
by Dalia Faheid | Apr 20, 2021 | Featured, Politics
At the end of Ramadan in 2019, Zohaib Qadri was torn between keeping up with his hectic job planning a legislative agenda and compiling policy research as a Texas legislative aid or using paid time off to go to Houston to celebrate Eid al-Fitr with family and friends....
by Dalia Faheid | Apr 7, 2021 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – Advocates believe new federal legislation introduced by El Paso Rep. Veronica Escobar aiming to set humane standards for future immigration policies could pave a path forward for the city to benefit from immigration rather than get overwhelmed, while...
by Dalia Faheid | Mar 22, 2021 | Featured, Health, Immigration
WASHINGTON — Undocumented immigrants were less likely to visit primary care physicians after former President Trump launched his presidential campaign in 2015, according to a March study — suggesting his rhetoric had a chilling effect, experts said, that could make...
by Dalia Faheid | Mar 22, 2021 | Featured, Immigration
As a researcher at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Miguel Chavez starts his days forming tissues from stem cells at 4 a.m. so he can get home in time for his virtual medical school interviews. In the back of his mind, Chavez is terrified of infecting his...