by Dalia Faheid | Oct 21, 2020 | Coronavirus, Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – The federal government should require COVID-19 testing to be provided for all migrant and seasonal agricultural workers because they live and work in close proximity to each other, a top official on the National Advisory Council on Migrant Health said...
by Dalia Faheid | Oct 14, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett Wednesday deflected questions about separating children from their parents to deter immigrants from coming to the United States as well as on the security of mailed ballots, delaying the election and other issues in...
by Dalia Faheid | Oct 8, 2020 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security finalized a new rule Tuesday that broadens its ability to investigate insider threats by eliminating key Privacy Act protections for all past and current employees regardless of their security clearance. DHS said...
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by Dalia Faheid | Oct 1, 2020 | Demographics, Foreign Affairs, Immigration, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — President Trump proposed Wednesday that the U.S. admit 15,000 refugees for fiscal year 2021, lower than any previous caps since the refugee resettlement program’s inception in 1980. “This is definitely the Trump administration’s attempt to...
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by Dalia Faheid | Sep 30, 2020 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Despite a federal judge’s ruling last week allowing census enumeration to continue through Oct. 31, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said this week that the Census Bureau will end data collection on Oct. 5. Civil rights groups that filed a lawsuit...
