by Augusta Saraiva | Oct 1, 2020 | Demographics, Politics
WASHINGTON — The largest coalition representing Latino interests in the U.S. said Thursday that it wants the winner of the Nov. 3 presidential election to focus on Hispanic priorities, including more hiring of Hispanics and increased disaster relief funds to places...
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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...
by Karli Goldenberg | Sep 23, 2020 | Demographics, Immigration, Topics
WASHINGTON — Asylum seekers who could normally depend upon an in-person interpreter now will have to use contracted interpreters to help them over the phone to help protect against COVID-19, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said Wednesday. USCIS implemented a...
by Silvia Martelli | Mar 20, 2020 | Demographics, Featured, Topics
NEW YORK — Little Italy in New York City is becoming littler and littler. The once 50-block, vibrant Italian neighborhood is now reduced to a few quiet streets in Lower Manhattan. As rents spiked, longtime Italian-Americans have moved away and integrated into...
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by Sam Cabral | Oct 4, 2019 | Demographics, Featured
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s judicial nominations will hurt the legitimacy of the federal courts for years as judges continue to be mainly white and male while the population becomes more diverse, legal experts said Thursday. At an event hosted by the Center...
by Yuru (Priscilla) Zhu | Aug 6, 2019 | Demographics, Featured
WASHINGTON — Several proposals in Congress are competing to address the backlog of more than 900,000 approved employment-based green card applications by changing the way they are distributed. The House has passed and sent to the Senate a measure that would end...
