by Ashley N. Soriano | May 1, 2025 | Immigration
BEL AIR, Maryland – Locals described the town of Bel Air, Maryland, about 30 miles northeast of Baltimore, as community-oriented and safe, at least before Rachel Morin’s murder. Neighbors flock to Ma and Pa Heritage Trail to hike, the name itself symbolizing the...
by Ashley N. Soriano | May 1, 2025 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – Tens of thousands of people, including some first-generation Americans, attended the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday, April 21, an event geared toward children and family-friendly events. But not everyone celebrated the holiday by racing to...
by Angeles Ponpa | Apr 16, 2025 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – As millions of Americans raced to meet the April 15th tax deadline, undocumented immigrants faced a different kind of pressure. They fear filing taxes could lead to their deportation. The anxiety was heightened this year as a newly disclosed agreement...
by Atmika Iyer | Apr 10, 2025 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — At the House Judiciary subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement on Wednesday Republicans and Democrats clashed over whether sanctuary cities should comply with federal orders to detain individuals I.C.E. potentially wants to...
by Anastasia Mason and Yiqing Wang | Apr 3, 2024 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – Every week in downtown D.C., near the National Archives and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, hundreds of aspiring new Americans from 100 different countries navigate past groups of tourists and students on field trips to attend in-depth civics...
by Yiqing Wang | Mar 19, 2024 | Immigration, Politics
CHARLESTON, S.C. – White Converse shoes, green work pants scattered with paint stains, black hoodie and a cowboy hat covered with dozens of rock ‘n’ roll pins. Anderson Lee Smith, a 66-year-old, 6-foot-tall man with his long, gray hair tied back in a low ponytail,...