by Josephine Chu | Jul 17, 2019 | Immigration
WASHINGTON – Despite a comparison to concentration camps that some Jewish groups consider offensive, some others are embracing the term to take action against the immigration detention centers at the U.S.–Mexico border. The use of the term “concentration...
by Matt Reynolds | Jul 16, 2019 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – Congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich) said Friday that conditions at the Texas border facilities they visited earlier this month were grim and need immediate action. Representatives Ayanna Pressley...
by Sruthi Darbhamulla | Jul 13, 2019 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and his deputy, Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, announced Thursday a Democratic proposal to end family separations at the border and institute minimum safety and health standards for children held in detention centers....
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by Andre Earls | Jul 11, 2019 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON, July 11 — Senate Democrats introduced a bill Thursday calling for the end of family separations at the U.S. border with Mexico, as well as bolstering health and safety protections for children and families. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New...
by Josephine Chu and Thomas Ilalaole | Jul 9, 2019 | Immigration
WASHINGTON — Nearly 150 people protested outside the U.S. Customs and Border Protection building Tuesday, chanting “down with deportation” and demanding better monitoring of border detention centers and access to indigenous language translators. “Up, up with...
by Sruthi Darbhamulla | Jul 4, 2019 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – Revolutionary War era soldiers, women in bonnets and aprons and a canon salute over the Potomac River. Each year Mount Vernon, George Washington’s estate in Virginia, holds an Independence Day celebration that welcomes a new year in the nation’s history...
