by Clarissa Jones | Feb 2, 2018 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON–On Jan. 8, the Department of Homeland Security announced that it will be terminating Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for an estimated 200,000 Salvadorans. TPS was issued to Salvadorans after back to back earthquakes in 2001 caused widespread damage...
by Matt Sussis | Feb 1, 2018 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — Even if President Trump can convince Congress to pass his plan for limiting family-based immigration — which he calls “chain migration” — it would take over a decade for his proposal to actually reduce legal immigration, according to some...
by Clarissa Jones | Jan 24, 2018 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON–After a three-day government shutdown, the fate of 690,000 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) beneficiaries still hangs in the balance. House Republicans are hoping to leverage this uncertainty by proposing a far-right immigration bill....
by Casey Egan | Dec 5, 2017 | Immigration
WASHINGTON – Arrests of undocumented immigrants along the Southwest border last year were at their lowest rate in 46 years, according to data released Tuesday by the Department of Homeland Security. “We have clearly seen the successful results of the president’s...
by Tacuma Roeback | Oct 19, 2017 | Featured, Immigration, Topics
WASHINGTON – In January, Bnyad Sharef and his family flew from Iraq to Egypt on their way to Nashville, Tennessee – their new home. But when they landed in Cairo on Jan. 27, they learned that President Donald Trump had signed an executive order banning entry into the...
by Yingjie Gu | Oct 4, 2017 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham and Democratic Minority Whip Dick Durbin on Wednesday pinned their hopes on President Donald Trump for help in passing their legislation to provide Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival recipients a legal way to stay...
