by Hannah Gebresilassie | Jul 1, 2016 | Immigration, Politics
WASHINGTON – Unity was the common theme stressed at the “African Voices and Votes” town hall held at the Voice of America headquarters in Washington, D.C. on Thursday. With the election season coming up, African leaders on the panel encouraged the African...
by Jenny Lee | Jun 29, 2016 | Immigration
WASHINGTON–A little more than a year after Congress passed a law to crack down on human trafficking in the U.S. and help victims, authorities are struggling to identify human trafficking cases, services for victims are limited and the victims themselves...
by Jenny Lee | Jun 27, 2016 | Immigration
More than half of all Americans are concerned about the threat of terrorist attacks, a substantial increase from two years ago, according to a survey released June 23 by the Public Religion Research Institute and the Brookings Institution. Concern has spiked 24...
by Danielle Prieur | Jun 24, 2016 | Immigration
WASHINGTON – More than 50 protesters wearing Somos CASA and United We Dream t-shirts, carried signs in the shape of red hearts that read “Keep Families Together” and chanted, “Undocumented, unafraid” in response to the Supreme Court’s 4-4 ruling Thursday on President...
by Brooke Rayford | May 5, 2016 | Immigration
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services offers special ceremonies for families wishing to celebrate the first day as a United States citizen of one of their own. For many taking the Oath of Allegiance is a capstone to day they will remember...
by Kierra Gray | May 5, 2016 | Immigration
WASHINGTON –Mothers and children fleeing violence and murder in Central America should be treated as refugees and not held in prison-like detention centers, protesters said recently as they laid out Mother’s Day cards to first lady Michelle Obama in front of the White...
