by Michelle R. Martinelli | Aug 1, 2016 | Events, Immigration, Politics, Topics
Various people and protesters gathered in downtown Cleveland during the weeklong Republican National Convention, from July 20 to 23. Here are a couple highlights from the event. All stories originally appeared on USATODAY.com during the week of the convention. Members...
by Iacopo Luzi | Jul 11, 2016 | Immigration
WASHINGTON – Fermo is a small city in Italy where not much happens. But after Tuesday’s killing, it is known worldwide – with the label “racist” attached. Fermo is where Emmanuel Chidi Nnamdi, a Nigerian asylum seeker who escaped the Islamic extremist group Boko...
by Hannah Rank | Jul 8, 2016 | Immigration
WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats Wednesday blocked a GOP effort to crack down on the hundreds of so-called “sanctuary cities” in the U.S that don’t cooperate with federal efforts to deport undocumented immigrants by cutting federal grant money to those areas. The...
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...
