by Rose Zhou | Aug 27, 2014 | Data Projects, Immigration
Cindy Monge was like many children in detention centers today when she crossed the border from Guatemala by herself. “When I was 11 years old, I came here alone,” said the 19-year old girl. “I was detained when I first came here, and I know how it feels. It’s very...
by Rose Zhou | Aug 18, 2014 | Immigration
WASHINGTON – House Republicans’ efforts to repeal a law that allows young undocumented immigrants are scaring qualified young Hispanics in the Frederick area from stepping forward to obtain legal status, an immigration advocate said Wednesday. Two years after...
by Dima Ansari | Aug 12, 2014 | Immigration
WASHINGTON — With the number of child migrants ballooning, an analysis of their hometowns released Monday indicates they come from the largest and most violent cities in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala.The new study by the Inter-American Dialogue, a...
by Rose Zhou | Aug 11, 2014 | Immigration
The Migration Policy Institute reports that in the past two years of the Deferred Action Program, more than half of the undocumented immigrants under age 30 who arrived in the U.S. before they were 16 registered for temporary legal status. But hundreds of thousands of...
by Rose Zhou | Jul 31, 2014 | Immigration
With the unsettled border crisis still looming, the window for Congress to act on immigration is dwindling before a five-week break. Young immigrants are continuing to call on President Barack Obama to use executive authority to help solve the crisis, while the...
by Dima Ansari | Jul 24, 2014 | Immigration
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Cornyn said Wednesday he supports “Operation Coyote” – the federal government’s concerted effort to nab human smugglers at the U.S.-Mexican border. “Operation Coyote is a welcome effort to round up the vile criminals who smuggle children and...
