by Anastasia Mason | Feb 14, 2024 | Immigration, Politics
WASHINGTON – Tensions between the Biden administration and Gov. Greg Abbott continued to heighten after a mother and two children drowned in the Rio Grande last month as they tried to cross the border from Mexico into the U.S. The drownings occurred near Eagle Pass’...
by Anastasia Mason | Feb 1, 2024 | Immigration, Politics
WASHINGTON – House Democrats stood up for U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, while Republicans pushed for his impeachment during a hearing Jan. 18. The hearing was the second scheduled by Republicans to gather evidence against Mayorkas, but...
by Anastasia Mason | Oct 5, 2023 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – Federal officials, banks and non-profit groups met Wednesday to share solutions to help more Black and Latino Americans buy houses and build intergenerational wealth. DC-based think tank Urban Institute and advocacy organization Living Cities partnered to...
by Anastasia Mason | Sep 28, 2023 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – Earlier this month, the National Park Service reached an agreement with New York City to use Floyd Bennett Field to shelter thousands of migrants, but on Wednesday, congressional Republicans criticized the decision, saying the field should be protected...
by Kaila Nichols | Mar 8, 2023 | Featured, Immigration, Politics
WASHINGTON – Before moving to DC in 2014, Zachary Ferguson rarely thought about the district’s voting rights. Now, he realizes that thousands of Americans do not have voting members in the Senate or House of Representatives. Last August, Ferguson wrote the...
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by Evan Robinson-Johnson | Mar 4, 2023 | Immigration
After his dad was nearly killed during political turmoil in Cuba, Yoandry fled to Nicaragua, then to Mexico. He made it all the way to the U.S. border south of San Diego only to be stopped by an app that wouldn’t recognize his darker skin. The 31-year-old is now...
