by Tiffany Lane | Oct 3, 2011 | Immigration
The Labor Department announced Monday that $32.5 million in grants will go towards combating child labor around the world. There are nearly 215 million children exploited in the work place and half of those children are working in hazardous conditions, according to...
by Laura Phelps | Oct 3, 2011 | Immigration, Politics
WASHINGTON — The number of Americans declaring their race as both black and white more than doubled between 2000 and 2010, the largest recorded increase among multiracial groups, U.S. Census Bureau officials reported Thursday. People who reported being both black and...
by Tiffany Lane | Sep 28, 2011 | Immigration
WASHINGTON – Rallying outside of the Wilson Building, local advocates, immigrants and councilmembers demanded the mayor and local legislators put a stop to U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement’s “Secure Communities” program. Also known as S-Comm, the program...
by Chelsea Wallis | Sep 28, 2011 | Immigration
WASHINGTON— Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested more than 2,900 illegal aliens with criminal records in a seven-day, national campaign that included 50 states and four territories. September’s Operation Cross Check was the second nationwide operation and the...
by Chelsea Wallis | Sep 28, 2011 | Faith, Ethics + Spirituality, Immigration
WASHINGTON – A young Hawaiian author had the opportunity to share his heritage with the nation at the 11th annual National Book Festival in Washington this week. Kekaulele Kawaiaea, an 11-year-old from the island of Oahu, displayed his book Kohala Kuamo’o: Nae’ole’s...
by Chelsea Wallis | Sep 27, 2011 | Immigration
WASHINGTON — Interest groups and community members gathered Tuesday on the steps of District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray’s office in Washington to speak out against deportation laws. About 50 demonstrators assembled at the Wilson Building in Washington...
