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by Dalia Faheid | Mar 22, 2021 | Featured, Health, Immigration
WASHINGTON — Undocumented immigrants were less likely to visit primary care physicians after former President Trump launched his presidential campaign in 2015, according to a March study — suggesting his rhetoric had a chilling effect, experts said, that could make...
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by Dalia Faheid | Mar 22, 2021 | Featured, Immigration
As a researcher at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Miguel Chavez starts his days forming tissues from stem cells at 4 a.m. so he can get home in time for his virtual medical school interviews. In the back of his mind, Chavez is terrified of infecting his...
by Dalia Faheid | Mar 17, 2021 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — Working conditions for Florida’s undocumented farmworkers could drastically improve under recently proposed immigration reform legislation that would put them on a long-awaited path to citizenship while also providing labor protections. “It’s something...
by Karli Goldenberg | Mar 16, 2021 | Featured, Immigration, Topics
WASHINGTON — Several Frederick faith leaders are supporting the Maryland Trust Act, a bill that would end the ability of law enforcement to inquire about people’s citizenship “during the performance of regular police functions.” The state House of Delegates passed a...
by Madison Muller | Mar 11, 2021 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — Over 70,000 immigrants were expelled at the Mexico border during the month of February, President Joe Biden’s first full month in office, under a directive put in place by the Trump administration to target them as public health threats,...
by Karli Goldenberg | Feb 21, 2021 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — A string of executive orders and immigration policy proposals championed by the Biden administration could change the lives of the over 900,000 immigrants in Maryland, but experts say that fear and distrust of the government may persist. Nearly one-fifth...
