by Karli Goldenberg | Jan 19, 2021 | Featured, Immigration
Frederick County officials and immigration organizations are echoing a nationwide concern that an undercount in communities of color will affect immigrants’ access to federal funding and political representation for the next decade. Approximately 11 percent of...
by Dalia Faheid | Jan 14, 2021 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — Three faith-based resettlement agencies say it will be easier to welcome refugees after a federal appeals judge ruled in their favor to block President Donald Trump’s executive order allowing local and state officials to refuse refugees. On Jan. 8, the...
by Dalia Faheid | Nov 18, 2020 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden has vowed to reverse four years of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdowns, but that may take a while even if he uses executive orders to undo Trump’s executive orders. In some of his first actions as president,...
by Augusta Saraiva | Nov 5, 2020 | Campaign2020, Demographics, Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — This year, at least 8.2 million Latino voters cast their ballots ahead of Election Day, accounting for about 56.4% of the nearly 15 million projected Latino votes this year, according to the NALEO Educational Fund, and more than twice the number of early...
by Augusta Saraiva | Nov 3, 2020 | Campaign2020, Featured, Immigration
LINTON HALL, Va. — In front of the Cedar Point Elementary School in the Bristow community, supporters of President Donald Trump gathered in a small tent on Election Day, displaying “Trump 2020” flags and American flag-themed masks. The school is in the community of...
by Augusta Saraiva | Oct 27, 2020 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — The U.S. should stop trying to combat Central American criminal groups solely through deportation and start tackling the societal issues that allow the groups a foothold in the country, transnational crime experts said Tuesday. “The U.S. does not...
