![Puerto Rican Leaders Demand Disaster Relief Funds from Congress]()
by Camille Erickson | May 3, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans need to follow through on a new proposal to provide comprehensive disaster relief for Puerto Rico, leaders of the Hispanic Federation and other Puerto Rican activists said Wednesday before heading to Capitol Hill to spread the message....
![Detained asylum seekers from 100 countries face shrinking chance of bond]()
by Camille Erickson | May 3, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — U.S. Attorney General William Barr’s decision to detain asylum seekers indefinitely as the courts work through a large backlog is focused on Central Americans at the U.S.-Mexico border. But asylum seekers from more than 100 countries also are being...
by Dwight A. Weingarten | May 1, 2019 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — Less than three weeks into his new job, acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan responded to tough questions about the department’s immigration enforcement Tuesday by saying “the system is full and we are beyond our capacity.” In a...
by Eric Frazier | Apr 28, 2019 | Living
WASHINGTON — The National Capital Area YWCA held a rally at Freedom Plaza and to deliver a message that racism has no place in D.C. Along with the YWCA, members of other area organizations spoke to the...
by Eric Frazier | Apr 26, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – The NAACP and the Congressional Black Caucus have joined the chorus of critics who say President Donald Trump’s tweets against Rep. Ilhan Omar were “racist” attacks. Omar, D-Minn., said during a speech to the Council on American-Islamic Relations,...
by Camille Erickson | Apr 26, 2019 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Census data shapes almost every corner of public life — from the amount of federal money funneled to school lunch programs, new bus routes and rural health clinics to the number of congressional seats allocated to a state. As the country barrels toward...
