Featured, Immigration, Topics DACA recipients fear job loss, deportation as they face renewal delays WASHINGTON, May 14  -- Every day at 4 a.m., Cesar wakes up to sell burritos on the streets of Los Angeles. He spends a few hours preparing food in his apartment kitchen and later sets up ... CONTINUE READING Immigration Protesters outside the White House call for ending detention for migrant families, kids Protesters gather near the White House to urge the shutdown of immigrant family detention in the United States. Many were from Texas, distraught over the conditions in the Dilley Immigration Processing ... CONTINUE READING Supreme Court Featured, Immigration, Topics Supreme Court hears arguments on permanent resident parole case WASHINGTON, April 22 (UPI) -- The Supreme Court appeared split Wednesday on how much evidence of a crime U.S. border control agents need to impose parole a legal permanent resident re-entering the country. In Blanche vs. Lau, the justices ... CONTINUE READING Featured, Immigration House bill pushes bipartisan effort to tackle federal benefits fraud, refocusing from immigration WASHINGTON — Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, introduced a bill Wednesday morning that would create a permanent U.S. Treasury Inspector General position for fraud accountability as part of a broader effort to crackdown on the misuse ... CONTINUE READING
Iranian Immigrants React to Cease-Fire Agreement, Divide Deepens

Iranian Immigrants React to Cease-Fire Agreement, Divide Deepens

WASHINGTON - At a recent “No Kings” rally outside the U.S. Capitol, a few demonstrators waved a large Iranian flag. The U.S. and Israel had launched the war in Iran exactly one month earlier. As protestors chanted, a woman, carrying the old flag of Iran — from before...

Immigrant Advocates Protest Outside Supreme Court As Justices Hear Oral Arguments for Birthright Citizenship

Immigrant Advocates Protest Outside Supreme Court As Justices Hear Oral Arguments for Birthright Citizenship

by | May 22, 2025

CASA, an organization aiming to improve the lives of immigrants and working-class families, led the protest as oral arguments began for the birthright citizenship case. Acting as plaintiffs, they advocated for Justices to uphold the historic interpretation of the 14th Amendment by maintaining lower court judges’ ability to issue nationwide injunctions.

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Nonprofit organizations become a helpful resource in the naturalization process

Nationwide, 9 million immigrants are eligible for U.S. citizenship, yet 91 percent do not proceed with their applications, according to a survey conducted by the nonprofit loan service One Percent for America. Organizations like the Washington English Center offer support to make the naturalization process more accessible.

After a lifetime outside politics, an artist chooses his side: Trump

CHARLESTON, S.C. – White Converse shoes, green work pants scattered with paint stains, black hoodie and a cowboy hat covered with dozens of rock ‘n’ roll pins. Anderson Lee Smith, a 66-year-old, 6-foot-tall man with his long, gray hair tied back in a low ponytail,...

House Committee attacks Biden’s border policies

WASHINGTON - The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement held a hearing on Mar.7 to examine President Joe Biden’s inability to maintain border security, calling for a change in the current immigration law. While both Democrats...

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