School Policing Increases Dropout Rates Among Undocumented Immigrants, Advocates Say
At a National Immigration Law Center panel on Tuesday, Latino advocate Elsa Bañuelos said that the increased police presence in schools helps Immigrations and Customs Enforcement to expand its surveillance there.
School Policing Increases Dropout Rates Among Undocumented Immigrants, Advocates Say
At a National Immigration Law Center panel on Tuesday, Latino advocate Elsa Bañuelos said that the increased police presence in schools helps Immigrations and Customs Enforcement to expand its surveillance there.
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Trump administration intends to cut refugee admissions to historic low
WASHINGTON — President Trump proposed Wednesday that the U.S. admit 15,000 refugees for fiscal year 2021, lower than any previous caps since the refugee resettlement program's inception in 1980. “This is definitely the Trump administration's attempt to grind our...
Trump administration intends to cut refugee admissions to historic low
WASHINGTON — President Trump proposed Wednesday that the U.S. admit 15,000 refugees for fiscal year 2021, lower than any previous caps since the refugee resettlement program's inception in 1980. “This is definitely the Trump administration's attempt to grind our...
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Government halts in-person interpreters for asylum interviews due to COVID-19 fears to mixed reviews from immigration advocates
WASHINGTON — Asylum seekers who could normally depend upon an in-person interpreter now will have to use contracted interpreters to help them over the phone to help protect against COVID-19, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said Wednesday. USCIS implemented a...
Government halts in-person interpreters for asylum interviews due to COVID-19 fears to mixed reviews from immigration advocates
WASHINGTON — Asylum seekers who could normally depend upon an in-person interpreter now will have to use contracted interpreters to help them over the phone to help protect against COVID-19, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said Wednesday. USCIS implemented a...
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Lawmakers clash over protective measures for essential immigrant workers
WASHINGTON — In a country where nearly one-third of all doctors are foreign-born, immigrants have been at the center of the COVID-19 pandemic response. But the chairwoman of the House Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship said Wednesday that undocumented...
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Cluster of ‘persistent poverty’ counties along southern border pose added challenges for immigrants
Almost half of the 44 counties in Texas with persistent poverty are located along the U.S.-Mexico border and their high poverty rates and low wage employment are exacerbated by the significant numbers of immigrants without legal status who cannot leave the areas.
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Advocates accuse ICE of serving pork, spoiled halal meals to Muslim detainees
Civil rights organizations claim that a Florida ICE facility has been forcing Muslim detainees to choose between eating spoiled halal meals and pork.
read moreDespite ‘on fire’ conditions, children remain in ICE custody
Earlier this month, a California judge ordered the release of more than 100 migrant children from Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody; however, after ICE failed to meet specific prerequisites to release the children, the judge declared her order was “unenforceable.” The children remain in detention.
Frederick’s $3 million rental assistance program extended as application numbers remain low
A roughly $3 million COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program in Frederick, Maryland, has received fewer applications than anticipated. While one of the program’s leaders wondered whether the lower number of applicants may signal that there isn’t as much need for rental assistance in Frederick, some groups in the county may be facing concerns about applying.
International students relieved by Trump admin’s rescission of ICE student visa policy
A little over a week after ICE announced a ban on international students attending online-only U.S. colleges in the fall, the Trump administration rescinded the agency’s decision at a Tuesday hearing in a federal lawsuit filed by Harvard University and MIT against the Department of Homeland Security and ICE. The rescission has left many international students relieved and hopeful about their academic futures in the States, yet some are also frustrated by the chaos and stress ICE’s policy created to begin with.
Left in Limbo: International Students Grapple With Uncertainty Following ICE Ban
ICE’s move to bar international students under the F-1 and M-1 visas from the country if they don’t attend in-person classes has left those directly affected by the policy in limbo. Those opposed to the recent announcement say that ending the exemption poses several consequences on the livelihood of international students who now face uncertain academic futures and greater health risks if forced to attend in-person classes amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The Trump administration’s attacks on DACA highlights the need for a comprehensive immigration policy, experts say
Just over a week after the Supreme Court ruled to uphold DACA, immigration and legal experts called attention to the politicization of immigration policy in the U.S. and pressed for more comprehensive legislative solutions to the U.S. immigration system overall.
Customs and Border Protection uses pandemic as a cover for deportations, advocates say
Senate Democrats questioned Customs and Border Protection’s handling of immigrants at U.S. borders in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Harris, Hassan grill CBP chief on misspending claims and agents’ role in protest enforcement
Sen. Harris and fellow Democratic Sen. Margaret Hassan of New Hampshire pressed CBP Chief Mark Morgan on border agents deployed to anti-police brutality protests and the agency’s misspending claims at a Senate HSGAC hearing Thursday.
Human Rights groups push for resettlement of Afghan Sikhs after Gurudwara Attack
On March 25, gunmen stormed a Gurudwara complex in Kabul where 150 members of the community had gathered to pray and killed 25 people including a 6-year-old.
Remain in Mexico immigration policy a national threat, says chairwoman of a Homeland Security subcommittee
The immigration policy “Remain in Mexico” is allowing criminal organizations to expand their reach along the U.S. border, the chairwoman of a Homeland Security subcommittee hearing said during a hearing that examined the program.
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