Opinion: Immigration reform is back at square one. But the way forward is clear.
The Democrats’ Hail Mary attempt to legalize millions of immigrants with no current path to citizenship or permanent legal status ended the way most such plays do: in failure.
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Deportations of Haitians spark concerns over environmental refugees
The swell of Haitian migrants attempting to come to the U.S. shows the country needs a plan to help environmental refugees, advocates say, while warning that the swift deportation of those camped in Texas is indicative of how climate migrants could be treated in the years to come.
For thousands of refugees displaced by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, this is home now
Thousands of Afghans, including many of Yousafzai’s relatives, tried to flee Afghanistan in the last weeks of August, after the Taliban seized control amid the U.S. withdrawal. Millions more had already left over the past 20 years, their lives long ago upended by the war on terror.
DHS Secretary Says What We’ve All Been Thinking: The Immigration System Is “Completely Broken”
But the man in charge won’t be the one to fix it.
Homeland Security investigates border patrol’s treatment of Haitian immigrants.
Images and video of U.S. Border Patrol agents on horseback grabbing and chasing down Haitian migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border have prompted the Department of Homeland Security to launch an investigation into the matter, the agency said on Twitter.
Texas Gov. Abbott sends miles of cars along border to deter migrants
The Republican said this “steel wall” of vehicles was meant to stop migrants from crossing the dam
Covid Live Updates: Biden Renews Push to Reach the Unvaccinated
President Biden discussed some areas the administration has already pursued, including calling for employers to set up clinics at work and to offer paid time off for workers. Health officials warn that increasingly crowded migrant detention centers in the United States can be fertile ground for outbreaks.
Facing Pressure, Biden Administration Scrambles to Shelter Migrant Children
Originally Published in The New York Times
Zolan Kanno-Youngs…
Biden administration takes new steps to preserve Obama-era DACA immigration program
The Biden administration Monday morning took steps to save the Obama-era DACA program that shields hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants brought to the US as children from deportation.
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Music and Cookouts in a Tent City for Afghans Starting Life in the U.S.
On a military base in New Jersey, 8,500 people who fled their country as it fell to the Taliban await the next step in their journey.
On top of the World Trade Center, a restaurant served as a ‘little UN’: How people still feel its legacy today
At 8:46 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2001, a plane crashed into the North Tower. All 79 people on the 107th floor died, including 72 staff members.
Music and Cookouts in a Tent City for Afghans Starting Life in the U.S.
On a military base in New Jersey, 8,500 people who fled their country as it fell to the Taliban await the next step in their journey.
BIPOC lives really do matter in new census report
Black, Indigenous, People of color (BIPOC) lives really do matter in the new data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Justice Department appoints David Neal as director of the nation’s immigration courts
Attorney General Merrick Garland has announced the appointment of David Neal to lead the Executive Office for Immigration Review, which oversees the nation's immigration courts.
Justice Department appoints David Neal as director of the nation’s immigration courts
Attorney General Merrick Garland has announced the appointment of David Neal to lead the Executive Office for Immigration Review, which oversees the nation's immigration courts.
The pandemic has hit the restaurant business hard. That’s creating an opportunity for some immigrant women in Denver
Most mornings, Silvia Hernandez barely has time to turn on the sign adorning her name at her eatery in Denver, Colorado. As breakfast orders come in, she's working the flattop grill -- flipping French toast, cracking eggs and warming tortillas for the green chile pork burritos that the regulars enjoy.?
Jacquelin S. – My Dream: A Career in Biology
Jacquelin S. - 26, Asheville, NC. Born in Mexico
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Debating the big questions on immigration: What rights do immigrants have – and is the president free to bar them?
Originally published by SALON
Anis Shivani
Big changes are afoot on immigration policy as the right continues to deploy its familiar talking points, feeding into the Trump punitive juggernaut. Unfortunately, the current public discourse - whether around the Muslim ban or the expulsion of criminal aliens - remains mostly free of historical, legal and philosophical nuance.
Texas state troopers arrest thousands of migrants crossing the border. Critics call it unconstitutional.
Ivan Nava and David Muñoz, friends from Guerrero, Mexico, crossed into the USA together in June without permission. They hoped to connect with relatives, find jobs and map out better lives for their families back in Mexico.
‘Blue Bayou’s’ immigrant tale turns from naturalism to melodrama
In “Blue Bayou,” what begins as an affectingly unfussy immigrant story centering on a New Orleans tattoo artist — brought from South Korea to the United States for adoption as a child, but without proper paperwork, and now facing deportation in his 30s, after his citizenship status comes to light — is unable to sustain its nuanced, naturalistic tone.
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INC: Trump Administration separation Policy Went way beyond the border
Trump Administration seperation Policy Went way beyond the border, Biden Extends Temporary Protected Status for Haiti, ICE to End contracts with two facilities under investigation
INC Far fewer children in border patrol custody for much less time
The Department of Homeland Security Secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, testified before a Senate panel last week that the number of migrant children held in custody by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) continues to fall.
INC Number of children in border patrol custody drops 84%
Last week the government reported an 84 percent decline over the the past month in the number of migrant children in Border Patrol custody. We are now at 790 children, down from almost 5,800 in BP custody just a month ago. Not only has the number of children in custody dropped, so has the time that unaccompanied minors are forced to spend in border cells which is down significantly from an average of 1333 hours to 28 hours.
