How Immigration Reform Could Help An Aging, Indebted America Andy J. Semotiuk It’s no secret that the American population is aging. As the Center for Health Design put it in one of their publications, by 2030, more than 1 in 5 U.S. residents will be counted among the older population—the largest proportion on record. Most people[…]
How these moms are helping reunite immigrant families Julie Schwietert Collazo was listening to the radio when she heard about a fellow mother — with three children like she has — who needed help. A woman from Guatemala was being held at the Eloy Detention Center in Arizona, and her attorney said she could rejoin her[…]
Hamilton family hopes special immigration law will allow them to stay together By Michael D. Pitman A Hamilton family is hoping a special immigration law will allow them to stay together in the United States. Juan Carlos Moncada was arrested in 2015 by the Moraine Police Department for operating a vehicle while impaired. That arrest triggered[…]
Immigrant children, parents reunited faster under new court order (Reuters) – When Yolany Padilla was released from immigration custody in Seattle last week, she assumed she would be quickly reunited with her 6-year-old son, who had been taken from her at the U.S.-Mexico border two months earlier. But caseworkers at Cayuga Centers in New York,[…]
Farmers hit hard by Trump’s policies on trade, immigration Even before the specter of a trade war with China and other countries threatened to cost them billions of dollars, American farmers were feeling the squeeze from fluctuating crop prices and other factors that have halved their overall income in recent years. The threat of counter-tariffs[…]
The French World Cup Win and the Glories of Immigration By Adam Gopnik Those of us who have spent a surprising chunk of our lives rooting for—supporting, as they say in Britain—Les Bleus, the French national football team, have to feel a special exultation and delight in seeing them win the World Cup. Whether or not they gave[…]
‘Come legally?’ Trump, here’s what you don’t get By Jill Filipovic “Tell people not to come to our country illegally,” was President Donald Trump’s comment to reporters as he boarded a plane to Europe on Tuesday. “That’s the solution. Don’t come to our country illegally. Come like other people do. Come legally.” What was he[…]
Some immigrant families are being reunited — but their troubles are far from over By Harmeet Kaur (CNN)After a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to reunite the immigrant families it has separated, there’s been a trickle of stories of parents being reunited with their kids. Nearly 3,000 kids were separated from their parents as a result of the White House’s zero[…]
Hundreds Protest on Father’s Day Against a Tent City for Immigrant Children Near Texas Border By LAIGNEE BARRON On Father’s Day, hundreds of protesters descended on a Texas border outpost where a new tent city has been erected to detain immigrant children, according to NPR. The Trump administration announced the new facility would be opening in Tornillo, Texas[…]
Undocumented Texans contribute billions to the economy. Why are we chasing them away? Mitchell Schnurman, Business columnist In Texas, undocumented immigrants are an asset, and a valuable one.That may not be obvious, given that many work off the books in lower-paying jobs and have less education than immigrants who came here legally. Their contributions are[…]