In Alabama, a Liberian Teacher Awaits Her Fate as Deadline Looms for Little-Known Immigration Program Tina Vasquez In the nine years that Nancy Harris has taught pre-school at a predominantly white Methodist church in Birmingham, Alabama, she has jumpstarted the literacy of hundreds of children. The parents and larger church community have come to love[…]
Jorge Ramos: People are not illegal Jorge Ramos “Illegals.” That’s what they call them. As Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel once said, “No human being is illegal.” A person may commit an illegal act, but nobody can be illegal in and of himself. This term has become so widespread in the[…]
National City mother in viral arrest video released from immigration detention Kate Morrissey A National City woman whose arrest by Border Patrol in front of her three daughters became a viral video was released from custody Tuesday night by an immigration judge while her case is processed. Border Patrol agents, including two in plainclothes, arrested[…]
Legal immigration has soared as illegal entries have dwindled David J. Bier, Contributor Here’s the paradox of immigration in America right now: The economy is roaring, and wages are rising, yet 2017 was another year of virtually no illegal border crossings. On average, each Border Patrol agent apprehended just 16 people all year — one every three[…]
Video of woman being pulled away from her daughters in immigration arrest sparks anger By ALENE TCHEKMEDYIAN Perla Morales-Luna clung to a young woman’s arm as Border Patrol agents tugged her away. The agents, one dressed in uniform, pulled her until she released her grip and shoved her into a U.S. Customs and Border Protection van[…]
‘I was blindsided’: How a routine immigration interview turned into an arrest By Maria Cramer At first, the conversation with the two immigration officials was friendly. They said they believed her marriage to an American citizen was genuine, Lilian Calderon Jimenez recalled. Her application to become a permanent resident was cleared to move forward. They even[…]
Searching for the white landlady who saved my immigrant family, I found America Shaheen Pasha Exhausted, my mother sat on the stoop of one of the four-story brick buildings that dotted our old neighborhood of Borough Park, Brooklyn. It was cold, but she was too tired to care. She had dropped my siblings and me[…]
With no permanent immigration fix by DACA deadline, Dreamers amp political mobilization by Nicole Acevedo Disappointed over the lack of action by the White House and Congress over the long-term fate of DACA and immigration reform, Dreamers are focusing their energies on this year’s elections and mobilizing through political action. In September, President Donald Trump marked[…]
Dallas leaders release study that says immigrants have a lot of economic punch Dianne Solis, Senior writer City leaders and a coalition of business and political leaders released a study Wednesday that says immigrants in Dallas had $5.4 billion in spending power in 2016. That represents about 22 percent of the city population’s entire $24.1 billion in spending[…]
US immigration kept asylum seeker and daughter apart for months, suit says Amanda Holpuchin New York US immigration authorities have kept a Congolese woman seeking asylum separated from her seven-year-old daughter for four months, according to a lawsuit filed on Monday. Lawyers said authorities had not explained why the two were separated and claimed the move[…]