America needs more workers. Trump’s war on immigration won’t help. By Editorial Board PRESIDENT TRUMP makes no secret of his distaste for immigrants, nor of his support for measures to slash both legal and illegal immigration. Even as his crusade to close borders intensifies, however, American employers in an array of industries — manufacturing, agriculture, trucking, home[…]
An immigration bill you’ve never heard of will solve US’s labor shortage by Richard Burke We are facing a critical shortage of skilled labor in America. According to the Labor Department’s latest jobs report, we’re in the strongest labor market in decades. But that has left the country with a severe shortage of skilled workers. In[…]
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[…]