May is Mental Health Awareness Month. In this article, we highlight aspects of the mental health of immigrants based on a Stress & Trauma Toolkit for Treating Undocumented Immigrants in a Changing...
Supreme Court Rejects Review Over Factual Questions in Immigration Removal Proceedings
By Kate Goettel, Immigration Impact The Supreme Court issued a 5-4 decision on May 16 rejecting federal court review of fact-finding done by immigration courts. The Court’s reasoning could have wide...
The U.S. Immigration Debate
Immigrants and their supporters march to the White House on International Workers’ Day, to call for legal reforms and an end to workplace raids May 1, 2009 in Washington, DC. (Shutterstock) By C...
The Supreme Court Overturning Roe v. Wade Could Have Harmful Ripple Effects for Immigrants
New York City – May 21, 2019: People protesting in support of abortion rights and against a wave of abortion bans in Lower Manhattan. (Shutterstock) By Kate Goettel, Immigration Impact Justice S...
USCIS Lengthens Work Permit Automatic Extension Period to Address Adjudication Delays
By Emma Winger, Immigration Impact U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a temporary rule last week that automatically extends employment authorization for certain noncitizens wai...
Immigrants Will Be Vital in America’s Fastest Growing Jobs Through 2030
By Steven Hubbard, Immigration Impact The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted global supply chains and kept people from going back to work at a time when the demand for goods and labor is high. This has l...
The Border Patrol is Going to Eliminate its Secretive Critical Incident Teams
By Katy Murdza U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) announced in a May 6 memorandum that it would eliminate its Border Patrol Critical Incident Teams (BPCITs). The teams have faced criticism for their...
Less Immigrant Labor in US Contributing to Price Hikes
By Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press Just 10 miles from the Rio Grande, Mike Helle’s farm is so short of immigrant workers that he’s replaced 450 acres of labor-intensive leafy greens with crops...
The Anti-Immigrants Don the Cloak of Trumpism, Again
By America’s Voice In the United States, Trumpism salivates over the prospect of achieving, in the short term, control of Congress, and with its eyes on the White House, in the medium term. This way...
The Immigrants Journal – Vol. 163
The Immigrants Journal – Vol. 163 (Highlights) DHS Mayorkas Message to Migrants: Do Not Come The Biden Administration Needs to Change Course on Green Cards BUSCIS Increases Automatic Extension P...