Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio appears at the Childhelp Drive the Dream Gala on January 15, 2011 in Scottsdale, Arizona. (Shutterstock) By AP News The costs to taxpayers from a racial profiling la...
New H-1B Rule Favoring High-Wage Workers ‘Kneecaps’ Nonprofits – Lawsuit
By Daniel Wiessner, Reuters A coalition of trade groups and nonprofits have filed a challenge to a Trump-era U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services rule that would replace the decades-old random lo...
Lawsuit Challenges new law Closing Immigrant Detention Center in Tacoma
By Nina Shapiro, Seattle Times The GEO Group, a huge private prison corporation, is suing the state, claiming a new law mandating the closure of the immigrant detention center it runs in Tacoma would ...
Ready Your Documents: What to Know to Apply for New York Rent Relief
Last Stand March for Relief protest at Foley Square. – New York, NY – USA – March 31st, 2021 (Shutterstock) By David Brand, City Limits Coming soon: a New York state rent relief prog...
Another Trump Barrier Broken as DHS Withdraws Two Proposed Rules for Limiting Access to Legal Immigration
Former-President Donald J. Trump delivers remarks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Fla. – Orlando, FL\USA- Feb 28, 2021 (Shutterstock) By Leslie Dellon, Immigration Im...
The Census Shows the US Needs to Increase Immigration — by a lot
Thirteen immigrants officially become new U.S. citizens in a special naturalization ceremony on Flag Day at the historic Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia. – Philadelphia, PA / USA – June 1...
A Year Later, Here’s How NYC’s Immigrant Emergency Relief Funds Were Spent
Participants of hunger strike, advocates and local politicians attend excluded workers rally on 3rd avenue in front of Governor office. – New York, NY – April, 4, 2021 (Shutterstock) By Da...
In Vermont, a new Model Emerges to Improve Migrant Farmworker Housing
By David Thill, Energy News A migrant worker rights group, a worker-owned construction cooperative, and an efficiency utility are collaborating on new housing designs and financing to improve farmwork...
Biden-Harris Administration Making Strides; Yet Much More Needed on Immigration Reform
Marchers demanding the Biden administration make progress on immigration reform, head to a rally near the US Capitol. March began at Black Lives Matter Plaza. – Washington, DC – May 1, 202...
AAFE, a Nonprofit and One of Chinatown’s Largest Landlords, Has a Troubling Record
By Sarah Ngu, Documented NY Jiang Qi Yao loved to dance. On weeknights, he took ballroom dancing classes with his wife at the local Chinatown senior center. They lived for two decades at a rent-stabil...