New York City, NY USA October 19, 2022. Migrants started arriving at the emergency relief center on Randall’s Island where tents hold up to 500 cots and other facilities for single adult men. (S...
Cap Reached for Additional Returning Worker H-2B Visas for the Early Second Half of FY 2023
By uscis.gov U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has received enough petitions to reach the cap for the additional 16,500 H-2B visas made available for returning workers for the early second hal...
Three Years of Title 42
Members of Rise and Resist movement rally at Grand Central Terminal in New York against Title 42 used to deprive asylum seekers of their rights on March 9, 2023 (Shutterstock) By Alex Miller, Immigrat...
US and Canada Expand Safe Third Country Agreement in Another Move to Limit Asylum
TORONTO – NOVEMBER 22: People with signs which has a Canadian Flag welcoming refugees from Syria during a solidarity rally to welcome Syrian refugees to Canada on November 22, 2015 in Toronto, C...
Where the ‘Migrant Protection Protocols’ Stand, Four Years After Going Into Effect
Mission, TX, USA – Feb. 16, 2023: A Border Patrol agent speaks to the suspected coyote who led a group of 15 Central Americans and Mexicans across the Rio Grande River illegally to enter the U.S...
Dispelling the Myth: How Undocumented Immigrants Pay Taxes and Contribute to the US Tax Base
By Steven Hubbard, Immigration Impact As Tax Day approaches, it is important to acknowledge the tax contributions made by immigrants—even those who are undocumented. These contributions play a vital...
Immigration Agencies Violate FOIA, Harming Immigrants and Government Transparency Alike
By Emily Creighton, Immigration Impact Immigration agencies have a problem with transparency. With an immigration system as complex as ours and Freedom of Information Act offices that are chronically ...
Extension and Redesignation of Somalia for TPS
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – SEPT 2: Unidentified Somalian school children in class at Somalia refugee kid at school funded by UNHCR on September 2, 2010, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Shutterstock) By u...
States Lead the Way in Banning Immigration Detention Centers
San Diego, CA / USA – November 3, 2019: Sign for privately owned Core Civic Detention Center in Otay Mesa, where San Diego County’s illegal immigrants are held as they go through the legal...
The Immigrants Journal – Vol. 186
The Immigrants Journal – Vol. 186 (Highlights) Three Years of Title 42 Troubled ASA College Closed But Left Students Out In The Cold Vulnerable Workers Need An Unemployment Safety Net ...