A group of unaccompanied Central American minors who crossed the Rio Grande River illegally to request asylum wait to be processed by the Border Patrol. – La Joya, TX, USA – May 26, 2021 (...
US Policy Toward Haitian Immigrants is Part of a Long, Troubled History
Haitian migrant families wait in front of the Mexican Commission for Refugee Assistance to request refuge in Mexico. – Mexico City, Mexico – September 23, 2021 (Shutterstock) By Rebekah Wo...
COVID-19 Vaccination Required for Immigration Medical Examinations
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced that, effective Oct. 1, 2021, applicants subject to the immigration medical examination must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 before t...
Cities for Action Leaders call on Biden Administration to Protect Immigrants From 15 Countries Using Temporary Protected Status
Marchers demanding the Biden administration make progress on immigration reform, including Temporary Protected Status for Cameroonians living in the U.S. – Washington, D.C. – May 1, 2021 (...
President Biden is Overseeing a Historic Decline in Legal Immigration
By Immigration Impact The Biden administration predicts that it will fail to issue many of the legal permanent resident visas—also known as green cards—allotted this year for immigrants who have b...
National Battle for Citizenship Path Marches Through New York City
Immigration reform protesters demonstrate outside the White House calling for no further deportations and a means to gain legal residency and a path to citizenship. – Washington, DC – October ...
Senator Chuck Schumer Proposes Decriminalization of Marijuana at the Federal Level
By Victoria Falk Just a few months after New York’s Governor, Andrew Cuomo, signed legislation on March 31, 2021, legalizing recreational marijuana use for adults in New York State, Senator Chuck Sc...
Redesignation Allows Additional Eligible Somalis To Apply for TPS and Employment Authorization Documents
Pending desperate people at the Dadaab refugee camp where thousands of Somalians wait for help because of hunger on August 07, 2011, in Dadaab, Somalia. (Shutterstock) WASHINGTON—The Department of H...
The Dip in the US Birthrate Isn’t a Crisis, but the Fall in Immigration May Be
By Adrian Raftery, The Conversation The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced in May 2021 that the nation’s total fertility rate had reached 1.64 children per woman in 2020, drop...
Many immigrant kids deal with layers of trauma. This teacher’s answer: ‘I love you, and I trust you.’
By Logan Carroll, Sahan Journal Paola’s first parent-teacher conference at Harding High School in St. Paul was a nerve-wracking moment for the freshman. She had recently come to the United States, l...