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...
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 Biden Administration Needs to Change Course on Green Cards Before It’s Too Late
Brussels, Belgium. 24th March 2022. NATO Extraordinary Summit. Brussels, Belgium (Shutterstock) By Walter Ewing, Immigration Impact The Biden administration failed to issue many of the immigrant visas...
The US Response to Ukraine Shows we Have the Capacity for Humanitarian Relief
By Rebekah Wolf, Immigration Impact At the beginning of March 2022, as millions of Ukrainians were being displaced by Russian invasion, the U.S. government announced a series of policy changes to assi...
Moving Past Politics: How States are Leading on Immigrant and Refugee Inclusion
02-03-2022 Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico – A group of migrants from South America crossed the Rio Bravo border between Mexico and the United States to request asylum. (Shutterstock) By Rich Andre, Immi...
Biden Released His Budget for 2023 – What Does it Mean for Immigration Issues?
By Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, Immigration Impact Every year, the president submits a budget request to Congress with their proposal for funding the federal government. Over the last 20 years, Congress ha...