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...
Farmworker Organizing in Washington is Undoing Discriminatory Labor Policies
By Carl Segerstorm, High Country News Last year, when the COVID-19 pandemic kept most people home and emptied supermarket shelves, U.S. farmworkers stayed on the job. Unable to work from home, they su...
In Brooklyn, Incumbent Council Member Looks to Hold Off Veteran Challenger and Win First Full Term
Council Member Farah Louis (Photo: City Council) By Amanda Salazar, Gotham Gazzette New York City Council Member Farah Louis is among the 18 members of the 51-seat Council eligible for and seeking ree...
Crowded Field in Bronx Race to Fill Ruben Díaz Sr’s Council Seat
Ruben Diaz Sr. and Ruben Diaz Jr. pose before Ruben Diaz Sr. receives COVID-19 vaccine at Doctor Medical Urgent Care. – New York, NY – February 23, 2021 (Shutterstock) By Daniel Parra, Cit...