By New York Immigration Coalition New York, NY – Today, Congress passed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, a $1.9 trillion stimulus package, which is the latest COVID-19 federal relief bill...
Attorney General James Helps Restore Injunction of Trump Administration’s Public Charge Rule
State Attorney General Letitia James addresses during Governor Andrew Cuomo inauguration for third term at Ellis Island – New York, NY – January 1, 2019 (Shutterstock) NEW YORK – New Yor...
Biden just partially lifted Trump’s pandemic-related restrictions on legal immigration
Protesters rally against President Trump’s travel ban on February 4, 2017 in Washington DC (Shutterstock) By Nicole Narea, VOX President Joe Biden has partially lifted a Trump-era ban that has s...
Lawyers have found the parents of 105 separated migrant children in past month
Families separated by the border between Mexico and the United States meet this morning at the Rio Grande, where they hug for four minutes. – Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, 06-24-2017 (Shutterstock)...
Biden administration tries to transition from campaigning on immigration to managing a dysfunctional immigration system
Joe Biden is an American politician serving as the 46th and current president of the United States. – Washington, DC, USA 2 22 2021 (Shutterstock) By Nick Miroff, Washington Post Central America...
Stranded international college students feel abandoned. They are suing the US government.
By Lindsay Schnell, USA TODAY Gemma Potter hit her breaking point in early February. After six months of being told she couldn’t come to America, the Australian basketball player, a key member of ...
Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to Trump administration’s public charge rule
By Ariane de Vogue and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Washington (CNN) – The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up a case brought by various groups and state and local officials challenging a Trump-...
Healey, feds sue over alleged immigration bond scam
By Sarah Betancourt, Commonwealth Magazine Attorney General Maura Healey and two other state AGs joined the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in its first major watchdog action under the Bi...
Clarke and Homeland Security Chairman Thompson Call Acting Director of ICE to Address Concerns of Targeted Haitian Deportations
US Congresswoman Yvette Diane Clarke speaks during 33rd Brooklyn Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King at BAM Howard Gilman Opera House – New York, NY – January 21, 2019 (Shutterstock) Washington, D.C...
Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CIR): Where Are You?
Immigrant communities eagerly await tangible changes that can improve their lives. We need President Biden to honor his commitments to immigrant and migrant communities. We need sweeping Comprehensive...