By Linda Nwoke Drug convictions can have life-altering consequences for any individual, but the results can be even more severe for immigrants. Many immigrants are unaware that a drug conviction can a...
Biden Administration Must Take Executive Action on Immigration
Dallas, TX USA – April 9, 2017: American Flags Waved During Immigration Reform March. (Shutterstock) (Washington)—The Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) is calling on President Biden to use ex...
A Preview of the 2023 Supreme Court and Immigration
By David Leopold, America’s Voice Washington, DC: The following is an assessment previewing the Supreme Court and 2023: Today, [January 9] the United States Supreme Court will hold its first argumen...
Time is Running Out for Congress to Act on Immigration This Year
New Delhi, India-Aug 24 2021: Afghan woman crying during Protest outside at UNHCR, afghan family protesting and demanding to be given refugee status in India. (Shutterstock) By Aaron Reichlin-Melnick,...
How Did a State Known for Its War on Immigrants Approve In-State Tuition for Undocumented Students?
Tempe, Arizona – August 4 2019: Arizona State University (Shutterstock) By Isabela Dias, Mother Jones Jose Patiño remembers how his mother cried when the acceptance letter from Arizona State ...
Investigation Confirms Immigrant Women Held by ICE Underwent Illegal Medical Procedures at Georgia Facility
By Linda Nwoke, A Journal Exclusive In September 2020, the news broke on a class-action lawsuit filed by former detainees at the Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, Georgia, against several parti...
Are You in an Abusive Relationship? You Can Get a Green Card Through VAWA
By Mary Campbell In 2021, the United Nations published the report “Measuring the Shadow Pandemic: Violence Against Women During COVID-19.” It said that since the pandemic, violence against women h...
The Supreme Court Takes on Enforcement Priorities and Other Immigration Questions in its 2022 – 2023 Term
By Emma Winger, Immigration Impact The Supreme Court will tackle more hot button immigration issues in its 2022 – 2023 term. Front and center is the Biden administration’s effort to set immigratio...
Congress Proposes the Case Backlog and Transparency Act to Tackle USCIS Backlogs
Washington, D.C., United States – June 14, 2018: Official American government website of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services or USCIS. (Shutterstock) By Raul Pinto The backlog of pendi...
Immigrants and Domestic Violence: What You Need to Know
By Journal Staff Writer October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. And, immigrants are particularly vulnerable because many may not speak English, are often separated from family and friends, and m...