By Documented NY The new year brings some promising news for tenants economically slammed by the pandemic in New York: another shot for an extended rent relief for tens of thousands. How Did It Happen...
A New ICE Policy As Trump Is About To Leave Office Could Make It Harder For Immigrant Children To Get Asylum
A young Central American boy migrant who, with his family, is seeking asylum from poverty and gang violence, waits to board a bus to his Immigration hearing sponsor. – McAllen, Tx/U.S. – A...
Miami immigration court ruling could mean green cards for large number of Cubans
Elderly Cuban men play dominoes at Gomez Park, on Calle Ocho (8th Street), the heart of Little Havana. (Shutterstock) By Monique O. Madan, Miami Herald In a surprising court decision this week, a Miam...
‘I can’t believe this is happening to our country’: Minnesota immigrants watch with alarm as Trump insurrectionists attack U.S. Capitol.
Trump supporters rioting at the US Capitol. – January 6, 2021 (Shutterstock) By Hibah Ansari and Joey Peters, Sahan Journal Urged by outgoing president Donald Trump, a mob of insurrectionists st...
Lawsuit alleges financial exploitation of immigrant teachers
By AP News SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s attorney general is accusing a company that recruits immigrant teachers from the Philippines to work at public schools of charging exorbitant fees and...
USCIS and ICE Must Give People Access to Their Immigration Files After Losing Lawsuit
By Emily Creighton, Immigration Impact People who need access to their government immigration records scored a huge victory in the Nightingale et al. v. USCIS case on December 17. A judge ruled that...
District Court Orders Immigration Agencies to Produce Immigration Case Files in First of Its Kind Class Action
Entrance to the courthouse for the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit located in James R. Browning U.S. Court of Appeals Building – San Francisco, California, USA – July ...
Your COVID-19 Vaccine Was Likely Made by an Immigrant
Covid vaccine jointly developed by Pfizer and BioNTech was found to be effective in preventing 90 percent of Covid-19 Coronavirus infections. (Shutterstock) By Walter Ewing, Immigration Impact The dev...
A Dangerous Mix: The Holidays & Domestic Violence
By Janet Howard Domestic abuse always seems to increase during the holiday season, the week of Thanksgiving through New Year’s Day, as families and couples spend more time together at home. Coupled ...
Congressional Democrats Announce One of the Most Progressive Immigration Reform Plans in History
By Walter Ewing, Immigration Impact Progressive Democrats in the House of Representatives are gearing up to demand a comprehensive overhaul of the U.S. immigration system when the Biden administration...