The diversity visa program awards up to 50,000 green cards a year to people from underrepresented countries, largely in Africa. It requires applicants to have completed a high school education or have at least two years ...
Daily Archives: January 31, 2018
Trump Pushes Hardline Immigration Policies Even as He Urges Unity
Aiming to keep conservative supporters happy as he looks to November congressional elections, Trump stood by a set of principles opposed by Democrats, including the border wall with Mexico and new restrictions on how man ...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump on Family Immigration
There is currently no wait for U.S. citizens to bring spouses, children under 21 and parents. But citizens must petition for siblings and adult children, and green-card card holders must do the same for spouses and child ...
After Post-Trump Decline, More Central American Children Arriving At U.S. Border
After a dramatic drop early last year, the number of Central American children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally has been rising sharply since April. Advocates say the increase is being driven by fears of gang v ...
Protect Immigrants From Trump Now, Before It’s Too Late
The target, most likely, would be Trump’s earliest and most popular campaign scapegoat: immigrants. As immigrant communities themselves began to mobilize, others anticipated a looming moral test for those of us who are t ...
Donald Trump’s immigration plan would discriminate against minorities and Muslims
If implemented, the immigration plan pushed during President Donald Trump's State of the Union address would disproportionately bar people of African descent, Hispanics, Muslims and Catholics, according to a recent study ...
ICE Unbound
Donald Trump hasn’t created the massive “deportation force” he promised as a candidate for president. But he has done the next best thing—boosting, bolstering, and unleashing the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agenc ...
Trump’s Immigration Plan Receives a Chilly Reception
On Tuesday evening, in a State of the Union address billed as “optimistic, heartfelt, and bipartisan,” President Donald Trump revealed just how fractured Congress is on the issue that swept him into the White House: immi ...
Joe Kennedy speaks in Spanish as he tells Dreamers: ‘We will fight for you and we will not walk away,’ in State of the Union response
"To all the Dreamers watching tonight, let me be clear: Ustedes son parte de nuestra historia. Vamos a luchar por ustedes y no nos vamos alejar," the Representative from Massachusetts said. ...
‘Dreamers’ turn their backs on Trump’s immigration policy
“When he starts talking, we’re going to turn our backs to the screen,” explained Antonio Alacaron, a DACA recipient and immigration youth organizer at Make the Road New York, a nonprofit that advocates for immigrant righ ...