There are 12 foreign-born members, of which only one is Republican. Democrats account for 39 of the 53 members of Congress with at least one immigrant parent. First- or second-generation immigrants represent 23 states, w ...
Daily Archives: September 4, 2018
Immigrants turning down infant formula, food aid out of fear of Trump policies: report
The news outlet reported that documented and undocumented immigrants have called local health providers asking to be taken off of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), a feder ...
Former spokesman for immigration enforcement group alleges racial discrimination
One of its public faces was Joe Gomez, a Mexican American and African American who served as its press secretary from November to July. ...
Dems demand plan for reunifying 500 children still separated from families
The administration has failed to implement an adequate reunification plan, according to a letter signed by Minority Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and 19 members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC). ...
Renegade administration ignores Supreme Court’s deportation order
The Trump administration continues to deport people in violation of a July Supreme Court ruling that some legal scholars said should have stopped almost all of the thousands of current deportation proceedings. ...
Photographs That Humanize the Immigration Debate
Ten years ago, John Moore returned to the United States after almost two decades covering conflict abroad. Having lived in Nicaragua, India, South Africa, Egypt and Pakistan, he had come home with “fresh eyes” that allow ...
Tennessee Jail Refuses ICE Request on Detaining Immigrants
But the Commercial Appeal reports that the Shelby County Sheriff's Office is still cooperating in other ways with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ...
My Children Were Denied Passports Because They Were Delivered by a Midwife
In February of 2012, I stood pregnant outside our Arizona farmhouse, staring at a wide desert sky pinpricked with stars. The baby had dropped and my belly was as hard as a stone. Near midnight, I labored inside the house ...
In Georgia, some immigrant families face separation
The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that in Georgia when a parent is deported or detained, their children may be placed in foster care if there’s no other relative to take care of them. ...
Inside The Desperate Search For 343 Parents Deported Without Their Kids
They have a government-provided list of 343 names. But for a group of lawyers and immigration advocates, tracking down the parents who were separated from their children at the border under the Trump administration’s zer ...
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