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Colorado bill would give free contraceptives to immigrants
Originally Published in The Washington Post Patty Nieberg - May 26, 2021 DENVER — A Colorado bill would provide free contraceptives and reproductive care to people living in the U.S. illegally. The legislation, heard by the House Health and Insurance committee Wednesday, aims to create a reproductive health care program within the state health department ...
Julia Alvarez: What We Believe About Identity
Originally Published in The New York Times Julia Alvarez - May 26, 2021 Unearthing the many layers of a self can take a lifetime. People hold hands during a Black Lives Matter protest in London in June 2020.Credit...Dylan Martinez/Reuters This personal reflection is part of a series called The Big Ideas, in which writers respond ...
‘Five Years North’ Review: Opposite Sides of Immigration
Originally Published in The New York Times Devika Girish - May 27, 2021 This frustratingly sentimental documentary looks at the parallel lives of an undocumented teenager and an ICE agent in New York. Luis is one of the subjects of the documentary “Five Years North.”Credit...Film Forum “Five Years North” follows two New Yorkers whose paths ...
DHS chief expects ‘significant changes’ after ICE review
Originally Published in The Hill John Bowden - May 26, 2021 © Getty Images The head of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says he expects "significant changes" to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after a Biden administration review of the agency is completed in the months ahead. Speaking with The Washington Post, Alejandro Mayorkas ...
Why Hasn’t Joe Biden Shut Down the Worst ICE Detention Facilities?
Originally Published in Slate Laila L. Hlass and Mary Yanik - March 25, 2021 Eli Fernandez, a volunteer for Catholic Charities, speaks to immigrants, most seeking political asylum, who were released from U.S. government detention in McAllen, Texas, on Nov. 3, 2018. John Moore/Getty Images On May 13, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas told ...
The Obscure Public Health Law Trump Wielded Against Migrants Is Still Ruining Lives
Originally Published in Mother Jones Isabela Dias and Andrew R. Calderon - May 26, 2021 In FY 2020, border encounters dropped by half, while rescue rates doubled. Experts point to Title 42. This article was published in partnership with The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the US criminal justice system. Migrants were found lost ...
Biden administration reins in street-level enforcement by ICE as officials try to refocus agency mission
Originally Published in The Washington Post Nick Miroff and Maria Sacchetti - May 25, 2021 Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on May 13. (Mandel Ngan/Reuters) At the detention centers and county jails that the Trump administration once filled with immigrants facing deportation, thousands of beds ...
Trump administration forced deported parents to leave their kids behind, watchdog says
Originally Published in the Los Angeles Times Ben Fox - May 24, 2021 In this March 24 photo, a migrant man, center, holds a child as he looks at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent at an intake area after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in Roma, Texas. (Julio Cortez / Associated Press) WASHINGTON — A government watchdog ...
Supreme Court rules against immigrant who was deported for long ago DUI conviction
Originally Published in the Los Angeles Times David G. Savage - May 24, 2021 The Supreme Court building in Washington. (J. Scott Applewhite / AP) WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court made it harder Monday for an immigant to defend himself against a charge of unlawful entry, even though he was wrongly sent out of the country more than ...
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