A Phoenix activist was supporting one cause, and caught up in the unresolved fight of another. ...
Tag Archives: Undocumented
Introducing: ‘Asian Enough’
From the Los Angeles Times, “Asian Enough” is a podcast about being Asian American — the joys, the complications and everything else in between. In each episode, hosts Jen Yamato and Frank Shyong of The Times invite cele ...
Trump Allies Try to Slash COVID Benefits for the Undocumented
“We shouldn’t be spending hard-earned taxpayer dollars on illegal immigrants at a time when 35 million Americans are out of work,” said Sen. Tom Cotton in a release about his bill. ...
California’s coronavirus relief program for unemployed immigrant workers gets off to a rocky start
He noted that “despite the initial technical challenges,” more than 15,000 applications have been opened statewide by late Thursday. ...
The House’s latest coronavirus relief bill gives stimulus payments to unauthorized immigrants
House Republicans tried and failed to strike a provision that would give stimulus payments to immigrants. ...
The undocumented restaurant workers who fed us are being forgotten. This is their struggle
“The first thing they ask you is for a Social Security number,” he said. “So what do you do when the one you have isn’t yours? Or you had to go down to MacArthur Park to buy it, because it was the only way you could get ...
California high court won’t stop transfer of inmates to ICE during coronavirus crisis
“I fear that today’s order will unnecessarily delay resolution of the issues with potentially dire consequences for inmates, correctional staff, the health care system and our state as a whole,” he wrote. ...
A Former Farmworker on American Hypocrisy
In the pandemic, “illegal” workers are now deemed “essential” by the federal government. ...
US citizen spouses and children of unauthorized immigrants were shut out of stimulus relief. Now they’re suing.
They’re claiming they’re facing unconstitutional discrimination. ...
‘We Don’t Know How It Will End’: Hunger Stalks Amid Virus
Originally publishe by The New York Times WASHINGTON — When all this started — when the coronavirus began stalking humanity like an animal hunting prey, when she and her husband lost their restaurant jobs overnight as ...