“There was this gentleness and kindness,” she said, “that radiated from him and filled the room.” ...
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Immigration courts reopen despite rising coronavirus cases
The American Immigration Lawyers Association has urged the agency to postpone the majority of non-detained hearings until the health crisis has subsided. ...
A Japanese war bride who overcame an immigration ban with JFK’s help is lost to covid-19
Originally published by The Washington Post Kimiko Yamaguchi was 20 and cleaning rooms at a British military hotel in Kyoto when her girlfriend said an American serviceman wanted to meet her. It was 1946, a y ...
International Students Denied U.S. Entry Under New Visa Rules-Court Documents
Originally published by The NY Times WASHINGTON — International students have already been denied entry to the United States under new Trump administration rules that bar them from the country if their schools hold all ...
More Than 200 Schools Back Lawsuit Over Foreign Student Rule
The suit from Harvard and MIT argues that ICE issued the policy without offering any justification and without allowing the public to respond. It also says the agency is breaking from its March 13 promise to provide flex ...
Mexican Man With Coronavirus Dies in ICE Custody
An El Salvador man died in May after testing positive for coronavirus at a San Diego, California, ICE facility. A Guatemala man died later that month at a Lumpkin, Georgia, facility. ...
‘They Put Us in Here to Let Us Die’: ICE Prison Sees Outbreak of Coronavirus—and Guard Violence
Over two-thirds of migrants locked up at a private ICE facility tested positive for COVID-19. “You don’t treat humans like this. You don’t treat dogs like this,” one detainee said. ...
Trump Administration Rescinds Rule On Foreign Students
ICE announced the decision as a court hearing was getting underway on a challenge to the rule by Harvard and MIT. ...
Border authorities use pandemic powers to expel immigrants
“To me that’s less a pure question of law and more a question of what country we want to be,” she said. “The cruelty is staggering.” ...
For refugees, pandemic adds to the hardship of a new life
He said, pandemic or not, he’s determined to make his family’s new life work. “We cannot split our heart between Afghanistan and America,” he said. “We are American now. We are tough people. We can survive here.” ...
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