By Linda Nwoke Alexa is a bright and imaginative seven-year-old girl living in her creative world. A world that includes her and shuts most people out, characterized by complex social interactions even with her immediate family members. Alexa finds it challenging to make friends and does not understand social cues, like facial expressions and body […]
Through Legal Action, City & State Leaders Could Open Up Tens of Thousands Vacant Apartments to New Yorkers Experiencing Homelessness and Compel Other Municipal Governments Outside of New York City to Contribute Housing and Shelter 80,000 New Yorkers Currently Live in City Shelters, Nearly Two-Thirds of Shelter Populations Are Families with Children Over 41,000 Asylum Seekers Are in […]
BySunita Sohrabji Four out of five Asian Americans feel as though they don’t belong in the U.S., and more than half say they feel unsafe on the streets. STANFORD, California — The Asian American community is one of the oldest in the U.S., yet still are viewed as “foreigners” by many Americans. “Discrimination has always […]
Posted by Suchita Mathur, Immigration Impact A family with a baby, waiting outside in the cold overnight. A pregnant woman, enduring the elements for multiple days. An Afghan who worked for the U.S. Army as a translator, hoping for food and water. Asylum seekers who traveled from as far as Africa and Asia, looking for protection. […]
BY GEORGE JOSEPH AND SAMANTHA MALDONADO Four years ago, Deborah Thomas got a call from an unknown number. The stranger on the line introduced himself as Eddie Doran and informed her that he was a new co-owner or soon to be co-owner of her home — a two-story brownstone just blocks away from the upscale restaurants […]
Over the next 30 years, immigrants will pay more in taxes than they will consume in benefits, a new study from the Cato Institute found. This net positive flow in tax contributions shows that immigrants will continue to play an outsized role in supporting public services like schools and safety net programs such as nutrition assistance programs […]
State governments are leading the way on eliminating a blemish from their communities—immigration detention centers. As some state governments begin their legislative sessions, bills attempting to ban certain immigration detention centers have been introduced in multiple states. Following the lead of states like New Jersey and Illinois, New Mexico and Colorado have bills pending that […]
I am proud to be a citizen of a country which has been in the forefront of not just agitating for better for women but advancing and elevating them. From the formation of the first political party, the Barbados Labour Party, (BLP), to this day, with a particular push as a result of the Tom […]
Black immigrants make up a vital part of America’s rich cultural life. Think of authors Chinua Achebe and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; musicians Miriam Makeba and Wyclef Jean; comedian Trevor Noah; activist Marcus Garvey; NBA hall of famer and philanthropist Dikembe Mutombo—to name but a very few. For generations across the United States, Black immigrants have […]
Nearly 1,000 children separated from their families at the southern border by the Trump administration remain separated to this day, according to a Biden administration fact sheet released on February 2. The fact sheet marks two years since President Biden’s creation of the Interagency Task Force on Reunification of Families and shows that the devastating […]