Dallas, TX USA – April 9, 2017: American Flags Waved During Immigration Reform March. (Shutterstock) (Washington)—The Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) is calling on President Biden to use executive action to enact bold policy solutions on immigration. Specifically, the ILRC is demanding action to ensure immigration benefits are more equitable and accessible, and that the […]
New York City, NY USA October 19, 2022. Migrants started arriving at the emergency relief center on Randall’s Island where tents hold up to 500 cots and other facilities for single adult men. (Shutterstock) By Jennie Taer, The Daily Caller Democratic Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is planning to transport illegal immigrants to New York City, […]
El Paso, TX USA January 4, 2023 – Migrants in El Paso, TX waiting in line with a cup in their hand to get soup. (Shutterstock) By Melissa Del Bosque, Documented NY Foreign data sharing agreements expanded during the Trump era are still being used by the Biden Administration to separate families and deny asylum […]
By Khalil Abdullah, Ethnic Media Services A convening in Louisville is part of ongoing efforts by the FTC to track fraud impacting immigrant and minority communities. Immigrants and refugees from across Asia, Africa and Latin America pursuing the American dream in Louisville, Kentucky, are being blindsided by predatory schemes that strip them of financial resources […]
Photo: Senior Vice President of Community Impact, Chief Impact & Strategy Officer, Ms. Amy Sananman By Linda Nwoke There are over 90,000 nonprofit organizations in New York. The majority work to deliver incredible support and impact on varying communities and economies. One organization is working to assist New Yorkers who are low-income earners. The organization […]
San Francisco, CA – August 28, 2021: Protesters demonstrate in a show of support and solidarity with those Afghans who are attempting to escape from the country and the ongoing systematic violence. (Shutterstock) By Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, Immigration Impact Can immigration avoid a cold winter in Congress? That’s the question immigrants and their advocates are asking […]
By Emma Winger, Immigration Impact The Supreme Court will tackle more hot button immigration issues in its 2022 – 2023 term. Front and center is the Biden administration’s effort to set immigration enforcement priorities. But the Court will also consider what a noncitizen must do to get federal court review of immigration court decisions. It […]
By Chinekwu Osakwe, Reuters (Reuters) – A New York lawyer accused of filing more than 1,000 “fraudulent and frivolous” immigration applications was disbarred six years after being acquitted of criminal charges alleging the same behavior, according to a document filed in New York’s First Appellate District Tuesday. Owolabi Salis was accused by New York’s Attorney […]
By Mary Campbell In 2021, the United Nations published the report “Measuring the Shadow Pandemic: Violence Against Women During COVID-19.” It said that since the pandemic, violence against women has increased to unprecedented levels. The American Journal of Emergency Medicine said that domestic violence cases increased by 25 to 33 percent globally. The National Commission […]
By Linda Nwoke, A Journal Exclusive In September 2020, the news broke on a class-action lawsuit filed by former detainees at the Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, Georgia, against several parties, including the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the Center, Dr. Mahendra Amin, and the Irwin County Hospital. The facility, under the […]