By Kel Smith-Holbourn | Immigration Impact Six years ago, a man came to the U.S./Mexico border with his five-year-old daughter, looking for safety in the United States. At home, a rival political faction had been making death threats against him and his family. That compelled him to take his daughter to the United States to […]
By Pew Research Center The growing number of migrants seeking entry into the United States at its border with Mexico has strained government resources, divided Congress and emerged as a contentious issue in the 2024 presidential campaign. Americans overwhelmingly fault the government for how it has handled the migrant situation. Beyond that, however, there are deep differences – […]
Photos courtesy: NYC DOT Press Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA), NYC Department of Transportation (DOT), and Consulate General of Mexico Unveil ‘Catrina Monumental Atlixquense’ and ‘Las Cinco Catrinas Monumentales’ in Times Square to Kick Off Day of the Dead Festivities New York City, October 28, 2023 – The Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA) […]
By Chris Tobias On Monday, August 8, the Biden administration announced it would wind down the use of a controversial immigration policy known as Remain in Mexico, which denies US entry to migrants seeking asylum while their claims are pending. A federal court removed a final procedural hurdle preventing it from doing so. The court […]
Pedestrians walk through the revolving metal gate from the U.S. to Mexico at the new international border crossing in San Ysidro on November 27, 2013 (Shutterstock) By Liz Peek, The Hill The liberal media has characterized the Supreme Court’s decision allowing President Biden to terminate the “Remain in Mexico” policy as a win for the […]
New York, NY – September 10, 2021: Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks during 911 security briefing at One Police Plaza. (Shutterstock) By ABC News Congress “must pass” new immigration laws, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Sunday while defending the administration’s policies amid renewed scrutiny of the high amount of migration at the southern […]
Matias Romero, Oaxaca/Mexico – Nov. 10, 2018: Salvadorans fleeing poverty and gang violence in the third caravan to the U.S. line up to receive medical aid from volunteer nurses. (Shutterstock) By Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, Immigration Impact Almost a year after the Supreme Court allowed a federal judge in Texas to order the Biden administration to restart […]
Culican, Mexico – Apr 09, 2020: Police checkpoint during lockdown checking people’s body temperature. (Shutterstock) By Rebekah Wolf, Immigration Impact Mexico’s Supreme Court released a decision on May 18 that struck down the policy of stopping and searching individuals to check their immigration status as racist and discriminatory—and therefore unconstitutional. Such searches have been part […]
Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico 03-20-2021 – 80 migrants, mostly Hondurans, live in the Good Samaritan shelter in Ciudad Juárez, they were expelled from the United States under title 42. (Shutterstock) By Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, Immigration Impact Just three days before Title 42 was set to end on May 23, a federal judge in Louisiana blocked the Centers […]
Migrants from Guatemala turn themselves over to a Border Patrol agent after crossing the border wall between the United States and Mexico on May 12, 2021 in Yuma, Arizona. (Shutterstock) By Linda Nwoke, Journal Exclusive As the pandemic unfolded in 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), under former President Donald Trump, issued […]