Joe Biden as Vice President of the United States during a speech-message to the Ukrainian Parliament. Kyiv, Ukraine, December 08, 2015. (Shutterstock) By Stuart Anderson, Forbes Joe Biden is the next president of the United States. Unless Democrats win two runoff elections in Georgia, Biden may not have a Democratic majority in the Senate, making ambitious […]
By Laura Caron and Erwin R. Tiongson, The Conversation Banks and aid agencies have been warning of a pandemic-related plunge in the amount of money sent by migrants to family back home who rely on the income. In a typical year, more than 270 million migrants living and working abroad send these cash transfers, known as remittances, to their home countries. […]
US President Donald Trump speaking in California City, CA, USA. 1 Of November 2020 (Shutterstock) By Dustin Jones, NPR U.S. District Judge Gary Feinerman in Chicago, Ill., rejected a rule Monday implemented by the Trump administration that aimed to deny green cards to immigrants utilizing food stamps and other public benefits. The decision applies nationwide, […]
ICE agents have once again been active in neighborhoods such as Sunset Park, Red Hook, Bay Ridge and Fort Greene in Brooklyn, as well as in upper Manhattan and the Bronx, according to advocates.
By Daniel Parra, City Limits It was about 6:20 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 7, when Andrea’s oldest son woke up to the loud knocking on his window and the shouts of “police open the door!” coming from someone wearing an NYPD jacket and walking down the fire escape. Andrea—her last name has been withheld—was feeding […]
By Robert M. Adelman and Lesley Reid, The Conversation The big idea Undocumented immigration does not increase the violent crime rate in U.S. metropolitan areas. In fact, it may reduce property crime rates. These are the key findings from our recently published article in the Journal of Crime and Justice, co-authored by Yulin Yang, James Bachmeier […]
By American Immigration Council There are more than 23 million female immigrants in the United States today, and they are a formidable presence in U.S. society and the economy. Female immigrants come from every corner of the globe and outnumber male immigrants. They are more likely than male immigrants to come to the United States […]
By Walter Ewing, Immigration Impact The Department of Homeland Security has proposed a rule that would make it much more difficult for U.S. citizens and legal immigrants—especially those experiencing financial hardship—to sponsor family members for green cards. If the rule goes into effect, the process of family-based immigration will become even more cumbersome and restrictive. […]
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Intimate partner violence is especially horrible for immigrants who depend on their spouses for immigration benefits. We call it Green Card Slavery. Thanks to VAWA (the Violence Against Women’s Act) which is gender neutral and was sponsored by then Senator Joe Biden, there is hope through the Spousal Abuse […]
Seattle, WA – U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnik entered a final judgment on behalf of a class of immigrant youth in Washington State who have applied for Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) visas, finding that the federal government’s policies unlawfully impeded their right to the immigration visas and also failed to comply with the statutory timelines created […]
Photo: Corona, Queens residents pick up fresh vegetables from a food bank organized by Assemblywoman Catalina Cruz’s office and World Central Kitchen, Aug. 26, 2020. Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY By Josefa Velasquez, THE CITY Nearly six months after COVID-19’s spread caused a statewide shutdown, life in New York City is showing signs of slowly reverting back […]