President of the United States Joe Biden delivers his inaugural address during the 59th Presidential Inauguration. – Washington, DC – January 20, 2021 (Shutterstock) By Peter Boogaard, USA Today Do you have to be cruel to secure the southern border? This is an undercurrent in the debate about increased migration, and it came to the […]
Families separated by the border between Mexico and the United States meet this morning at the Rio Grande, where they hug for four minutes. – Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, 06-24-2017 (Shutterstock) By Robert McKee Irwin, The Conversation Hundreds of thousands of immigrant families have been separated by deportation from the United States, in many cases with […]
By Reema Amin, Chalkbeat, THE CITY New York is cancelling most spring and summer high school Regents exams. State education officials approved the move on Monday along with removing the high school exit tests from this year’s graduation requirements, citing the myriad challenges students have faced during the pandemic. Only Regents exams in Algebra I, […]
By David L. Di Maria, The Conversation Over the past four years, the Trump administration made it increasingly difficult for students from other countries to study in the United States. In 2017, the number of new international students enrolled at American colleges and universities – that is, those just coming to the U.S. for the […]
AG James Leads Coalition of 16 AGs in Filing Amicus Brief Supporting Biden-Harris Administration Plan to Pause Deportations
New York Attorney General Letitia James at the “Walk In Solidarity With Survivors” to end gun violence – Brooklyn, New York / United States – June 8, 2019 (Shutterstock) NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today led a coalition of 16 attorneys general from around the nation in fighting alongside President Joseph Biden […]
President Biden recently sent a new immigration bill to Congress. What does that mean for you if you’re a non-citizen in the United States? Right now, the truthful answer is likely nothing — at least not yet. Ask the Lawyer breakdowns the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 and shares the FTC warning about scammers. Get […]
Members of Haitian women for Haitian refugees organization rally for the restoration of TPS and permanent status for refugees from Haiti on Ocean Avenue. – New York, NY – November 8, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Jamaica Observer NEW YORK, United States (CMC) — Two immigration advocacy groups in the United States are calling on newly-elected President […]
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks during Martin Luther King celebration at NAN headquarters. – New York, NY – January 18, 2021 (Shutterstock) “We need wartime mass production here in America” NEW YORK—Mayor Bill de Blasio today released the following statement calling for the United States of America to compel Pfizer and Moderna […]
Media cover a bittersweet reunion through the US-Mexico fence between DACA recipients and parents who’ve been deported. – Nogales, Ariz. / US – June 11, 2013 (Shutterstock) By Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, Immigrant Impact In a blow to the Biden administration, a federal judge in Texas has ordered the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) not to enforce its moratorium […]