Blog: Immigration - Page 17

In response to the financial effects of COVID-19, Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act at the end of March. This act is a $2 trillion relief package for individuals, families, and businesses of all sizes. The most direct form of relief is the stimulus check, which is up to $1,200 …

For centuries New York city has been the center of the American dream for immigrants coming from around the world. In the mid-20th century this was predominantly western Eurpoeans. Immigrants have found a diverse home in New York, thus contributing to their admiration of the New York way of life, and the American dream. Out …

Since 2016, immigration officers at the southern border have implemented a “metering” policy, in which they accept only a certain number of asylum-seekers per day. They place the rest of the asylum-seekers on a waiting list and send them to border towns in Mexico. The reason for this policy, according to Customs and Border Protection …

A large Phoenix Arizona community of immigrants lined up outside a government social service building to obtain food stamps and medicaid. This comes as the Trump administration puts in to place some of the strictest regulations on immigrants who utilize or may be using such government services. Pastor Antonio Velasquez has been at the forefront …

An undocumented Mexican immigrant who requested to seek a special visa for being a victim of a crime in the United states has been held up by U.S. Attorney General William Barr and the Board of Appeals. Both were berated by federal appeals court for thwarting its efforts in securing a special visa for the …

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that it will reopen some cases for those applying for relief from deportation. This comes after a move to end deferment requests received major backlash from Democcratic lawmakers and concerns of those who are seeking medical treatment in The United States Earlier this month, USCIS sent letters …

To support new policies on deporting illegal migrants back to their countries, the Trump administration plans on shifting over 155 million dollars from the Federal Emergency Management Agencies disaster relief fund. The Department of Homeland Security has informed Congress of its efforts to reappropriate 271 million dollars in total to ICE. The move comes as …

The Department of Homeland Security has blocked individual House Oversight Committee staff members from visiting detention facilities on the Mexico and United States border. Chairman of the House Oversight Committee, Representative Elijah Cummings, sent a letter to the acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Kevin McAleenan, requesting his decision be overturned and allow …

Last Monday, The Trump administration announced a new rule change that would make it harder for immigrants to seek public benefits that included food stamps, housing assistance, and Medicaid if they were applying for a green card or citizenship. The rule change was just another example of the Trump Administration’s efforts to assert their bureaucratic …

Effective next Monday, The Department of Justice, executive office for immigration review will implement a new rule which takes steps aimed at limiting the powers at dismantling immigration courts. “By collapsing the policymaking role with the adjudication role into a single individual, the Director of EOIR, an unconfirmed political appointee, the Immigration Court system has …

Last week’s announcement by the Trump administration on limiting pathways to citizenship for certain immigrants has come to a crossroad with three northeastern states. Letitia James, New York’s attorney general, announced that Connecticut, Vermont, and New York had filed a lawsuit against the federal government and the agencies that would be enforcing the new rule …

Rosita Lopez, a small business owner in Guatemala was threatened by gang members when they demanded payment. When they couldn’t make the payment, her partner was shot. Fearing they may lose their lives, they fled north to the United States. When she arrived at the US-Mexico border with her unborn eight month old and spouse, …