Esther Yu Hsi Lee
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These 2 journalists used comics to highlight immigration journey in Ohio
"These are people who go to school next to you or work next to you or are in line applying for their driver's license." → Read More
Governor Andrew Cuomo: ‘I’m undocumented’
Actually, he's not. → Read More
Trump administration reportedly changes rule on green cards that could affect thousands
The Trump administration has linked Special Immigrant Juvenile status recipients with the MS-13 gang. → Read More
New lawsuit finds detained immigrants are forced to work for $1 a day
"Under these circumstances, no labor is voluntary – it is forced." → Read More
Federal agent detains immigrant mom who accompanied her son to surgery
"There's no need for a border guard in the room while she's dealing with her kid's problems." → Read More
Refugee crisis threatens to wipe out entire generation in South Sudan
Children make up the majority of South Sudanese refugees fleeing to Uganda. → Read More
Federal agents caught on camera trying to dump injured man on Mexican side of border
"Look at that. And you don't even know if he's Mexican or not." → Read More
Iowa governor signs law banning ‘sanctuary cities’
"We are deeply concerned about the passage of S.F.481 and will strive to defend the constitutional rights of Iowans against unlawful detentions." → Read More
This is why sending the National Guard to the border doesn’t make sense
Why is Trump still doing this? → Read More
‘I just didn’t think that our legislature would hate us this much’: Oklahoma teachers speak out
OWASSO, OKLAHOMA — Since the second grade, Stephani Barger has known she wanted to be a teacher in Oklahoma. Barger said that in her senior year of high school, she got a calling from God who inspired her to become a special education teacher. For the past 19 years, she first worked as a special education paraprofessional, then later as a teacher. Finally three years ago, she got her “dream”… → Read More
‘700 cases a year to earn a satisfactory grade’: Department of Justice sets immigration judge quota
Jeff Sessions wants more deportations. → Read More
Deported Army veteran allowed to become American citizen, return to U.S.
The U.S. government will allow a veteran who was deported to Mexico to come back into the county and become a citizen, according to multiple news sources. Hector Barajas, a former Army paratrooper who honorably served between 1995 and 2001, crossed the southern border as a seven-year-old and eventually settled in the neighborhood of Compton, CA. During his time as a member of the 82nd Airborne… → Read More
EPA reportedly ‘distorted’ meeting notes and workers could be more vulnerable to pesticide exposure
In November 2017, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency met with several groups representing farmworkers to talk about three provisions of the worker protection rules to make farming safer. Organizers walked away feeling like there was some consensus between the groups, even though there was more work to be done on these issues. But when the EPA made their two-day meeting notes public and… → Read More
ICE will end its practice of automatically releasing pregnant immigrant detainees
This reverses a previous policy directive to release pregnant detainees except in "extraordinary circumstances." → Read More
ICE detains 28 undocumented immigrants in what it insists wasn’t immigration raid
Federal agents claim they didn't "raid" a tent rental business in southern Florida. → Read More
On Holy Week, faith leaders wash refugees’ feet to bring attention to resettlement numbers
Ahead of Maundy Thursday, faith leaders held a foot washing service for refugees in front of the White House “to raise the importance of servanthood and hospitality,” according to organizers. During Wednesday’s press conference, faith leaders knelt down on cobble steps in Lafayette Park to participate in a religious ritual on Holy Week, in a symbolic gesture patterning after Jesus Christ’s… → Read More
Trump ends protected immigration status for Liberians, gives them one year to pack up their lives
The program will end on March 31, 2019. → Read More
North Carolina police chief questions controversial federal immigration program
"If you're asking everybody about their national origin, I think it's a different application." → Read More
ICE reportedly used Facebook to track a suspect
Relationship status: It's complicated. → Read More
Army veteran who served two tours in Afghanistan was deported to Mexico
"He was dumped in one of the most dangerous areas of the Mexican border." → Read More