Tagged: undocumented immigrants
The deadline is looming for tax returns and this year’s tax day has renewed calls for President Donald Trump to make good on his campaign trail promise to release his returns to the public....
California is leading efforts to push back against ramped-up deportation efforts. Earlier this week, the state’s Senate passed a so-called ‘sanctuary state’ bill that would prevent local and state police from using their resources...
Salvadorans deported by the U.S. government warn of a looming humanitarian crisis in Central American countries as the Trump administration plows ahead with hardline policies towards immigrants. The Salvadoran Congress has approved a special...
A man legally in the U.S. under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) remains in immigration detention in Washington state; it’s the first known case of a documented immigrant arrested during nationwide...
Immigration police have arrested at least 600 people in raids in about a dozen states, including in so-called sanctuary cities, during the past week, in what officials call ‘routine enforcement actions.’ The full scope...
In Brooklyn community groups are joining forces to launch a “Hate-Free Zone,” as a part of what they call a “national defense movement against the Trump administration’s policies of xenophobia, racism, and bigotry.” It’s...
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has put its support behind legislation that would provide a legal option for recipients of DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) to remain in the country. Senators Lindsay...
The U.S. Supreme Court is nearing the end of its term, and a number of important cases remain including Whole Women’s Health – a Texas access to abortion case that court watchers say will...
Obama administration officials announced today that they will appeal a federal court ruling that upholds a stay preventing the president’s executive actions on immigration from taking effect. The ruling affects an estimated five million...