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First lady Jill Biden visit to LA’s Homeboy Industries shines light on non-profit’s ‘impact’
By Robert Morales | Press-Telegram | SEP. 16, 2022 | Photo by Jae C. Hong Extricating oneself from life as a gang member is not easy. Neither is reintegrating into society after a prison term. That’s why it was a big deal when Homeboy Industries was founded by Father Gregory ... -
Mexico is the United States’ second largest trade partner; bilateral trade has increased in 2022
Mexico is running a surplus in trade with the U.S., but a deficit overall. Mexico Daily News | SEP. 9, 2022 | Photo by Fernando Macias Romo Mexico was the United States’ second largest trade partner in the first seven months of the year with two-way trade worth almost US ... -
Immigrant advocates after W.H. meeting: ‘Next steps’ on policy remain unclear
The group is pushing the Biden administration to prioritize immigration policy before November elections. By Sabrina Rodriguez | POLITICO | JUL. 26, 2022 | Photo by Kevin Dietsch for Getty In a meeting at the White House on Tuesday, a major immigrant advocacy group urged the Biden administration to take ... -
Ending Title 42 won’t cause immigration mayhem — It will restore order
By Stephen Yale-Loehr | The Hill | JUL. 27, 2022 | Photo by Jacquelyn Martin In 2015, a Ghanaian man who goes by the initials M.A. and his gay friend were brutally assaulted by a vigilante group in Accra, Ghana. In Ghana, homosexuality is illegal and carries a prison sentence ... -
Most Billion-Dollar Startups In The U.S. Founded By Immigrants
By Stuart Anderson | Forbes | JUL. 26, 2022 | Photo by Guillermo Rauch courtesy of Vercel Tomas Gorny grew up in Poland under communism. But after moving to the U.S. and taking odd jobs like washing dishes and saving money from small ventures, he cofounded the tech company IPOWER ... -
The clock ticks down on immigration deal that could help rein in food inflation
The Senate could shatter over a decade of stalemate. But they're running out of time. By Garrett Downs | POLITICO | JUL. 25, 2022 | Photo by Emilio Morenatti Hopes that Congress will finally pass a bipartisan fix to the flawed farm labor system are dwindling, despite supporters’ argument that ... -
How immigration reform could lower your grocery bill
Unless farmers can find workers, food prices will continue to rise, experts say. By Kyle Dunphey | Deseret News | JUL. 28, 2022 | Photos by Kristin Murphy Eggs, fruit, bacon, milk — all are more expensive now than they were a year ago, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. ... -
They pour drinks. They clean rooms. Latin American workers wish they had more say at ...
By Cindy Carcamo | Los Angeles Times | JUN. 8, 2022 | Photo credits: Mel Melcon, Al Schaben, Dania Maxwel When Ana Diaz, a Salvadoran immigrant who lives in Van Nuys, found out she would be mixing cocktails for world leaders at the ninth Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, she ... -
Key Democrats and Republicans are reviving immigration reform talks.
Advocates see hope for action before pro-Trump hardliners like Jim Jordan take charge if they win the midterms. By Warren Rojas | Business Insider | MAR. 31, 2022 | Photo by Drew Angerer The fact that Senate leaders on both sides of the aisle are even talking about moving an ... -
Three GOP states sue over end of Title 42
Racist state-legislatures around the country are hoping to continue the Trump-era Health statute that effectively shut down the Southern Border with Mexico. By Rebecca Beitsch | TheHill.com | APR. 4, 2022 | Photo from USAToday Three states on Monday sued the Biden administration over its plans to rescind Title 42, a Trump-era ...
