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Investigation reveals how government bureaucracy failed to stop family separations
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Atlantic immigration reporter Caitlin Dickerson about her extensive investigation into the Trump administration's family separation policy. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The Trump administration was known for immigration policies that were chaotic and extreme, yet even by that standard, family separation was in its own category. Kids ... -
Biden wants an industrial renaissance. He can’t do it without immigration reform.
Intel’s planned microchip plant outside Columbus, Ohio, is the administration’s poster child for reviving high-tech manufacturing. But failure to allow a small number of foreign-born doctorates to stay in the U.S. could cause the effort to fizzle. By Brendan Bordelon & Eleanor Mueller | POLITICO | JUL. 31, 2022 | ... -
More than a million could die waiting for green cards as U.S. immigration buckles amid ...
By Andrea Castillo | Los Angeles Times | AUG. 4, 2022 | Photo by Karan Singh WASHINGTON — Milap Kashipara spent 16 years waiting for a green card that he hoped would lead to better opportunities for his three children than in India, as well as a chance to reunite ... -
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 ... -
Tech companies urge U.S. to let the kids of visa holders stay past the age ...
Amazon, Google, Salesforce and Uber are urging the Department of Homeland Security to revise its aging out policies for children of high-skilled visa holders. By Lauren Feiner | CNBC | JUN. 7, 2022 A coalition of tech companies including Amazon, Google, Salesforce and Uberare urging the Department of Homeland Security to revise policies for children ... -
Dreamers’ Sense of Belonging Fell 15% in 2021, Finds Boundless Report
A Boundless report looks at how DACA recipients have benefited from the 2012 program, as well as the challenges they still face in 2022. Report by Boundless | MAY 24, 2022 As the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program enters its tenth year, a Boundless report analyzes public data to get ... -
Legal immigration reform is the answer, not Title 42
Opinion by the Seattle Times Editorial Board | MAY 25, 2022 | Art image by Paul Tong The never-ending stream of divisive rhetoric around immigration and the southern border has long hindered comprehensive reform, as both Democrats and Republicans have made political hay out of a broken system. The latest ... -
Rosario Ibarra, Mexico’s champion of the disappeared, dies at 95
The world mourns the loss of a tirelessly brave advocate for human rights. By Maria Verza | LA Times | APR. 18, 2022 | Photo by Marco Ugarte MEXICO CITY — Rosario Ibarra, whose long struggle to learn the fate of her disappeared son helped develop Mexico’s human rights movement and ... -
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 ...
