REFUGEES & ASYLUM SEEKERS
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By Gustavo Solis | KPBS | MAR 11, 2022 | Video by Matthew Bowler U.S. officials at the San Ysidro border are turning away Ukrainians fleeing from the Russian invasion. Friday morning, Nataliia Poliakova was one of more than a dozen war refugees who was denied access. She fled her ...
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Nearly 10,000 entered the country in January and February. Mexico Daily News | March 1, 2022 | Photo by Channel 1 Los Angeles In light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Mexico will provide refuge to Ukrainians currently in the country, the chief of the National Immigration Institute (INM) said Monday. ...
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[Family Reunification taskforce] created by Biden’s February 2021 executive order is a necessary but sorely insufficient step toward broader remedies that correspond to Trump-era cases of family separation. The administration’s duty to take these steps is being drastically undermined by its current policies. By Camilo Perez-Bustillo | TruthOut | FEB. 7, 2022 | ...
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"Many of the scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project, making the U.S. a nuclear power and ending the Second World War, were refugees..." Opinion by Jack Bernard | Caller Times | FEB. 4, 2022 | Photo credit: Annie Rice-Caller Times “Secretary Mayorkas has failed to faithfully execute Americas laws ...
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Immigration Flashback: A look back at Cardoza Law School professor Peter L. Markowitz's analysis of the power of the Presidential Pardon -- how Obama's missed opportunity lives up to his legacy of cruelty towards Latino immigrants as the Deporter-in-Chief. Opinion by Peter Markowitz | New York Times | July 16, ...
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Immigration is a Racial Justice Issue. By Sirine Shebaya, Nana Gyamfi and Heidi Altman | Human Rights Watch | JUNE 2, 2021 The following is a letter was sent last year to various Black and POC Cabinet officials in the Biden Administration from a cadre of Immigration Reform advocates. The ...
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“Estamos abogando ante el Congreso para que le dé a estas personas un estatus legal; eso requiere un cambio de estatus”, dijo Alejandro Mayorkas, secretario de Seguridad Nacional, en entrevista exclusiva con NBC News. Noticias Telemundo | La Opinion.com | FEB. 2, 2022 | Photo credit: Anna Moneymaker Por primera ...
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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said the Biden administration is pushing Congress to pass legislation that would help the families. By Jacob Soboroff & Teaganne Finn | NBC News | FEB. 1, 2022 | Photo credit: Twitter WASHINGTON — The White House said this week for the first time that ...
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Immigration supporters say that while they welcomed President Joe Biden’s 2020 election, when it comes to immigration policy, his administration, a year into its first term, has left much to be desired. By Rhina Guidos | Catholic Spirit | FEB. 2, 2022 | Photo credit: Go Nakamura-Reuters “There’s no doubt ...