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The cost of attending college as a DACA student
By Heidi Rivera | Yahoo! Finance | AUG. 29, 2023 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, commonly known as DACA, is a policy that protects eligible immigrants who came to the U.S. as children from deportation. Because they’re neither U.S. citizens nor permanent residents, DACA students often face many hurdles when ... -
How does immigration benefit rural communities? One study cites Sioux County as example
By F. Amanda Tugade | Des Moines Register | AUG. 22, 2023 | A rural county in Iowa is at the center of a study analyzing the impact of immigrants on communities that have long seen their populations decline. Sioux County — one of the state's largest corn producers and ... -
Texas sent more asylum seekers to L.A. even as Hilary raged, immigrant rights group says
By Christian Martinez | Los Angeles Times | AUG. 21, 2023 | Photo by Irfan Khan As Los Angeles was under an unprecedented tropical storm warning and officials were urging residents not to travel, Texas dispatched its latest bus of migrants to the city. The bus — the ninth sent ... -
At Texas Border, Some Support for Abbott’s Crackdown Is Waning
Gov. Greg Abbott’s intensive campaign to turn back migrants was initially welcomed on the border. But in Eagle Pass, the effort’s main focal point, residents are having second thoughts. By Edgar Sandoval | The New York Times | AUG. 22, 2023 | Photo by Jordan Vonderhaar When Gov. Greg Abbott ... -
Visa Refusals And Immigration Policies Lead To Fewer Students
By Stuart Anderson | Forbes | AUG. 9, 2023 | Photo by Alex Wong Consular officers denying visas and uncompetitive immigration policies have contributed to a drop in international students attending U.S. universities. Analysts say the decline harms U.S. economic efforts to attract talent and weakens America’s soft power focused ... -
Inside Trump's new plan to limit immigration
By Stef W. Kight | AXIOS | AUG. 21, 2023 | Illustration by Sarah Grillo Former President Trump wants unprecedented restrictions on immigration and the border if he's elected in 2024 — such as screening prospective immigrants for "Marxist" ideologies and a naval blockade to target drug smugglers, Axios has learned. Why it matters: As ... -
Migrants take the U.S. to court over its glitchy asylum app
The Biden administration’s glitchy new app is failing asylum seekers. Now, migrant’s rights groups are fighting back. By Erica Hellerstein | CODA | AUG. 9, 2023 It has been more than half a century since U.S. immigration laws were written to enshrine the right to apply for asylum at any ... -
Texas was warned about anti-migrant border buoys months before DOJ stepped in
Barrier installation continued despite U.S.-Mexico river agency’s demands for federal OK and proof that flooding wouldn’t get worse. By Aaron Torres & Todd J. Gillman | The Dallas Morning News | AUG. 8, 2023 | Photo by Eric Gay AUSTIN — Newly uncovered records show Texas officials ignored warnings that ... -
Fact Check-Illinois bill only allows certain non-citizens to become police officers
By Reuters Fact Check | Reuters | AUG. 4, 2023 | Photo by Charles Rex Arbogast Illinois House Bill 3751 only allows non-citizens who are eligible to work in the U.S. and are authorized to possess firearms under federal law to become police officers. Contrary to confusion on social media, ... -
Illinois will allow some non-citizens to be police. But only those authorized to work and ...
By Philip Marcelo | Associated Press | AUG. 4, 2023 | Photo by Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere CLAIM: A new law in Illinois allows any immigrant living in the country illegally to become a police officer. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The law allows certain non-citizens to apply for police officer jobs. But they must ...