Illinois, District 10
Immigrant Families Keep a Small Town’s Church — and its Manufacturing Base — Alive
For 20 years, leaders of the predominantly white Trinity United Methodist Church in Dalton, Georgia, had had little luck attracting congregants from the town’s growing immigrant community. Today, that’s changing. A few Hispanic families have now helped the church earn a significant level of trust among the Latino community, says… Read More
Immigration Restrictions Injure the U.S. Manufacturing Base, Says the Owner of MacLean-Fogg Manufacturing
American manufacturing is extremely competitive — but the country’s immigration policies are making it harder for U.S. firms to compete in the global marketplace, says Barry MacLean, chairman and CEO of MacLean-Fogg. MacLean should know, his Mundelein-based manufacturing company operates 30 manufacturing facilities across the United States, employs 4,500 people… Read More
Starting a Promising Firm Didn’t Insulate this Iranian Scientist from Visa Worries
In 2004, Mehdi Yazdanpanah triggered a chemical reaction in a University of Louisville lab that, to his surprise, created tiny, metallic points. Intrigued, he devised a way to form individual needles – microscopic in size, yet conductive and strong, a unique combination that could advance cancer and other microscopic research. Read More
Her Dream is Public Service, But it Hangs on Her Immigration Status
At the closing ceremony for the 2015 summer class of interns at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI), 21-year-old Daniela Martinez delivered the farewell address. During her speech, the young leader addressed an audience that included Representatives Linda T. Sánchez, Henry Cuellar, Jim Costa, Ruben Gallego, Raúl Grijalva, Ben Ray… Read More
This Illinois Resident Learned the True Meaning of Community From His Town’s Diverse Immigrant Population
Lincoln Lounsbury didn’t grow up with a deep understanding of community, but as an adult, his experience living and socializing with immigrants has shown him how important community can be. His wife comes from a line of Irish Catholic and Czech Catholic immigrants. “It was so interesting to me when… Read More
Evangelical Campus Minister Sees How Immigration Policy Holds Students Back
After two planes flew into the twin towers in New York City, Kathy Khang received a telephone call from her father. He wanted Khang to take the plunge and apply for U.S. citizenship. Khang’s parents had emigrated from South Korea in 1971, when Khang was just a baby. Her parents… Read More
Matter of Yauri – Board of Immigration Appeals
Following DHS's adoption of an interim regulation that gave USCIS jurisdiction over the adjustment application of an "arriving alien" in removal proceedings, the Council filed amicus briefs with the BIA and Federal Courts challenging the BIA's general refusal to reopen removal proceedings so that an "arriving alien" with an unexecuted final order could adjust with USCIS. The BIA rejected our arguments in Matter of Yauri, 25 I&N Dec. 103 (BIA 2009). Meanwhile, however, USCIS made clear that it retained jurisdiction over these cases despite the final order. Read More
DACA Recipient Teaches So He Can Give Back to the Community That Welcomed Him
When Julian Cortes was eight years old, his father began receiving death threats from corrupt individuals who worked in his company. Fearing for their safety, the family moved from their native Colombia to Redmond, Washington. “We came on tourist visas and when those expired, we were undocumented,” Cortes… Read More
Hieleras (Iceboxes) in the Rio Grande Valley Sector
These accounts reveal the dehumanizing conditions to which these women were subjected while in Border Patrol custody. Read More
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