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After Almost 20 Years, Honduran Temporary Protected Status Holders Lose Permission to Stay
Nearly 60,000 Hondurans learned today that they will no longer be able to remain in the United States with Temporary Protected Status (TPS), placing them at risk of deportation when termination takes effect in 18 months. Having lawfully resided in the United States for many years, Honduran TPS holders now face the impossible choice of […]
Read MoreGovernment’s Detention of Pregnant Women Questioned by Immigration Groups
The government continues the appalling practice of detaining pregnant women, most of whom are seeking safety and protection in the United States. Following an official policy change by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), immigrant rights organizations filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request this week demanding the agency release critical information about its use […]
Read MoreAdvocates File FOIA Request for ICE Documents on Detention of Pregnant Women
Through this request, the organizations seek more information regarding the treatment of pregnant individuals held in Immigration and Custom Enforcement custody and any system used to track and monitor pregnant detainees.
Read MoreDetention of Pregnant Women FOIA Request
The requests ask for policies, guidelines, or procedures followed or used by immigration enforcement regarding the treatment of pregnant individuals in custody and any system used to track and monitor pregnant detainees.
Read MoreImmigrants Are Founding a Quarter of New Businesses in the United States
National Small Business Week, which runs from April 29 to May 5, highlights the hard work of the United States’ business owners, entrepreneurs, and innovators. America’s small businesses—nearly 30 million in total—employ almost half of all U.S. workers. In order to fully celebrate the contributions of businesses both large and small, we must also recognize […]
Read MoreSouth Dakota Needs Doctors. Dreamers Like Her Could Help
Gladys Diaz Almendarez is studying to be a doctor. After working for three years at a child daycare, she fell in love with babies and decided to become an obstetrician-gynecologist. The 22-year-old has traveled a difficult path. First came her journey though the desert from Mexico to Arizona when she was 10 years old, when […]
Read MoreThe Government Is Filing Charges Against More Migrants Than Ever Before
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it filed criminal charges on Tuesday to prosecute some migrants who recently crossed the border and were reportedly once a part of the caravan. The vast majority of the migrants from the caravan are asylum seekers fleeing persecution, grave violence, and the risk of death. Unfortunately, these attempts to […]
Read MoreTalk Business and Politics: New study highlights economic benefit of central Arkansas’ immigrant population
A study published Tuesday (May 1) by the Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce, the City of Little Rock and a Washington, D.C.-business coalition reports that foreign-born residents contributed $2 billion annual in gross domestic product to the central Arkansas economy in 2016. The study’s release coincided with federal judge’s ruling in the nation’s capital […]
Read MoreArkansas Online: Report details immigrants’ effect on economy of central Arkansas
Immigrants living in central Arkansas paid more than $240 million in local, state and federal taxes in 2016, according to a report published Tuesday that details the economic effect of foreign-born residents. Roughly 29,000 immigrants — more than one-third from Mexico — lived in the six-county metropolitan area that year, making up 4 percent of […]
Read MoreProsecuting People for Coming to the United States
Over the last two decades, the federal government increasingly has utilized the criminal courts to punish people for immigration violations. This overview provides basic information about entry-related offenses, including the significant costs incurred by the government conducting these prosecutions, the individuals who are subjected to them, and how the government’s rationale for carrying them out is not supported by the data.
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