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Business Owner: Immigrants Boost the Economy, Revitalize Alabama Town
Robert Hester has owned Hester Printing & Graphics, Inc. in Russellville since 1976. For much of that time, he’s relied on Hispanic immigrants and first-generation customers. “Their business has really helped me,” says Hester. “The invitations for quinceañeras and weddings and things like that are really big. Other people here in Russellville had never dealt […]
Read MoreNBC News: “Report: Want the Job? Be Able to Say So in More than One Language.”
Those looking for a job may want to emphasize their language skills. In the last five years, the demand for employees in the United States who know more than one language has more than doubled, according to a report recently released by the New American Economy. The report, “Not Lost in Translation: The Growing Importance […]
Read MoreICE’s Public Shaming Detainer Reports Were So Inaccurate They Had to Stop Publishing Them
After issuing only three weekly declined detainer reports, Immigration and Customs Enforcement will temporarily cease publishing them. Initiated by President Trump’s January executive order on interior enforcement, ICE had begun to release weekly lists of jurisdictions that declined immigration detainers. These lists—proposed as a means to track which law enforcement agencies had refused ICE’s request […]
Read MoreImmigrants Help Revive a Nebraska Meatpacking Town
Dulce Castañeda has always lived in Nebraska, and, over time, she’s witnessed a sea change in the small town of Crete, population 7,000. “There were maybe five or six Latino families when my parents arrived in the late 1990s,” says Castañeda, whose family were among those few Mexicans. “Since then, it’s completely changed.” In the […]
Read MoreWhat You Need to Know About ICE’s Arrests at Courthouses
According to their own guidance on the subject, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is supposed to practice restraint when it comes to arresting people at “sensitive locations” such as schools, churches, and hospitals—as well as “any organization assisting children, pregnant women, victims of crime or abuse, or individuals with significant mental or physical disabilities.” Arrests […]
Read MoreCongress Grills Homeland Security Secretary Kelly in Contentious Oversight Hearing
The Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee this week. During the hearing Secretary Kelly attempted to clarify some of DHS’s controversial positions as they relate to immigration enforcement, extreme vetting, family separation, and the building of a border wall. Secretary Kelly noted early on […]
Read MoreTrump Administration’s Public Shaming Immigration Detainer Report Released
The immigration executive order on interior enforcement signed by the President in January instructed the Department of Homeland Security to release a weekly list of jurisdictions that declined immigration detainers. On March 20, the Trump administration released the first Declined Detainer Outcome Report (DDOR). This report and the documentation surrounding it raise serious concerns about […]
Read MoreAdministration’s Public Shaming Immigration Detainer Report Released
The immigration executive order on interior enforcement signed by the President in January instructed the Department of Homeland Security to release a weekly list of jurisdictions that declined immigration detainers. On March 20, the Trump administration released the first Declined Detainer Outcome Report (DDOR). This report and the documentation surrounding it raise serious concerns about […]
Read MoreAmerica’s Treatment of Asylum Seekers Reviewed by Regional Human Rights Body
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) heard testimony today about policies that prevent access to the U.S. asylum process for those fleeing grave danger in their home countries. U.S. law guarantees the right to seek asylum to all who flee persecution and arrive at our border looking for protection. And yet, the testimony heard […]
Read MoreA St. Patrick’s Day Toast to Influential Irish-Americans
St. Patrick’s Day began as a religious feast for the patron saint of Ireland and has since grown into a global celebration of the vibrant country and its people. In the 2010 U.S. Census, 34.7 million residents of the United States claimed Irish ancestry, which is seven times Ireland’s current population. Irish immigrants have contributed much to American […]
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