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Federal Court Allows Controversial ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy to Continue
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is resuming its controversial “Remain in Mexico” policy. This policy requires asylum-seeking Central American migrants who arrive at our Southern border to return to Mexico to await their immigration court hearings in the United States. A federal judge in California had previously blocked the policy’s implementation until the court […]
Read MoreRichmond Times-Dispatch Opinion: Luis Angel Aguilar column: Fighting to stay out of the shadows
Since I was 15 years old, I’ve always felt anxious about looking for a job. I worried an employer might discover I was an undocumented immigrant. For nearly a decade, I managed to slide under the radar and take whatever jobs I could get in construction, restaurants and hotel housekeeping. But I always dreamed of […]
Read MoreMore Immigrants Requesting to Return to Their Countries of Origin Under Threat of Deportation
More immigrants facing deportation are requesting “voluntary departure” from the United States instead of fighting their cases in court. Voluntary departure is a process though which certain immigrants who the government is trying to deport in immigration court leave the United States without receiving a removal order. The number of applications for voluntary departure in […]
Read MoreThe Los Angeles Daily News Opinion: The continuing cost of the Trump Muslim ban
As a lawyer with the Council on American-Islamic Relations, I see plenty of people trying to navigate our immigration system, some with more success than others. Not long ago, a Syrian-born client named Hasan attended a green-card interview at the United States Embassy in Rome alongside Sarah, his American wife. (I’ve changed both names to […]
Read MoreThe Rivard Report: Trump Action Could Put Immigrant Spouses Like Me Out of Work
When a United States pharmaceutical company offered my husband an information technology job in 2008, I was excited to join him in the United States with our 5-month-old daughter. As we boarded a plane from India, I felt like we were embarking on a great family adventure. But when I later learned that U.S. immigration […]
Read MoreHow Florida’s SB 168 Will Benefit the Private Prison Industry
The Florida legislature recently passed SB 168 with the stated intent of ensuring that state officials and agencies fully cooperate with federal immigration authorities in enforcing immigration law. SB 168 could have far-reaching consequences in a state where one in five residents is an immigrant. SB 168 would prohibit any state/local entity or law enforcement […]
Read MoreTrump-Supporting Missouri Town Mounts Campaign to Protect One of Its Own from Deportation
New York Magazine, this week, tells the story of a Trump-Loving Town and its Favorite Undocumented Immigrant. The story features Alex Garcia, a native of Honduras, who has built deep personal relationships with his working class, Trump-supporting neighbors who are now organizing to prevent his deportation.
Read MoreNew Americans in San Antonio
New research from New American Economy shows that immigrant households in San Antonio earned nearly $4.6 billion in 2017 and contributed more than $1 billion in taxes. The report, New Americans in San Antonio, was released in partnership with the City of San Antonio and the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce. In addition to their financial […]
Read MoreHow Has Immigration Changed in the Last 100 Years?
Each new generation of immigrants to the United States has, in time, achieved a high degree of integration into U.S. society. Whether it was immigrants from southern and eastern Europe a century ago, or immigrants from Asia and Latin America today, newcomers eventually master English, settle into U.S. communities and workplaces, and contribute to the […]
Read MoreNew Report Shows More Than 30 Percent of San Antonio’s Business Owners Are Immigrants
SAN ANTONIO, TX – Immigrant households earned nearly $4.6 billion in 2017 and contributed more than $1 billion in taxes, according to a new research brief released by New American Economy (NAE) in partnership with the City of San Antonio and the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce. The report will be released at a public […]
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