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Immigration Enforcement in Schools, Churches, and Courts: What the Government Can (and Can’t) Do
Following the release of President Trump’s immigration enforcement executive orders and implementation memos, and the recent arrest of a transgender domestic violence victim at a courthouse in El Paso, Texas, there has been widespread confusion about where immigration enforcement can and cannot take place. Questions and concerns stem from the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) […]
Read More12 News NBC: Map shows economic impacts of immigrants in Arizona
As President Donald Trump enacts stricter immigration policies, a group of business and political leaders are highlighting how immigrants fit into the U.S. economy. New American Economy, a coalition of companies and elected officials, mapped out the numbers, showing how many immigrants live in each state, how much they pay in taxes, and how much […]
Read MoreSupreme Court Hears Case on Shooting of Sergio Hernandez by U.S. Border Patrol Agent
Officers with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)—the federal agency which includes the Border Patrol—are rarely held accountable for their actions. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the case of Sergio Hernandez, a 15-year-old boy shot dead in 2010 in Mexico by a Border Patrol agent who fired on him from the U.S. side […]
Read MoreWLTX: “Study Shows Impact Immigrants Have on Palmetto State”
A new study conducted by the New American Economy, a bipartisan group who supports immigration reform, shows that immigrants make up 4.7 percent of South Carolina’s population and paid $1.3 Billion in federal and state taxes in 2014. The study also shows that immigrants held $4.1 Billion in spending power in that same year. This […]
Read MoreWKSU News Radio: “Immigrants in Cleveland are Vital to the Local Economy and Entrepreneurship, Study Finds”
A bi-partisan group has created an interactive map showing the economic impact of immigrants in all 50 states. The map comes from a study produced by the group New American Economy. According to the study, in Cleveland, immigrants have over $3 billion in spending power and contribute over $1 billion in taxes. It also finds that immigrants are […]
Read MoreStatement from the American Immigration Council on Leaked DHS Memo on Border Security
The memo calls for the expansion of detentions and deportations, the hiring of more Border Patrol agents, the use of State National Guards, the building of a border wall, and the creation of new barriers for asylum seekers, among other provisions.
Read MoreSyrian Biotech Grad Ready to Aid U.S. Cancer Research
When Alnairouz “Nairouz” K. first arrived in America to study biotechnology and genetics at West Virginia State University, the transition was hard. Her family remained behind in Syria, and Nairouz struggled to adapt. “When I came here, everyone spoke English with a different accent, and they spoke very fast,” she says. But instead of letting […]
Read MorePriest: Love ‘the God We Cannot See by Loving the Neighbor We Can’
To Father Phil Egitto, the Bible is crystal clear about immigration. “The message of the Gospel is entirely about loving the God we cannot see by loving the neighbor we can,” he says. “That includes the immigrant, and the refugee, and the foreigner, as our scriptures remind us that we were once foreigners in a […]
Read MoreLong Island Farmer: Without Migrant Labor, I’d Be Out of Business
Whenever Bob Nolan wants to hire a migrant worker for his family farm in Brookhaven, New York, he is required by law to also advertise the position for a week in publications in three U.S. states. “Usually nobody ever responds, and if they do respond they last a day or two,” says Nolan. He recently […]
Read MoreFilipino Immigrant is Among Thousands of International Priests Filling America’s Vacant Pulpits
After the 8 a.m. Sunday mass at St. Joseph Church on Staten Island, Father Rizalino Garcia can often be seen dashing to nearby St. Thomas Church to perform a second mass. “Sometimes you have to say mass and run,” he says with a laugh. With two churches, a school and 4,000 active congregants, Garcia — […]
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