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Covid-19: The Role of Immigrants in America’s Biomedical Industry
As the public eagerly awaits a cure for Covid-19, hundreds of thousands of immigrants are working side-by-side with their fellow scientists, engineers, medical production workers, and pharmacists to develop the medicines and deliver the supplies that healthcare practitioners and patients need. The latest data from the American Community Survey show that immigrants play a significant role […]
Read MoreRefugee Workers on the Frontlines and as Essential Workers
Updated on July 23, 2020 with new data on refugees and gender. Immigrants who have come to the United States as refugees fled conflict, disaster, and danger in their home countries to find safe haven. Now, faced with a new crisis in their new home in America, many refugee workers are helping fight the coronavirus […]
Read MoreUS Endangers Other Countries by Deporting People With the Coronavirus
Countries around the world that still have few coronavirus cases are bracing themselves for the spread of the pandemic. Many have restricted international arrivals to prevent a surge in cases like the one in the United States, which they would not have the resources to fight. Meanwhile, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continues to […]
Read MoreTrump’s Immigration Tweet Is a Harbinger of Things to Come
There will be many key stories that emerge out of the coronavirus pandemic. One will be of an America where people banded together to help one another battle this crisis. And another will be of a president who used a dangerous public health crisis to advance his own political agenda. Since the outbreak began, we […]
Read MoreCoronavirus Travel Restrictions Leave Some J-1 Exchange Visitors Stranded
Individuals participating in the J-1 Visa Exchange Visitor Program were faced with a difficult choice in the hours after President Trump issued travel restrictions to Europe: leave their program in the United States or risk getting stuck until the coronavirus was contained. From then on, the clock was ticking for thousands of people—the United States […]
Read MoreClass Action Lawsuit Seeks to Challenge USCIS’ Unlawful Denial of H-1B Petitions Filed by American Businesses
The American Immigration Council, the American Immigration Lawyers Association, and the law firms Van Der Hout, LLP, Joseph & Hall P.C., and Kuck Baxter Immigration LLC filed a nationwide class action lawsuit today challenging U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ pattern and practice of arbitrarily denying H-1B nonimmigrant employment-based petitions for market research analysts positions filed by businesses in the United States.
Read MoreUSCIS’ Unlawful Denial of H-1B Petitions Spurs Class Action Lawsuit
This nationwide class action lawsuit challenges U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ pattern and practice of arbitrarily denying H-1B nonimmigrant employment-based petitions for market research analyst positions filed by United States businesses.
Read MoreCovid-19: Immigrant Workers Are Essential in Securing U.S. Food Supply Chain
With at least 42 states under stay-at-home orders due to the coronavirus outbreak, the U.S. food sector is under an unprecedented test to feed hundreds of millions of Americans amid a pandemic. While the food supply chain is facing severe disruptions in areas ranging from production to transportation to distribution, data from the U.S. Census […]
Read MoreImmigrants on the Healthcare Frontlines: A Look at Local Data
With pressure mounting on healthcare systems across the United States due to the coronavirus outbreak, it has been the country’s larger population centers that have been especially hard hit. Cities are experiencing or anticipating severe shortages of healthcare workers and in many cases, immigrants are helping to fill those gaps. While immigrants make up 16.4 […]
Read MoreUndocumented Students in Higher Education: How Many Students Are in U.S. Colleges and Universities and Who Are They?
In partnership with the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration, NAE released a new report, Undocumented Students in Higher Education: How Many Students Are in U.S. Colleges and Universities and Who Are They? The report shows for the first time how many undocumented students are enrolled at colleges and universities across the United States. With the Supreme […]
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