By JR Holguin Immigrants and noncitizens have been lured into enlisting in the U.S. Military since its first wars, and as the U.S. faces a recruiting crisis, many, including veterans, warn those who plan on joining not to believe everything the recruiters promise. Immigrants seeking to gain citizenship are often under the assumption that joining […]
By Linda Nwoke In the complexity of global politics, the pursuit of safety and freedom often leads many people on a perilous journey from persecution and oppression to seeking refuge in another country. Various factors, such as an unwavering belief in democracy and human rights or ideas, can cause them to become subject to persecution […]
Editorial credit: Mircea Moira / Shutterstock.com With Over 46,000 Asylum Seekers Currently in City’s Care, New Program Allows Houses of Worship to Host 19 Asylum Seekers Each Overnight Up to 50 Houses of Worship Set to Participate in First Cohort NEW YORK – As New York City continues to care for more than 46,000 asylum seekers, […]
By: AV PRESS RELEASES Washington, DC – Below is a column by Maribel Hastings and David Torres from America’s Voice en Español translated to English from Spanish. It ran in several Spanish-language media outlets earlier this week: June 15 is anniversary number eleven of the executive order issued in 2012 by then Democratic President Barack […]
By Emma Winger // ImmigrationImpact.com Florida officials think the federal government must detain everyone – or virtually everyone – who arrives at the U.S.-Mexico border without a visa. And it is using the courts to try to make that happen. Just last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit refused to stop two federal […]
By: AV PRESS RELEASES Washington, DC – Below is a column by Maribel Hastings and David Torres from America’s Voice en Español translated to English from Spanish: At first glance, there doesn’t seem to be any relationship at all between the anti-immigrant law SB 1718, which takes effect in Florida on July 1, and the tenth […]
Posted by American Immigration Council Staff // ImmigrationImpact.com The end of the COVID-19 public health emergency back in May meant an end to Title 42. That policy, grounded in an obscure public health law, was put in place by the Trump administration in March 2020 to stifle asylum rights at the U.S. southern border. To prevent […]
Posted by American Immigration Council Staff// ImmigrationImpact.com My first Fourth of July was in the Texas country. Fireworks, lawn games, little American flags, burgers, and Old Navy tees—I got the full experience. As a young immigrant, I was slowly growing accustomed to the culture. I knew that the Fourth of July was a big deal because […]
by Raul Pinto// ImmigrationImpact.com Editorial credit: Smiling Satsuma / Shutterstock.com Last Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in U.S. v. Texas, which allows the Biden administration to resume its implementation of guidelines for immigration enforcement within the interior of the United States, otherwise known as enforcement priorities. The Court held that the states challenging the legality […]
African women trafficked into the UAE are forced into debt and subjected to threats and violence, as they are kept in sexual slavery. The case of Christy Gold, who has been charged with sex trafficking in Nigeria, highlights the torment endured by these women in the UAE. By MAGGIE MICHAEL // Reuters.com On a pleasure boat […]