Providing Driver’s Licenses to Undocumented Immigrants Improves Birth Outcomes, Research Shows

Providing Driver’s Licenses to Undocumented Immigrants Improves Birth Outcomes, Research Shows

By Margot Moinester, THE CONVERSATION When states give driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants, it affects nondrivers, too — even the littlest ones. Babies born to immigrants from Mexico and Central America are bigger and healthier in states that make that change, our research shows. The longer a law is in effect before a baby is conceived, […]

Will Gov. Hochul Fight Trump’s Plan for Mass Deportations?

Will Gov. Hochul Fight Trump’s Plan for Mass Deportations?

By Chris Gelardi, THECITY | Photo Courtesy THECITY  Trump is poised to ramp up deportation activity in northern states like New York, which has few statewide policies limiting cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. President-elect Donald Trump has made it clear: His administration will aggressively pursue “mass deportations.” States may seem powerless in the face of such […]