REFUGEES: “ALL I CAN DO IS PRAY” – A FAMILY IN LIMBO AS US SLOWS ADMISSIONS
MICA ROSENBERG and ELIAS BIRYABAREMA, of Reuters, report…
IMMIGRATION: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIAN CATHOLICS TO UNITE IN MASS FOR IMMIGRANTS
ALEJANDRA MOLINA reports for Religion News Service…
IMMIGRATION: THOUSANDS OF CENTRAL AMERICAN MIGRANTS TAKE FREE RIDES HOME COURTESY OF US GOVERNMENT
MICA ROSENBERG, KRISTINA COOKE and DANIEL TROTTA, of Reuters, report…
Trump imposes rule allowing US to detain migrant families indefinitely
Washington, DCReuters The Trump administration on Wednesday unveiled a rule that allows officials to detain migrant families indefinitely while judges consider whether to grant them asylum in the United States, abolishing a previous 20-day limit. The rule, which is certain to draw a legal challenge, would replace a 1997 court settlement that limits the amount […]
ESSAY: AMERICANS’ SUPPORT FOR IMMIGRATION IS AT RECORD HIGHS – BUT THE GOVERNMENT IS OUT OF SYNC WITH THEIR VIEWS
In an article first published on The Conversation, MARIANO SANA, of Vanderbilt University, looks at what polls show about American views on immigration…
“We will become homeless”: US residents fear housing rule change could force them out of home
Washington, DCThomson Reuters Foundation Fears are mounting across the United States over a proposal by President Donald Trump’s administration that would force tens of thousands of families to choose between splitting up or being homeless together. The proposed rule change, on which a national public comment period ended in July, would deny public housing assistance […]
New Trump rule would target legal immigrants who get public assistance
Reuters US President Donald Trump’s administration unveiled a sweeping rule on Monday that would limit legal immigration by denying visas and permanent residency to hundreds of thousands of people for being too poor. The long-anticipated rule, pushed by Trump’s leading aide on immigration Stephen Miller, takes effect on 15th October and would reject applicants for […]
In the US, Trump rule restricting asylum seekers struck down by court
Reuters A US federal judge on Friday struck down one of President Donald Trump’s initiatives to curtail asylum claims, ruling that the government could not reject migrants who had crossed the border illegally. A different federal judge had already put a temporary block on the policy, which would have rejected asylum claims from people who […]
Syrians fleeing war allowed to stay longer in the United States
Reuters US President Donald Trump’s administration will allow about 7,000 Syrians who have fled war in their country to stay 18 months longer in the United States, extending them a temporary protection on Thursday it has tried to deny to other migrants. The United States grants Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to immigrants whose home countries […]
ESSAY: MORE CENTRAL AMERICAN MIGRANTS TAKE SHELTER IN CHURCHES, RECALLING 1980S SANCTUARY MOVEMENT
In an article first published on The Conversation, MARIO GARCIA, of the University of California, Santa Barbara, looks at the history of the church-based sanctuary movement in the US…