Immigration


Asylum seekers wait outside the El Paso bus terminal in December hoping for help to reach the airport or other transportation to their next destination Witness at the Border volunteers offer assistance. (Photo: Sue-Ann DiVito)
Montgomery County Woman Witnesses the Plight of Immigrants at US-Mexico Border: ‘They Carry Hope in Our Country’

Sue-Ann DiVito, a member of the Bucks County organization Immigrant Rights Action, returned to the border for the third time in December to find migrants enduring life-threatening conditions to find refuge in the US.

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What to Do If You Get Denied the COVID Vaccine Because You’re Undocumented

“Stay there, and ask for an explanation,” Graciela Araujo said. “People have to speak up and fight for their rights because we do have rights here. The vaccine is available for everyone—for everyone.”

Immigration
Congress Gets Ready to Vote on Two Immigration Bills

The bills, which are separate from Biden's comprehensive immigration plan, are expected to have a better chance of passing in Congress.

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Trump’s Visa Ban May Have Cost the Economy $100 Billion and Slowed Recovery, Study Says

“You can't force firms to hire Americans to stop migration—that's not happening.”

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545 Undocumented Children Are Orphans Because of Trump

The missing parents are from Trump’s 2017 pilot program to separate families at the border.

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Trump’s Racist Rhetoric About Suburbs Erases the Immigrants and Refugees Who Live There

The president has repeatedly suggested that “minorities” in the suburbs are "ruining the American Dream." The facts say otherwise.

Immigrants provide an important economic engine in the United States, which bipartisan economy experts have repeatedly shown. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has made boosting immigration a cornerstone of his platform, in contrast to President Trump (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images).
Biden Plans to Increase Immigration Again. This Could Be the Economic Boost the US Needs.

The Trump administration has slashed immigration. Bipartisan experts—and Biden—say boosting immigration will stimulate the economy at a time when the United States needs it most.