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“The main key to being successful as an immigrant is saving up as much money as you can and that will be the most useful thing in your life as an immigrant.” My parents made sure that that idea was stuck in my head since I was young. I grew up on a farm. My father...

Jenny Munezero was two months old the night the soldiers attacked, and the only one left alive in her family’s house. “To this day nobody knows why I wasn’t killed. It’s still a mystery,” says Munezero, a refugee from Burundi. With a Hutu father and a Tutsi mother,...

Thousands of asylum cases have been filed since President Trump started forcing asylum seekers to wait in Mexico. Early this year, the Trump administration began forcing thousands of migrants seeking asylum to return to Mexico, to wait there for immigration court...

In the summer 2019, Blanca Ramirez, Ph.D. candidate in Sociology, interviewed Javier Hernandez, Executive Director of Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice, about the organization’s work in welcoming new refugees from Latin America. The following are excerpts from...

This week, the Trump administration announced a new regulation that would allow it to detain migrant families who have crossed the U.S. border illegally for an indefinite period of time. The new rule aims to replace the Flores agreement, a 1997 court settlement which...

California State University announced Aug. 28 a plan to provide free immigration legal services to students and employees. As part of this plan, attorneys, paralegals and accredited representatives will visit campuses on a regular basis and provide direct legal...

A federal judge on Monday issued a nationwide order barring the Trump administration from denying asylum to migrants crossing the border unless they have already tried and failed to obtain asylum in another country along the way, an asylum policy that would...

Despite widespread opposition, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today released its final version of the public charge rule, a sweeping regulation that aims to restrict legal immigration. Once in effect, the new policy could impact more than 1 million...

Iraqi interpreters who risked their lives to work with the American military have been effectively shut out from obtaining the special U.S. visa they were promised. The Trump administration issued only two visas to former Iraqi interpreters last year, according to...

Amid a border crisis between U.S.-Mexico, the Seattle-based Marguerite Casey Foundation (MCF) recently made $4 million in grants to border-adjacent nonprofit organizations. This support comes from a foundation that has been paying attention to the border crisis for...

In recent years, seafood has emerged as an increasingly critical part of the American diet. As U.S. consumers have become more health-conscious, the amount of meat eaten by the average American has dropped precipitously, falling by almost a fifth between 2005 and 2014...

From Labor Day barbecues to the chicken sandwich craze that swept the nation in recent weeks, Americans love chicken. We each eat an average of 94 pounds of the bird per year, according to USDA data. That’s up from just 28 pounds in 1960. But all that chicken comes...

The American public is broadly critical of the way that the federal government is dealing with the increased number of US asylum-seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border. When it comes to what should be done about the situation, large majorities say it is important to...

An Immigration Story: My name is Robert and I was just a teenager when I left. In my jean shorts, white tank top, and sandals I was young. 19 years old, alone, and full of dreams when I decided to come to the United States. I knew there was more opportunity for me...

Los Angeles, CA – For the past two decades the Flores Agreement, a court settlement that limited the length of time children may be held in detention centers to 20 days, has protected minors from the inhumane practice of extended detainment of migrant children. Since...

The captain of a controversial ship that saved migrants in the Mediterranean Sea has refused to accept the Paris Medal for her work. Pia Klemp, who is German, gained attention for rescuing thousands of stranded migrants with her crew as part of the nongovernmental...

By Rachel Prandini, Melissa Adamson, and Neha Desai Immigrant children and families in the child welfare system face unique barriers to permanency and well-being. In some cases, their involvement in the child welfare system also presents distinct opportunities for...

Four of the San Francisco Bay Area’s hottest up-and-coming chefs will be participating in a first-of-its-kind, cross-country Oakland food festival this October to celebrate immigrants' contributions to American Culture. Get tickets now if you want to experience the...

When Jose Antonio Vargas first heard that an official wanted to name an elementary school after him, he thought he was being trolled. “I get trolled a lot on Twitter because of what I do,” said the openly gay, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and immigration rights...

Created in 1996, expedited removal is a process by which low-level immigration officers can quickly deport certain noncitizens who are undocumented or have committed fraud or misrepresentation. Since 2004, immigration officials have used expedited removal to deport...