Monthly Archives: April 2017

  May Day is coming on Monday, and this year’s protests will focus on immigration, as they have for several years. In Minneapolis and St. Paul, that means two marches – not coordinated, but not exactly opposing one another. The … Continue reading →

The Pew Research Center just issued a new analysis of unauthorized immigrant population in the United States. Among its findings: The total number of unauthorized immigrants in the United States dropped to 11.0 million in 2015, the lowest number since … Continue reading →

  In a 49-page decision on April 25, U.S. District Judge William Orrick III issued a preliminary injunction against enforcement of President Donald Trump’s executive order penalizing sanctuary jurisdictions – section 9(a) of the executive order. The preliminary injunction applies … Continue reading →

From News Day post: On April 21, the Department of Justice sent letters to nine jurisdictions “having laws that potentially violate 8 U.S.C. §1373:” — Sacramento, Chicago, New Orleans, New York City, Philadelphia, Las Vegas, Miami, Milwaukee, New York, and Chicago. … Continue reading →

Jeanette Vizguerra (Time, 4/20/17) An undocumented immigrant activist living in sanctuary is on the 2017 Time 100 list of “the most influential people in the world: the artists, icons, leaders, pioneers and titans who are shaping the future.” “Jeanette moved … Continue reading →

Maribel Trujillo was deported yesterday. She’s a mother of four U.S. citizen children from Fairfield, Ohio. Trujillo came to the United States in 2002, and was arrested in a raid on her workplace in 2007. Her asylum application was denied, and … Continue reading →

On April 18, President Donald Trump signed a “buy American, hire American” executive order, tailor-made for sloganeering and without any immediate legal effect. He ordered four cabinet departments to study things and recommend changes in the H-1B visa program for skilled … Continue reading →

What Does New Immigration Data (or Lack of It) Tell Us About Trump’s First Three Months in Office? asks Latino USA. The short answer: not much. The Latino USA article begins by summarizing a report by Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) at Syracuse University, which … Continue reading →