Monthly Archives: March 2018

ICE is changing an Obama-era policy of generally releasing pregnant migrants from custody. Now ICE policy is official: put them all in jail. Except, maybe, for those in such advanced stages of pregnancy that they wouldn’t be able to board … Continue reading →

Are you a citizen? That’s a question the census has not asked since 1950, but the Commerce Department announced this week that it will be asked in 2020. The Trump administration says that asking about citizenship will somehow help them … Continue reading →

  On Tuesday, Trump officially ended the Deferred Enforced Departure program that has protected about 4,000 Liberians in the United States for about two decades. His order gave them 12 months to wind up their lives here: to homes, jobs, … Continue reading →

Nationwide, one in four direct care workers are immigrants. The Washington Post reports a Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute calculation that there are “34,600 who are non-U.S. citizens from Haiti, Nicaragua (for which TPS will end in January), El Salvador (in September … Continue reading →

Today’s summaries begin with stories from Minnesota, including Liberian refugees whose protection will expire on Saturday, an immigrant told to “go back where you came from” by a city worker in Minneapolis, a victim of a rear-end car collision turned … Continue reading →

With anger, fear, and lies dominating much of the public discourse about immigration, it’s time to step back and look at policy changes that are already being implemented. Don’t worry: the deep dive is not hard reading, just thought-provoking reporting. … Continue reading →

While most immigration news remains grim (like nothing in the budget for DACA), two families celebrated reunions this week. The first: Perla Morales-Luna, whose arrest went viral onYouTube after immigration agents dragged her away from her crying daughters. The second: … Continue reading →

Like an actor in a bad horror movie, Congress once again raises the budget axe, and we in the audience wait to see whether and on whom it may fall. Friday is the deadline for a budget, or a government … Continue reading →

For today, we lead with several articles about immigration in Minnesota. You may have noticed coverage of Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) recently: that’s because DED for Liberians expires March 31, and Minnesota has the largest Liberian population in the country. … Continue reading →

As if racist immigration policies at home are not bad enough, now the United States has nominated an anti-Muslim conspiracy theory advocate to serve as director general of the U.N. International Organization for Migration. Along with a plan to monitor … Continue reading →