Monthly Archives: July 2022

When Russia invaded Ukraine, refugees began leaving by the millions. In March, President Biden pledged that the United States would welcome 100,000 Ukrainians. That number has now been reached. Officials say it is not a cap, and more Ukrainians will … Continue reading →

Immigration agents are supposed to ask migrants whether they are afraid to be returned to their home countries or to Mexico before shipping them back across the border. Then they write down the answers so they have a record. Or … Continue reading →

Some days, I just want to stop reading immigration news. The stories are too heart-wrenching, the despair too great. Today is one of those days. Much of U.S. immigration policy is based on deterrence, on making it so hard to … Continue reading →

A good-news story to begin the week comes from Sahan Journal. Playwright, poet, prose writer, performance artist, and teacher May Lee-Yang introduces her friend and fellow Minnesota artist Pao Houa Her. Her was inspired to become a photographer after seeing … Continue reading →

Lawsuits brought in courts where Trump-appointed judges are likely to hear them have given Republican state officials several significant victories in their effort to block Biden immigration priorities, and more cases are pending. [CBS] “The states’ lawsuits have doomed a … Continue reading →

The Supreme Court refused to stop a Texas federal court from dictating immigration policy. The Texas court overturned the enforcement priorities—public safety and national security—set by the Department of Homeland Security. That order leaves immigration enforcement decisions up to every … Continue reading →

DHS is watching you. DHS buys cellphone tracking data from private companies, spying on citizens and noncitizens alike. They have paid millions of dollars since 2017 for this data. New information about DHS tracking comes from a new ACLU report … Continue reading →

U.S. unemployment is low, and there are currently two job openings for every person seeking work. Admitting more immigrant workers could help, which is one reason for reports of the ever-elusive “agreement on immigration” in the Senate. This time, it’s … Continue reading →

To end the week: three stories of Minnesota immigrants. First, two Honduran lawyers who came here to escape violence and went through Mitchell Hamline School of Law to become lawyers in Minnesota. Then, Latinx farm families, working off-farm jobs to … Continue reading →

Some important immigration stories flew under the radar of the mainstream media this week. For WOLA’s excellent weekly U.S.-Mexico Border Update recaps both stories that got some press attention (Mexican President Lopez Obrador’s visit to Washington, the flawed but highly … Continue reading →