Eight asylum seekers who went on a hunger strike in June 2017 to protest deplorable conditions at the Adelanto Detention Facility, a private prison used to hold immigrants asking for asylum, today sued the prison, as well as local and federal government entities.
DetailsEddie Huang is ready to dismantle the harmful stereotypes and misconceptions surrounding immigrants.
In a recent interview with a National Public Radio station, the restaurateur and author talked about his upcoming unscripted TV show “Cash Only,” which looks at the culture and identity behind immigrant kitchens. Huang said the project’s impetus stems from his desire to change minds about the immigrant experience ― especially during a time when harmful rhetoric on that helps influence the zeitgeist.
DetailsWASHINGTON – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today posted a policy memorandum (PDF, 113 KB) (PM) that provides guidance to USCIS adjudicators regarding their discretion to deny an application, petition, or request without first issuing a Request for Evidence (RFE) or Notice of Intent to Deny (NOID) when required initial evidence was not submitted or the evidence of record fails to establish eligibility.
DetailsWhat U.S. immigration policy has to do with wages and labor shortages
think that the idea that if we don’t get immigrants in then this will push wages up is not really supported by the recent experience in the labor market in the U.S. There is a problem of wage growth, especially for low-skilled workers in the sense that wages have not grown very much in the last two decades. But the reason for that, economists argue, are more [about] the changing nature of jobs — mechanization, computerization [and] offshoring, rather than the local force of demand and supply.
Tighter immigration policies are becoming a new hurdle in the global race for talent.
Janette Marx, who runs a global workforce solutions company with a hub in Houston, spoke with the Houston Chronicle about global trends in hiring.
DetailsClergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE) condemns Supreme Court decision in Trump v. Hawaii, in which the justices sided with the Trump administration, affirming its authority to restrict travel to the United States from certain predominantly Muslim countries.
The decision, written by Chief Justice John Roberts, comprised Trump’s third version of the travel ban, whose earlier versions were rejected by lower courts. The Court, by a 5-4 margin, said the ban fell “squarely” within Trump’s authority and turned a blind eye to President Trump’s numerous tweets and statements demonizing Muslims. We now see the Supreme Court joining this administration in its effort to tear apart immigrant families.
Today’s Supreme Court decision in Janus v. AFSCME is another attack on the workers in this country, another sign that the U.S. Supreme Court has surrendered its independence as the third branch of our federal system to become an instrument of the Trump administration.
DetailsLos Angeles – A coalition of prominent Latino organizations including, Vamos Unidos USA, Hermandad Mexicana Nacional, Federacion de Clubes de Puebla, Alianza Hondureña de Los Angeles, Alianza Comunitaria Transnacional, El Rescate, La Hermandad Hank Lacayo Youth & Family Center, The Immigrant Magazine, Casa Nicaragua, Union de Guatemaltecos Emigrantes, Hondureños Unidos de Los Angeles and immigration attorneys will gather on Tuesday, June 26, at the downtown Federal Building (300 North Los Angeles St., L.A., CA 90012) at 10:30 a.m. to call on President Donald Trump to immediately release from unjust and immoral detention Immigrant Parents and their children.
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Clergy of many faiths are coming together today in front of ICE Los Angeles headquarters to pray, sing, and condemn the President’s disdain for immigrant families and children, expressed in a capricious policy to rip children from immigrant asylum-seeking families, and now in deciding to instead pen those families in isolated facilities in the desert.
Jewish, Christian and Muslim pastors from CLUE, Bend the Arc, the Muslim Public Affairs Council, the Sanctuary Task Force of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, and L.A. Voice are joining the action, along with allies, union members and civil society.
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As the world watches in horror the treatment of immigrant families and migrant children at the boarders and as the President of the United States signs an executive order undoing the mess created by his zero tolerance policy that has separated over 2000 kids from their parents the city of Atlanta mayor has signed an executive on behalf of the city to stop her jail houses from receiving any more new ICE detainees.
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