Immigration

The survey, which was released Tuesday, was conducted by the Institute for Policy Studies, a think tank, and the National Domestic Worker’s Alliance (NDWA) advocacy group. The survey found that nearly two-thirds of black immigrant…

These are difficult times for everyone. But immigrant communities are facing particularly severe risk and hardship during the COVID-19 pandemic. Immigrants constitute a large part of the essential workers population, and because…

A massive influx of immigrants on the southern border led to record numbers of people entering the country without legal permission, record numbers of migrant deaths and the criminalization of humanitarian workers and activists who assist…

This week, AFSC and other faith organizations denounced the Trump administration’s latest attack on immigrants – a new rule that will allow the indefinite detention of immigrant children and families. The new rule would end the 22-year-old…

The Trump administration has announced that it would ramp up Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) efforts to arrest and deport immigrants across the United States – stoking more fear in immigrant communities, which have been subject to…

How did we end up with kids in cages? We put them there, across multiple administrations, creating a politicized immigration and asylum system that constrains better options.

Introduction These are difficult times. As immigrants, we face a lot of discrimination in this country. But we all deserve to be treated with dignity and respect, and it is more important than ever to know our rights and work for…

A collection of 190 transcripts of speeches on ICE’s website was deleted on Jan. 18 and late in the evening on Jan. 19, 2017, according to research conducted by the Sunlight Foundation, a nonpartisan organization that advocates for…

The assault on whiteness is now part of official educational policy.  In New York City the head of the education department, Richard Carranza, a son of Mexican immigrants, is conducting a campaign against toxic white supremacy culture.  His…

We are the Little Folk—we! Too little to love or to hate. Leave us alone and you’ll see How we can drag down the State! A Pict Song, Rudyard Kipling