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Last month, day laborers and their supporters participated in a similar "Caravan for Essential and Excluded Workers'' calling on California Gov. Gavin Newsom to ensure that COVID-19 related emergency financial aid from the federal CARES Act reached day la

National

Undocumented Workers Demand Better, Safer Working Conditions During Pandemic

4:00pm May 01, 2020

by Marisa Peñaloza

Caravan protests around the nation are pushing officials to provide safer working environments. Many undocumented workers don't have access to protective equipment, paid sick time or health care.

Some governors are taking notice of the pool of medical professionals in immigrant communities and the bigger role they could play against the coronavirus.

National

How Immigrant Medical Professionals Are Helping To Fight The Coronavirus

9:55am April 16, 2020

by Marisa Peñaloza

A growing number of health care workers in the U.S. are immigrants. Some states are issuing emergency orders authorizing licensing waivers for internationally trained health care providers.

The Justice Department, led by Attorney General William Barr, said Friday that it is formally amending regulations and pushing forward with a plan to collect DNA from immigration detainees.

Trump Administration Poised To Start Collecting DNA From Immigration Detainees

5:25pm March 06, 2020

by Merrit Kennedy

The Trump Administration says the policy change will help law enforcement apprehend criminal suspects. Rights advocates describe it as a serious breach of privacy against vulnerable populations.

The 20-foot-tall bronze sculpture of a boat loaded with refugees and migrants is the work of Canadian sculptor Timothy Schmalz. Its bread-and-fruit motif encapsulates how food is interlocked with the history of human migration.

How One Small Bag Of Food On A Giant Sculpture Tells A Million Immigrant Tales

2:49pm December 10, 2019

by Nina Martyris

The theme of the work in the Vatican's St. Peter's Square is welcoming strangers. "The bag is a metaphor for nourishment ... the idea of bringing something to the table," says artist Timothy Schmalz.

Principal T.J. Funderburg welcomes his mostly immigrant students during morning assembly at Cactus Elementary School.

National

Unskilled Jobs Draw Migrants, Changing Face Of Small Towns Across America

8:44pm November 04, 2019

by John Burnett

A meatpacking town in the Texas Panhandle is a magnet for immigrants who will do unpopular jobs. The once majority-white county has adjusted to its more diverse population.

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Cubans wait their turn to enter Panama's embassy in Havana to apply for travel visas to Panama last March. The U.S. State Department eliminated a coveted five-year tourist visa for Cubans, dealing a heavy blow to entrepreneurs and Cuban members of divided

National

How The Trump Administration Uses 'Workarounds' To Reshape Legal Immigration

7:45pm October 10, 2019

by Joel Rose

The White House wanted sweeping changes on legal immigration. Congress didn't bite. Now critics say the administration is using "backdoor" rules and regulations to keep low-income immigrants out.

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Aarti Shahani as a child with her sister and her father.

Books
Arts

In 'Here We Are,' Heart-Rending Challenges Of Immigration Are Exposed

11:56am October 01, 2019

by Martha Anne Toll

Aarti Shahani reports on Silicon Valley for NPR. But, as she details in her memoir, she's also from a family that followed a contorted, painful path to citizenship.

Ken Cuccinelli, the acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, said Monday at the White House that immigrants legally in the U.S. may no longer be eligible for green cards if they use food stamps, Medicaid and other public benefits.

Immigration Chief: 'Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor Who Can Stand On Their Own 2 Feet'

2:58pm August 13, 2019

by Sasha Ingber

Ken Cuccinelli, acting head of Citizenship and Immigration Services, says the new rule, which can deny green cards to immigrants who use government benefits, is part of Trump "keeping his promises."

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Ken Cuccinelli, the acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, speaks during a briefing at the White House on Monday. Trump administration officials announced new rules that aim to deny permanent residency to migrants who may need to us

Trump Administration Rule Would Penalize Immigrants For Needing Benefits

1:29pm August 12, 2019

The "public charge" rule would limit the ability of immigrants to get green cards if they are likely to use government benefits, such as SNAP or housing aid.

A now-closed Irish pub in Lawrence, Mass., displayed an old "Help Wanted/No Irish Need Apply" — a common sight across the country in the mid-1800s.

Politics & Government

With Latest Nativist Rhetoric, Trump Takes America Back To Where It Came From

4:29pm July 16, 2019

by Ron Elving

By repeating that these immigrants are "not ... you," the president defined them as "the other" in stark terms. The battle lines could not be more clear in a conflict nearly as old as America itself.

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