Apr 28 How Florida’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout is leaving essential farmworkers behind By Daniel Bush Florida opened up access to the COVID-19 vaccine to all adult residents on April 5. But the stringent proof of residency requirement has created a significant obstacle for undocumented workers, many of whom hold seasonal agriculture or food industry jobs… Continue reading
Mar 26 Watch 6:38 Immigrant families in limbo as Biden’s immigration bill fails to get support in Congress By Yamiche Alcindor, Meredith Lee, Tommy Walters After years of failed attempts, Congress is again struggling to make any headway on immigration reform. President Joe Biden’s massive immigration bill has failed to gain the support it needs to pass as is, leaving immigrant families caught in limbo. Continue watching
Mar 22 Watch 7:01 Why thousands of immigrant children have spent more time than legally allowed at border By Amna Nawaz, Adam Raney, Meredith Lee, Lena I. Jackson, Julia Galiano-Rios Amid an influx of immigrant children arriving at the southern border, new images have surfaced from inside the overcrowded facilities on the U.S. side. The Biden administration on Monday sent officials to Mexico to discuss efforts to stem migration north. Continue watching
Feb 02 Watch 8:23 How President Biden’s policy shifts are impacting immigrants By Amna Nawaz, Saher Khan President Biden signed a series of executive actions Tuesday undoing many of the Trump administration's signature immigration policies. This follows orders he already signed that reverse other controversial Trump era immigration items, like reinstating the DACA program and stopping construction… Continue watching
Jan 11 Illinois is first in the nation to extend health coverage to undocumented seniors By Giles Bruce, Kaiser Health News Under federal law, undocumented people are generally not eligible for Medicare, nonemergency Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance marketplace. The states that do cover this population get around that by using only state funds. Continue reading
Aug 06 Seeking refuge in U.S. amid pandemic, children fleeing danger are expelled By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press More than 2,000 unaccompanied children have been expelled from the United States since March under an emergency declaration enacted by the Trump administration. Continue reading
Aug 05 Judge issues tight schedule in district redrawing case By Mike Schneider, Associated Press A federal judge is setting a compressed schedule for legal arguments challenging President Donald Trump's order seeking to exclude people in the U.S. illegally from being counted during the process of redrawing congressional districts. Continue reading
Jul 29 WATCH: Census head tells House Oversight committee he wasn’t told about Trump district drawing order By Mike Schneider, Associated Press U.S. Census Bureau director Steven Dillingham testified that he wasn't informed ahead of time about President Donald Trump's order seeking to exclude people in the U.S. illegally from the process of redrawing congressional districts. Continue reading
Apr 20 Watch 10:22 How the COVID-19 pandemic is sending American agriculture into chaos By Stephanie Sy, Lena I. Jackson, Casey Kuhn COVID-19 is disrupting agriculture on many levels. The Trump administration recently announced it will spend $19 billion to help farmers. But they aren’t the only group in need of support -- undocumented immigrants are roughly half of American farmworkers, and… Continue watching
Feb 19 Settlement approved in discrimination suit against Motel 6 By Jacques Billeaud, Associated Press Motel 6 also settled a similar lawsuit in 2019 in Washington state for $12 million. Continue reading