Engaged in a mass deportation campaign, the Trump administration has limited congressional access to immigrant detention facilities. For the second time in a week, Congress member Doris Matsui was denied entry into a Sacramento immigration facility. She
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Hurrican Katrina 20 Years Later: The Impacts of Mass Disaster on Immigrants
Flooding in Louisiana courtesy of Wikimedia CommonsIt was 20 years ago that Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. To check out pictures of the devastation from NPR, click here. The hurricane affected immigrants as well as U.S. citizens. For…
Immigration Article of the Day: Measured as Criminals and Labeled as Tea: Surveillance Under Chinese Exclusion by Laura Moy
Measured as Criminals and Labeled as Tea: Surveillance Under Chinese Exclusion by Laura Moy
AbstractIn 1875, Congress passed the Page Act—one of the earliest federal immigration laws in the United States-beginning a long period of federal immigration law that facilitated
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Scammers are targeting immigrants using fake ABA logo and credentials
The ABA Journal reports that scammers are using fraudulent American Bar Association credentialing to prey on people in need of immigration legal services. “The association has received at least a dozen separate reports of scammers using its name, logo or…
Going too far? ICE swoops in on firefighters IN THE MIDDLE of battling wildfire
MSNBC News reports that immigration officers raided a Washington wildfire camp, forcing firefighters to stop work for hours. “Immigration agents arrested two Mexican contractors helping to tackle a wildfire in Olympic National Forest in Washington, a supervisor who oversees…
DOJ Is Lowering Criteria for Temporary IJs After Firing Qualitified IJs
As ABC news is reporting, the DOJ will be lowering the standards for hiring temporary IJs who are needed to fill in for the 100+ IJs that the administration has fired or pushed out. Previously, temporary immigration judges had to be…
Stanford Daily Sues Secretary of State Marco Rubio and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Over Targeted Deportations
Center for Migration Studies: The Role of Undocumented Workers in High-Growth Occupations and Industries Across the United States
A new research brief identifies high-growth jobs that currently rely on undocumented workers and warns of possible workforce shortages. Key findings include:
- 14 jobs deemed to be growing “much faster than average” currently rely on undocumented workers, including: Electrical engineers, industrial engineers,
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CalMatters: ICE is suddenly showing up in California hospitals. Workers want more guidance on what to do
On January 20, 2025, the Trump Administration rescinded policy long in place that protected churches, school, and hospitals from immigration enforcement and replaced it with a directive that gives Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers power to engage in enforcemen…
Undocumented Numbers
Accurately estimating the undocumented population of the United States is no easy task. Just last week, Kevin noted that Pew Research came out with a new estimate of 14 million undocumented individuals living in the US in 2023 (a new…