This is a big week for Ozzie Vazquez, the young whiz kid and Chinatown resident who hit the books hard in both Mexico and Los Angeles. He is packing for college. “I leave Thursday,” said Ozzie, whose many years of…
During the Nazi era, roughly 300,000 additional Jewish refugees could have gained entry to the U.S. without exceeding the nation’s existing quotas. The primary mechanism that kept them out: the immigration law’s “likely to become a public charge” clause. Consular…
MIAMI — After finishing a particularly satisfying dinner at a Coral Gables restaurant with his wife, Pedro Martinez quietly slipped around to the back alley where the kitchen is. “Whatever you’re making, I’ll give you a raise,” Mr. Martinez whispered…
This month, the Trump White House unveiled a new policy it had aggressively pushed through the regulatory process that makes it much harder for low-income immigrants, especially those who had used public benefits, to come to or remain in the…
From fiery protests outside detention centers in Texas, New Jersey and Rhode Island to a sit-in that blockaded an Amazon store in New York, a fledgling coalition of liberal Jewish groups is increasingly making itself heard as it fights the…
Teresa Galindo, 72, a native of Mexico, has lived in the U.S. without legal status for nearly 30 years. Like many other undocumented immigrants, one of the most painful aspects of her situation has been the inability to visit loved…
WEST VALLEY CITY — Drawing parallels to their faith’s history, members of Utah’s Jewish community rallied Saturday in front of the local U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office against the country’s current immigration policies. “I’m disturbed about what is…
Two nonprofit organizations have given University of California, Davis, School of Law a total of $1.15 million to help fund additional staff attorneys and further serve immigrants through its Immigration Law Clinic. Together Rising, a nonprofit organization that raises money…
In the summer of 2016 while covering Trump’s so-called illegal immigration speech in Phoenix, I spoke to an older woman in a wheelchair from Chicago. She told me in an even tone that Hispanics and immigrants come to the country…
The immigration-related provisions of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) hold powerful potential to help us reimagine our understanding of diaspora, integration and discrimination. Among the various purposes of VAWA is to make lawful immigration status a reality for those…
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