Nearly 10 years after a woman from the Philippines settled in New Jersey, there was a knock on her door. She had come to Jersey City in part because that’s where immigrants have settled for more than 400 years. It’s…
The financial industry is making clear it wants no part of Donald Trump’s plan to force Mexico to pay for a border wall. The GOP nominee says he would convince Mexico to cover the multibillion-dollar cost of his wall by…
Americans consistently mention immigration as one of the nation’s most pressing political concerns, and it has become a signature issue in the presidential campaign. On Wednesday, Donald Trump flew to Mexico to meet with the country’s president, and capped off…
From a Cleveland restaurant to Ohio’s largest county fair, Donald Trump and running mate Mike Pence campaigned in Democratic northeastern Ohio. They were well-received and came out largely unscathed — that is, until Trump spoke to reporters on his plane…
On Aug. 17, after a complicated immigration process that began six years ago when my parents applied to political asylum, I finally had the privilege of becoming an American citizen. As I raised my right hand and pledged loyalty to…
The Obama administration is considering an end to the practice of keeping immigrant detainees in for-profit centers, weeks after the Federal Bureau of Prisons announced it would stop its use of private prisons. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, whose agency…
WASHINGTON— In response to statutory requirements, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will allow up to 12,998 nonimmigrants in fiscal year (FY) 2017 for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)-Only Transitional Worker (CW-1) program. DHS published the notice…
In a speech detailing his immigration plan, Donald J. Trump said he would put a stop to so-called “sanctuary cities.” He said he would cut off their federal funds. In using the term, Mr. Trump and proponents of tougher immigration…
Immigration, a major topic throughout this presidential campaign, has dominated the election-related conversation on Twitter in the past week. According to the Electome — a project of the Laboratory for Social Machines at the MIT Media Lab that’s been analyzing…
Kemberly Gil came to the United States from Colombia when she was 3 years old. She was with her parents, her older brother, and her younger sister. Like most undocumented immigrants in this country, Gil and her family crossed the…
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