Every year, the U.S. sets aside permanent resident cards, known as “green cards,” including 226,000 family-preference green cards for immediate relatives of U.S. citizens, 140,000 employment-based green cards and 50,000 diversity green cards.
But the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, plus the Trump administration’s gutting of U.S. Citizenship and …
"The governors of Florida and Texas seem to be vying for the title of who can be the cruelest to immigrants, some faith leaders say.
Whether motivated by their 2022 re-election campaigns or a desire to gain a VP nod from Donald Trump in 2024, both men have gone out of their way to depict immigrants as invaders whose existence presents a threat to the residents of …
Democratic U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar has represented Texas’ 16th Congressional District since 2019 and is vice chair of the Democratic Women’s Caucus. Noorani has led the National Immigration Forum, an immigrant advocacy group, since 2008 and is the host of the “Only in America” podcast.
In their Texas Tribune Festival interview, Escobar and Noorani discussed the …
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration said Tuesday that the coronavirus pandemic and the difficulty of reversing Trump administration policies were responsible for the record-low number of refugees admitted to the United States during the 2021 budget year.
The State Department, in an email to The Associated Press, said 11,411 refugees had been allowed into the United States during …
