Immigration News

Child Separated From Asylum Seeking Mother for Over Four Months

by Jim Hacking | March 5, 2018

In late February, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sued the government for separating an asylum-seeking mother from her child unlawfully. A Congolese woman was sent to a different... VIEW POST

Vietnamese Refugees Under Attack By the Trump Administration

by Jim Hacking |

  Dy Nguyen, who is being held in Stewart detention center in Georgia, is unable to hold his infant daughter.  His five-month-old, Chari Nguyen, can only see her father... VIEW POST

Actor in Marvel's 'Black Panther' is a Dreamer

by Jim Hacking | February 21, 2018

Bambadjan Bamba, an actor in the box office phenomenon Black Panther, is undocumented. Bamba is from Ivory Coast, a country in west Africa.  He, along with around one million... VIEW POST

Noncriminal Arrests of Immigrants Go Up

by Jim Hacking | February 19, 2018

According to the Washington Post, “noncriminal” arrests of immigrants have doubled in 2017. Since Donald Trump took office, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests have increased by 40 percent. ... VIEW POST

Trump's Refugee Opinions Hurts the St. Louis Community President Trump’s effort to cut refugee admission to the United States is already having a major impact in St. Louis, according to a story in the St. Louis Post... VIEW POST

NYC Rally Against Deportation of Immigration Activist

by Jim Hacking | February 12, 2018

A rally held in New York brought hundreds of people together to support an immigration activist from Trinidad and Tobago who is fighting deportation. Ravi Ragbir, a fifty-three-year-old man,... VIEW POST

Trump's State of the Union Plans to Make Immigration Even Harder President Trump delivered his first State of the Union address this week, and he said a number of things about immigration.  Today I’d like to go beyond the incendiary... VIEW POST