WASHINGTON — Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Wednesday released an immigration plan that calls for undoing President Trump’s policies and acknowledges “pain” caused by deportations that occurred during his time as vice president, but does not endorse the decriminalization of unauthorized border crossings, a contrast …
Read MoreImmigrant Arrests Fell in 2019 as Deportations Rose – The Wall Street Journal
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement made about 143,000 arrests in the 2019 fiscal year, the agency said Wednesday, a 10% decline from the previous year, marking the lowest number of arrests to date under the Trump administration. The fall in arrests of immigrants living illegally …
Read MoreThe Most Inspiring Immigration Stories Of 2019 – Forbes
A three-time World Pizza Spinning Champion, Hakki Akdeniz, a Kurdish immigrant from Turkey, had a … [+] tough start in America but now owns 7 pizza restaurants in New York. (Photo by Atilgan Ozdil/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) Getty Images Not all the immigration stories in 2019 …
Read MoreImmigrants granted asylum forced to wait in Mexico pending appeal: report | TheHill – The Hill
Immigrants who have been granted asylum in the United States are being forced to stay in Mexico while Homeland Security officials appeal their cases and being assigned fake court hearings, BuzzFeed News reported. Lisa Koop, associate director of legal services at the National Immigrant Justice Center, told …
Read MoreYear In Review: The Most Significant Immigration Stories Of 2019 – Forbes
People pray at a makeshift memorial for victims of a shooting in El Paso, Texas, on August 5, 2019, … [+] that left 22 people dead. The killer said he targeted Mexicans and Mexican immigrants. (MARK RALSTON/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images The …
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