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For good and not so good reasons, undocumented immigrants find themselves in the middle of the political battle between Republicans and Democrats in the final stretch toward the 2024 presidential election. Among the good reasons is the fact that a bill to reform the 1929 Immigration Registry has been...
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Wendy Fry CalMatters On a recent night, by the Miramar Reservoir in San Diego County, a man named Erwin sat at a picnic table scrolling through dozens of texts from his wife. He read aloud her warnings about police patrolling a road near their home. “‘There’s a lot of...
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La Administración Biden eliminó la semana pasada la política de la era Trump conocida como carga pública, que imponía un impuesto sobre el patrimonio a las personas que buscan obtener la residencia permanente en los Estados Unidos. La nueva norma entrará en vigor el 23 de diciembre. Ya se...
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The Biden Administration last week gutted the signature Trump-era policy known as public charge, which effectively imposed a wealth tax on people seeking to gain permanent residency in the US. The new rule will go into effect on Dec. 23. It has already undergone a 60-day public comment period,...
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Cerca del 15% de las ofertas de trabajo que emplean a trabajadores inmigrantes o nacidos en el extranjero en los EE. UU. todavía están vacantes, mientras que el sistema de inmigración legal se encuentra en aprietos. Desde el empaque de carne hasta la construcción de viviendas, pasando por los...
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Close to 15% of job openings that employ immigrant or foreign-born workers in the U.S. are still vacant, while the legal immigration system is in dire straits. From meat packing to home building to STEM professionals to nurses, the post-pandemic economy is reeling from a labor force decimated by...
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He is more recognizable than many politicians or athletes. During the last few years he has been the visible face of the campaign to face the COVID pandemic. The same man appears on the podium of the White House, in front of television cameras or in front of the...
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Without water, without air, but full of hope. This is how entire families of immigrants traveled in pursue to fulfill their American dream of living and working, of having a better future in the United States, when one by one they died suffocated inside a trailer container. Not to...
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Latinos play a critical role in the US farmworker industry, from fighting and advocating for better treatment of migrant workers, to harvesting the produce that comes to our table every day. Our farmers are an underrepresented community and have faced all kinds of difficulties in their work, especially during...