For immigrants who are experiencing domestic violence, COVID-19 is causing an unseen crisis as people are forced to stay home. For someone in an abusive relationship, home is not a place of refuge and safety, but a place of violence and fear.
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Health is the Human Denominator. Where is the Access?
by Dr. Sofía Gómez, Public Health Researcher and Practitioner
Health equity in the U.S. remains an economic, social, and political issue. If there is any small silver lining in COVID-19’s dark clouds, it is that the pandemic has beckoned us as citizens to reflect on our society’s common denominator: our health.
Read MoreWe Can’t Talk About Immigration without Acknowledging Black Immigrants
KOVIE BIAKOLO wrote this article for YesMagazine.org
With strong, rich roots in the U.S., Black people are part of this country’s immigration narrative.
Read More“How DACA Changed My Life”, An Essay by a DACA recipient from Brazil
by Juliana Macedo Do Nascimento, DACA recipient + State/Local Policy Manager at United We Dream
DREAMers’ futures are on the line. Any day now, the Supreme Court will decide the fate of nearly 700,000 young people in the DACA program, but also their families and communities. Learn more about what’s at stake with this momentous Supreme Court decision in this month’s Think Table.
Read MoreWhat are ‘sanctuary’ cities and why is Trump targeting them?
By Reuters reporters Kristina Cooke and Ted Hesson
LOS ANGELES/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Republican President Donald Trump has intensified his administration’s fight in recent weeks against Democratic-led “sanctuary” jurisdictions that limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.
Read MoreTrump’s immigration policies have already put lives at risk
By Washington Post editorial board
It remains unclear how many lives — of immigrants and native-born Americans alike — will have been risked in the meantime as a result of the administration’s scare tactics.
Read MoreAsylum In The U.S.: What’s Going On?
by Andrew Selee, President of the Migration Policy Institute
Andrew Selee, President of MPI, explains the history of asylum in the United States as a safe haven for those fleeing violence and persecution in their home countries.
Read MoreImmigrant Victims of Human Trafficking Afraid to Report
by Katherine Flannery & Katherine Soltis of Ayuda
January is human trafficking awareness month, an issue that disproportionally affects immigrants who are often afraid to report their traffickers due to fear of being deported. Most immigrants come to the U.S. on a visa that is tied to their employer, and leaving an abusive situation can result in loss of legal immigration status.
Read MoreFood Tastes Better When It’s Just
By Diana Tellefson-Torres, Executive Director, UFW Foundation
In this December issue of The Think Table, Diana Tellefson-Torres, Executive Director of the United Farmworker Foundation, explains how the Farm Workforce Modernization Act could impact the hundreds of thousands of undocumented farmworkers and their families.
Read MoreDREAMers in Danger
By Marshall Fitz, Managing Director of Immigration at Emerson Collective
In this November issue of The Think Table, Marshall Fitz, Managing Director of Immigration at Emerson Collective and one of the nation’s leading legislative immigration strategists and advocates explains the crucial November 12 Supreme Court case on DREAMers. The Court’s decision will undoubtedly affect millions of Americans.
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