How to reward immigrant essential workers: Give those risking their lives during the coronavirus a path to citizenship
How to reward immigrant essential workers: Give those risking their lives during the coronavirus a path to citizenship
Every night at 7 p.m. in New York City, we clap and make noise for essential and frontline workers. In 2017, more than 15% of the health-care labor force were immigrants, […]
California, NY sue Trump administration over addition of citizenship question to census
The state of California sued the Trump administration Monday night, arguing that the decision to add a question about citizenship in the 2020 Census violates the U.S. Constitution. The state’s attorney general […]
Vietnam War veteran fears he could be deported
*This Vietnam veteran, born in Mexico, was awarded two Purple Hearts and given U.S. citizenship after his service. He’s misplaced his documents and after paying $345 the government wants more […]
Citizenship with a Side of Adobo
*Because food is culture and identity. VL By Rob Bonta, California Assemblymember, New America Media (4.5 minute read) I learned what it means to be a U.S. citizen at the family […]
Celebrating Immigrants’ Contributions on Constitution Week
*So in the middle of “Hispanic Heritage Month” we have Constitution Day and Constitution Week, when we’d do good to remember that citizenship, as the article says, “is a matter […]
Children of Immigrants Denied Citizenship
*The more attention this issue gets, the better. The problem of questionable documentation has long been a problem, to varying degrees, along the border. But it goes beyond being a […]
Millions of Legal Immigrants Skipping U.S. Citizenship
By Lori Abbott, Public News Service Many legal immigrants in California and across the country are not pursuing citizenship. Even though more than 8 million nationwide are eligible to apply, many […]
Children Of Immigrants Unaware They’re Already U.S. Citizens
By EFE/Fox News Latino A large number of Latinos do not know that they are already U.S. citizens and, after living for years as undocumented, discover this fact when they […]
Rallies Nationwide Today Against Border Militarization
By John Michaelson, Public News Service AUSTIN, Texas – Rallies are planned in some Texas cities and across the nation today, in a national day of action against the proposed […]
What do Latinos want in a path to citizenship? The same as everyone else
By Chris Cillizza and Sean Sullivan, Washington Post Conventional wisdom dictates that the Hispanic community in the United States is far more supportive of overhauling the immigration system and allowing those […]