WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will unveil Tuesday new protections for undocumented immigrants married to U.S. citizens and measures to make it easier for immigrants brought illegally as children to qualify for work authorization. Undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens will have had to have lived in the country for at least 10 years to qualify […]
WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 24: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks about Russia’s “unprovoked and unjustified” military invasion of neighboring Ukraine in the East Room of the White House on February 24, 2022 in Washington, DC. Biden announced a new round of sanctions against Russia after President Vladimir Putin launched an attack on Ukraine from […]
President Joe Biden pushes for higher taxes on the wealthy when Trump-era cuts expire. A fast-moving New Mexico wildfire prompts evacuations. And an executive action to protect undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens from deportation is announced. Here’s what to know today. Biden pushes to end Trump-era tax cuts and raise taxes on the wealthy The […]
On Tuesday, the Biden administration plans to announce an executive action protecting undocumented spouses of American citizens that would shield about 500,000 immigrants from deportation, according to four sources familiar with the matter. “This is the biggest thing since DACA,” said one of the sources, an immigration advocate, adding that it was a smart political […]
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is considering a plan to protect from deportation undocumented immigrants who are the spouses of U.S. citizens and give them access to work permits, according to two sources familiar with the discussions. The sources stressed that the proposal was not final and the timing was fluid. The program, known as […]
The “Your Turn” column by Alison Mitchell brought to mind that tried-and-true nugget penned by Mark Twain: “There are lies, damned lies and statistics.” Statistics are only as good as their context and source. Mitchell cites that 64% of federal arrests involved non-citizens. While this statistic is accurate, according to the Justice Department, most of […]
Claudia Perez’s children could count on one hand the number of times they had seen their father cry. The day their mother left was one of them. Perez had worked her whole life for a dream that did not come true: Save enough money to take her family back to Mexico and live together in […]
Claudia Perez’s children could count on one hand the number of times they had seen their father cry. The day their mother left was one of them. Perez had worked her whole life for a dream that did not come true: Save enough money to take her family back to Mexico and live together in […]
A traffic stop by a New Mexico State Police officer on Interstate 10 led to the arrest of two people, and the discovery of 16 people, believed to be undocumented, locked in a Las Cruces home. Albert Torres, 40, was driving the vehicle and acting “nervous,” according to a news release by State Police, raising […]
As young Latinos are one of the nation’s fastest-growing populations in the United States, the time has come to show that we have the exact same career expectations, dreams and ambitions as our peers. In Arizona, Proposition 308 is an opportunity for more students, regardless of immigration status, to access in-state tuition while demonstrating we belong in the […]
The homicide that landed Mexican citizen Fermin Garcia-Gutierrez on national news, touted as a cautionary tale about America’s lax borders, was a retaliatory crime against another man whom Garcia-Gutierrez believed had raped his girlfriend, according to testimony in Hamilton Municipal Court. The aggravated murder charge against Garcia-Gutierrez was bound over to a grand jury this […]
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s parliament agreed Tuesday to consider legislation that could grant residency and work permits to hundreds of thousands of foreigners living in Spain without proper documentation. The proposal was brought to the Congress of Deputies in Madrid by citizen initiative after it obtained more than 700,000 signatures and the backing of […]