Deportation of Haitians On the Rise as Activists Fight for Their Temporary Protected Status
April 7, 2021By Emily Drooby A new report shows deportations are up. At the same time, Temporary Protected Status (TPS) is on the chopping […]
Topic: Immigration
President Biden Holds First Formal News Conference
March 25, 2021Currents News Staff Joe Biden faced the press in his first news conference after more than nine weeks into his presidency. “I […]
Immigrants Continue to Support Family Back Home Despite Financial Struggles During Pandemic
March 24, 2021By Jessica Easthope The pandemic, financial struggles and unemployment haven’t stopped Central and South American immigrants from sending money back home. Every […]
Biden Administration Urges Migrants to ‘Stay Home’ Amid Surge of Unaccompanied Children at Border
March 17, 2021Currents News Staff “Stay home.” That’s the message President Joe Biden has for people thinking about crossing into the United States at […]
As Pandemic and Politics Mix at the Border, Migrant Families Face Confusion
March 16, 2021By Rhina Guidos and Currents News Staff (CNS) — For the past month, Magdalena Chávez and her sisters have spent their days […]
Biden Admin. Has ‘No Choice’ But to Tackle Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Says Attorney
February 23, 2021Currents News Staff In Texas, a tent facility to hold immigrant teenagers who cross the border without a parent has just reopened. […]
Biden Plans to Streamline the Citizenship Naturalization Process. What Does This Means for Dreamers?
February 3, 2021Currents News Staff President Biden continues to change the policies of the previous administration on immigration, and has more plans on the […]
President Biden Faces Legal Roadblocks as He Works to Make Citizenship Pathway for ‘Dreamers’
February 2, 2021By Jessica Easthope Ilse Mendez came to Laredo, Texas with her parents at the age of 2. She’s now 33. Everyone in […]
SOMOS Fights to Get COVID Vaccines for Their Frontline Workers, Preps Future Distribution Sites
January 5, 2021By Emily Drooby Leaders of SOMOS Community Care are hopeful that on Wednesday Jan. 6, they will be able to vaccinate 400 […]
Sculpture Honoring Migrants Unveiled by Bishop DiMarzio During Christmas Tree Lighting
December 8, 2020By Emily Drooby and Bill Miller PROSPECT HEIGHTS — The Diocese of Brooklyn on Tuesday, Dec. 8 swapped this year’s pandemic darkness […]