‘This unprecedented public health crisis has further illuminated existing discrimination and inequities in access to medical care, especially for one community disproportionately impacted by COVID-19: immigrants
More than 200,000 DACA recipients nationwide are considered essential workers in the pandemic.
‘We write to ask all who love and celebrate our traditions to show a similar appreciation for the people whose culture you are consuming.’
‘This stimulus bills turns Julia and her U.S. citizen children, and other Americans, into second-class citizens for marrying undocumented immigrants.’
With Census workers unable to conduct door-to-door outreach, they’re turning to other methods to get the word out during the pandemic, saying a full population count is more important now than ever.
‘How is it possible to do social isolation in a detention center?’
Many immigrant workers in food service, childcare and the cleaning industries don’t have the luxury of working from home, making them especially vulnerable to the virus, advocates say. They want to ensure the government’s response to COVID-19 doesn’t overlook immigrant and undocumented residents.
A City Council hearing discussed alleged abuses committed by immigration officers against detained people who are hospitalized in the city.
Local activists started Sunset Park Emergency ICE Watch, a volunteer group that looks to protect the neighborhood’s immigrant communities.
In an interview with Nowy Dziennik, a Polish woman shares her story of being detained when trying to re-entering the U.S. for overstaying a previous visa.
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