Source: Immigration Impact Before COVID-19, the U.S. was facing a shortage of physicians. Since then, the Trump administration has made it more difficult for medical professionals and scientific experts from other countries to join companies in the…

Source: Immigration Impact The Center for Disease Control (CDC) released an order on March 21, stating that border officials are to “suspend the introduction of persons into the U.S.” in order to protect public health. The CDC…

Source: NJ.com In the Essex County Correctional Facility in New Jersey, immigrant detainees have organized a hunger strike in hopes of being released, “either on bond or bracelet monitoring,” to avoid the risk of contracting the COVID-19…

Source: Phila Legal We have been getting questions about whether or not non-citizens can apply for unemployment benefits. This incredibly helpful fact sheet put out by Philadelphia Legal Assistance provides answers to many of these questions.

Source: NPR Last week, Trump announced that the U.S. and Mexico have agreed to temporarily close the border to “nonessential travel to curb the spread” of COVID-19. This includes anyone attempting to claim asylum at the U.S.…

Source: WHYY Detained settings, under the best of circumstances, are dangerous to immigration detainees. COVID-19 could mean a death sentence for someone detained on a civil immigration violation. As a question of basic human rights, ICE should…

Source: ICE.gov On Monday, March 16, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP) sued ICE on behalf of immigrants detained at the Tacoma Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, WA. The organizations…

Source: NPR On February 28, 2020, the Ninth Circuit ruled to block the Trump administration’s “Remain in Mexico” (aka “Migrant Protection Protocols”) program that requires asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their asylum claims process in…