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Ketanji Brown Jackson gives stark warning after SCOTUS allows Trump to end migrant parole program

Advocates are reeling after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to revoke (for now) a Biden-era parole program that granted temporary legal status for half a million migrants from Haiti, Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua. The high court granted a stay of a U.S. District Court ruling that blocked the Trump administration’s effort to end the parole program, known as CHNV. Former President Joe Biden created the program that allowed migrants fleeing humanitarian crises, including violence and poverty, in […]

todayMay 31, 2025 1

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Chicago’s response to migrant influx stirs longstanding frustrations among Black residents

CHICAGO (AP) — The closure of Wadsworth Elementary School in 2013 was a blow to residents of the majority-Black neighborhood it served, symbolizing a city indifferent to their interests. So when the city reopened Wadsworth last year to shelter hundreds of migrants, without seeking community input, it added insult to injury. Across Chicago, Black residents are frustrated that long-standing needs are not being met while the city’s newly arrived are cared for with a sense of urgency, and with their […]

todayApril 19, 2024

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Advocates fear Black and brown migrant deaths without court intervention in Texas border fight

Human rights organizations are rallying behind the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to temporarily permit U.S. Border Patrol agents to resume the removal of razor-wire fencing along the Texas border, which has placed Black and brown migrants’ safety in jeopardy.   Cody Wofsy, deputy director at American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Immigrants’ Rights Project, told theGrio, “It is gratifying to see the Supreme Court put a stop” to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s efforts that advocates say are anti-immigrant. YUMA, ARIZONA- MAY 20: […]

todayJanuary 25, 2024 1

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Migrant border crossings undeterred by threat of charges in Texas

EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — Before settling in New York City like thousands of other migrants this year, Abdoul, a 32-year-old from West Africa, took an unexpected detour: Weeks in a remote Texas jail on local trespassing charges after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. “I spent a lot of hours without sleeping, sitting on the floor,” said Abdoul, a political activist who fled Mauritania, fearing persecution. He spoke on the condition that his last name not be published for fear of jeopardizing his request […]

todayDecember 31, 2023