The House of Representatives is addressing the agricultural industry’s labor crisis by voting in favor of a bill that would grant legal status to thousands of undocumented farmworkers. On Dec. 11, a bipartisan House vote of 260-165 propelled this bill to the Senate for further deliberation. The bill…
Puerto Rico has suffered most from climate change in the past decade. At the beginning of December, an environmental think-tank, GermanWatch published its annual Climate Change Risk Index, which poses the question “who suffers most from extreme weather events?” After consulting close to 400 climate experts, this Risk…
After years of aggressive immigration enforcement directed by the Trump administration, Congressman JesĂşs “Chuy” GarcĂa (D-IL) has introduced a bill aimed at decriminalizing border crossings. The “New Way Forward Act”, co-sponsored by Congress members Ayanna Pressley, Jamila Prayapal, RaĂşl Grijalva and Karen Bass focuses on tackling immigration reform…
Community activist Julia Mejia is now the first Latina in history elected to the Boston City Council after winning by a single vote. Following a three day recount, the Dominican immigrant secured her council seat victory on Dec. 9, defeating Alejandra St. Guillen by a final tally of…
As nativity scenes decorate neighborhood yards in celebration of Christmas, one church is using theirs to highlight the dire reality that thousands of asylum seekers suffer at the hands of the U.S. government. Claremont United Methodist Church in California created a Christian nativity scene comparing Jesus’ migrant status…
16-year-old Guatemalan migrant Carlos Gregorio Hernandez Vasquez lay dead in a south Texas holding cell for over four hours before guards checked on him. Carlos died of flu while being detained at an immigration holding station in Weslaco. A Dec. 5th ProPublica news report shows video footage of…
A new government report confirms that over 5,400 migrant children were separated from their families, and the plan was to separate up to 26,000 families if a judge had not ended the program. Between July 2017 and June 2018 the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency (CBP) separated…
Democratic presidential candidate and frontrunner Joe Biden who has already qualified for the next Democratic presidential primary debate on Dec. 19, is having a problem connecting with the Hispanic community. At a November South Carolina town hall, Biden was confronted by a prodding immigration advocate over his uncertain…
Construction site whistleblower Delmar Joel Ramirez Palma was deported to his native Honduras on Nov. 29 after being arrested by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) in October. Ramirez Palma was injured while working at the New Orleans Hard Rock building on Oct. 12 when the building collapsed,…
Despite noting the spread of influenza at migrant detention centers last winter, and recommendations that all detainees receive flu vaccines after they are taken into custody, the U.S. government refused. For nearly a year, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned the U.S. Customs and Border…