Undocumented immigrants Archives

Supreme Court gives no definitive ruling on Trump’s census plan

Dec 19, 2020

In a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court Dec. 18 did not give a definitive ruling on President Donald Trump’s order to exclude unauthorized immigrants from the 2020 census for redrawing congressional districts, saying it was too early to do so.

By Carol Zimmermann

Judges again block Trump’s efforts to keep unauthorized immigrants out of census

Oct 24, 2020

For the second time this fall, a panel of three federal judges said President Donald Trump acted unlawfully with his order in July to exclude immigrants in the U.S. without legal documentation from being counted in the 2020 census for the redrawing of congressional districts.

By Carol Zimmermann

Immigrants with COVID-19 symptoms may suffer silently, fearing deportation

Aug 12, 2020

Undocumented immigrants often do not have insurance, don’t have financial resources to pay emergency room costs, and feel pressure to go to work no matter how they feel, to support their families. This puts them at additional risk when it comes to COVID-19.

By Joe Ruff

Bishops, immigrant advocates oppose Trump’s new census memo

Jul 23, 2020

Democratic leaders and immigrant advocates are criticizing President Donald Trump’s July 21 memorandum to prevent immigrants without legal documentation from being counted in the 2020 census for the redrawing of congressional districts.

By Carol Zimmermann

Court’s DACA ruling takes recipients out of limbo, into a holding pattern

Jun 25, 2020

DACA recipients and advocates breathed a collective sigh of surprised relief June 18 when the Supreme Court ruled against efforts by the Trump administration to end the immigration program that has hung in the balance for the past three years.

By Carol Zimmermann

Armed with prayers and signs, young immigrants hail high court’s decision

Jun 19, 2020

Before college student Luz Chavez left her Gaithersburg, Maryland, home June 18 to hear a decision on the steps of the Supreme Court of the United States, her mother prayed for an outcome favorable to her daughter, whose ability to study, work and not be deported at some point soon hinged on what the justices had to say.

By Rhina Guidos

Pandemic adds increasing burdens on immigrants without legal status

Apr 2, 2020

For many immigrants, particularly those without legal documentation, the COVID-19 crisis has added another layer of fear and thrown them into an economic crisis with no safety net.

By Rhina Guidos

IDs give parishioners way to say, ‘I belong,’ regardless of legal status

Oct 13, 2019

The Diocese of Brownsville and a group of interfaith leaders in the Rio Grande Valley have introduced a “parish identification strategy” to provided members of parishes in the diocese a way to identify themselves to local law enforcement regardless of their legal status.

By Paul Binz