Undocumented immigrants

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