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The aftermath of Hurricane Harvey highlights a problem that is faced by many cities after a natural disaster—rebuilding. The cost of property damage is immense following the hurricane that struck Houston this summer, but there is another obstacle that is hindering the city’s ability to recover from the storm. Without enough workers, there is no […]

Across the U.S., individual cities are taking it upon themselves to make their homes friendlier to immigrants. In an age where anti-immigrant rhetoric is rife and both state and federal laws are being passed to make it more difficult for immigrants to settle, some city leaders are looking to immigrants to help them revive their fading

In another move against immigrants, the Trump administration has placed a hold on an Obama-era policy that was intended to encourage foreign entrepreneurs to invest in the U.S. and immigrate to build their companies. The administration reported that the decision was made due to them being overwhelmed with more important issues to attend to. Before

Attorneys general from ten Republican-led states are pushing for Trump to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. This program grants deportation relief and work permits to approximately 788,000 undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as young children. Republicans have called for the end of the Obama-era program since its beginning, and now

The Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center (PIRC) is a York County-based nonprofit organization that provides volunteer and no-charge legal services to asylum-seekers held in civil detention, or who have encountered other serious legal complications. Originally founded in 1996, PIRC has since been able to expand its services into nine south-central Pennsylvania counties. The expansion and continued

Immigration’s effect on the U.S. economy is a touchy subject. Depending on political beliefs, some have denounced immigrants as a drain on the economy, while others have touted immigration as strengthening the economy. Economists have spent many years studying the way immigrants affect the U.S. economy, and here is what studies have shown. Immigrants Found Leading Companies

Throughout the past century, countries all over the world make their value creators and entrepreneurial talents feel unwelcome and pushing them to leave, while the United States encourages the same people with promises of opportunity, liberty, and freedom. But recently, however, America is rebranding itself as a place which now pushes those people away. Current immigration policy

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is one of two agencies under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that is doing their part of fulfilling President Donald Trump’s goal of deporting two to three million criminals, undocumented immigrants. One of ICE’s main duties is to seize undocumented immigrants who have received their final deportation notices or who have

The United States of America is often heralded as the land of the free and the fair due to the fact that anyone who enters the country is given a basic set of rights under the words of the Constitution. This applies to undocumented immigrants as well. With plenty of recent stories of Immigration and