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Ivette Sosa of Arizona and her family still keep a close eye on what they put in the shopping cart. Like many undocumented immigrants, her parents decided to forgo food stamps – fearing a claim could hurt their prospects of attaining legal status.

A coalition of immigrant rights groups sued the Biden administration Monday, challenging its refusal to allow immigrant youth who've suffered abuse and neglect to legally work while they seek humanitarian protections.

A year ago, the Biden administration disavowed Donald Trump’s controversial policy, but many low-income migrants are still forgoing welfare benefits for fear a claim...

Immigrants could lose their jobs if USCIS doesn’t act urgently.

Washington, Feb 14: Diplomats at Afghanistan’s embassy in Washington, as well as Afghan consulates in New York and Los Angeles, are living largely on savings and loans as they have not been paid for several months, The New York Times reports. The Afghan Embassy in Washington continues to process consular requests and collects about $2,000 to $3,000 in fees each month, which is enough to pay for utilities but not enough to pay salaries to the Afghan staff, the newspaper […]

Unpaid and potentially stateless, Afghan diplomats seek permission to remain in US

American banks have suspended government accounts to prevent the Taliban from gaining access to funds, suspending the salaries of many workers.

Teen risked all to flee Guatemala. Her payoff: gruelling job in US chicken plant

Both sisters work in the Alabama town, using false identities and fake dates of birth obtained for them by illegal brokers who forge or otherwise secure such documentation for undocumented migrants. With those credentials, they got jobs through staffing agencies of the type that help poultry plants here, like industries elsewhere across the United States, recruit staff and fulfill paperwork meant to ensure that employers comply with state and federal regulations.

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