José spent three months in the hospital being treated for COVID-19. “All of the nurses clapped for me as I was leaving the hospital,” he says. But now he faces a long recovery at home. Eddie Quiñones for NPR hide caption toggle caption Eddie Quiñones for NPR José spent three months in the hospital being treated for COVID-19. “All of the nurses clapped for me as I was leaving the hospital,” he says. But now he faces a long recovery at home. Eddie Quiñones for NPR In early August, José came home to the Chicago apartment he shares with his wife […]
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Activists Camp At State House For Giving Undocumented Immigrants Driver’s Licenses By Lucas Phillips, Boston Globe. July 21, 2020 Activists Camp At State House For Giving Undocumented Immigrants Driver’s Licenses2020-07-212020-07-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/boston-e1595353821853.jpg200px200px Above photo: An encampment has been erected in front of the State House since Friday. People with Pioneer Valley Workers Center and Cosecha Massachusetts are rallying for driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants. Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff. Two groups urging state legislators to include a provision that would allow undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses have been encamped outside the State House gates since Friday morning, according to organizers. Happening now | Immigrant families are […]
President Donald Trump may have shown diminishing concern for the threat posed to the American public by the novel coronavirus in recent weeks, but his administration and allies are increasingly pointing to the pandemic as a justification for further longstanding policy goals on immigration. For months, the Trump administration has utilized the pandemic as a pretext for raising the barriers for entry into the country, effectively halting most immigration into the United States for the duration of the crisis, refusing to issue COVID-19 guidances for those still stuck in the immigration legal system, and using a quarantine law from the late […]