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SEPTEMBER 8, 2022: Politico — DHS unwinds Trump-era ‘public charge rule for immigrants
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June 2021JUNE 16, 2021: Politico – Biden administration reverses Trump-era asylum policies
APRIL 9, 2021: The Nation – New Immigration Policy Is Opening Doors for Mixed-Status Families
APRIL 5, 2021: The New York Times – House Passes Bills to Create Path to Citizenship for Some Undocumented Immigrants
APRIL 1, 2021: ProPublica – “No Good Choices”: HHS Is Cutting Safety Corners to Move Migrant Kids Out of Overcrowded Facilities
MARCH 31, 2021: ABC News – COVID-19 cases among unaccompanied migrant children in facilities spark concerns over crowding
MARCH 30, 2021: The Associated Press – Bill in Washington state would ban private immigration jail
MARCH 24, 2021: NPR – DHS Data Shows Minors Crossing Border At Faster Pace As TV Crew Tours Texas Shelter
MARCH 23, 2021: The State of Reform – Campaign for health equity for immigrants in Washington
MARCH 23, 2021: The Hill – HHS asks Pentagon to house migrant children at two Texas bases
MARCH 22, 2021: STAT – Undocumented immigrants sought far less health care after Trump launched his campaign, new study shows
MARCH 20, 2021: NBC News – U.S. to open overflow facility for unaccompanied migrant children
MARCH 18, 2021: The Washington Post – House passes bills to open path to citizenship for young undocumented immigrants, legal status for farmworkers
MARCH 18, 2021: American Medical Association – Biden stops defense of rule that put immigrants’ health at risk
MARCH 15, 2021: Patient Engagement HIT – Rhetoric Discourages Access to Care for Undocumented Patients
MARCH 15, 2021: The Washington Post – Death in the prime of life: Covid-19 proves especially lethal to younger Latinos
MARCH 10, 2021: Bloomberg – The Link Between Immigration Enforcement and Babies’ Health
MARCH 9, 2021: Kaiser Health News – Report on State Immigration Laws | 2020
MARCH 9, 2021: The Wall Street Journal – Supreme Court Dismisses Immigrant Public-Charge Cases
MARCH 8, 2021: National Conference of State Legislatures – Without a Pandemic Safety Net, Immigrants Living Illegally in US Fall Through the Cracks
MARCH 5, 2021: The Associated Press – US to open more beds for immigrant children as numbers rise
MARCH 4, 2021: NPR – Supreme Court Makes It Harder For Undocumented Immigrants To Fight Deportation
MARCH 4, 2021: The Seattle Times – Gov. Inslee: Law enforcement, firefighters, grocery workers to get COVID-19 vaccines in March
February 25, 2021: The Seattle Times – What Biden’s sweeping immigration changes could mean in Washington state
February 22, 2021: Politico – Biden reverses Trump visa ban on legal immigration
February 22, 2021: Reuters – U.S. Supreme Court to review a hardline Trump immigration rule
February 18, 2021: CNN – White House announces sweeping immigration bill
February 16, 2021: Kaiser Health News – Anti-Immigrant Vitriol Complicates Vaccine Rollout in Southern States
February 15, 2021: NBC News – Biden, Hill Democrats plan to unveil immigration reform bill this week
February 12, 2021: The Associated Press – Biden to slowly allow 25,000 people seeking asylum into US
February 12, 2021: Business Insider – ICE has no plan to vaccinate 13,860 immigrants in its custody against COVID-19. Here’s how one of the US’s most at-risk groups is falling through the cracks
February 2, 2021: CNN – Biden signs immigration executive orders and establishes task force to reunite separated families
February 2, 2021: The Hill – Watch live: Biden signs executive orders on immigration
February 2, 2021: NPR – Here Are The Immigration Actions President Biden Plans To Sign
February 2, 2021: Crosscut – Washingtonians weigh in on Biden’s immigration agenda
February 2, 2021: NBC News – ICE defies Biden, deports El Paso massacre witness, hundreds of others
February 1, 2021: The Associated Press – US won’t make immigration arrests at virus vaccination sites
February 1, 2021: The New York Times – Separated Families: A Legacy Biden Has Inherited from Trump
December 19, 2020: The Associated Press – Judge won’t speed bail hearings at Tacoma immigration lockup
December 15, 2020: South Seattle Emerald – Inslee Announces $365 Million In Equity Budgeting For 2021
December 7, 2020: POLITICO – Trump’s health nemesis gets a new starring role: Reversing Trump’s policies
November 25, 2020: The Associated Press – US will appeal order barring expulsions of migrant children
November 23, 2020: Health Affairs – Addressing Privacy Concerns Central To Success Of Telehealth Use Among Undocumented Immigrants
November 22, 2020: The New York Times – Undocumented and Pregnant: Why Women Are Afraid to Get Prenatal Care
November 19, 2020: NBC News – White House killed deal to pay for mental health care for migrant families separated at border
November 18, 2020: CNN – Federal judge says US can’t turn away unaccompanied migrant children using public health law
November 16, 2020: KING 5 – UW professor on why immigrant access to health care affects everyone
November 11, 2020: USA Today – ‘A stain on our country’: ICE efforts to stop COVID-19 spread fail to protect immigrant detainees from virus
November 9, 2020: NPR – What Biden’s Election Means For U.S. Health Care And Public Health
November 2, 2020: NPR – Federal Judge Blocks Trump Rule Designed To Impede Immigrants Seeking Green Cards
October 28, 2020: KNDO/KNDU News – YVC Program supports higher education access for migrant and seasonal farmworker community
October 28, 2020: Marketplace – COVID stresses food production in Washington fruit harvests
October 21, 2020: KIMA-CBS – Immigrants are eligible for $1,000 in covid-19 relief through federal funding
October 21, 2020: The Spokesman-Review – Relief fund opens for immigrants who miss work from COVID-19
October 21, 2020: The New York Times – Parents of 545 Children Separated at the Border Cannot Be Found
October 20, 2020: Puget Sound Business Journal – Somali immigrants create opportunity amid gentrification in SeaTac
October 19, 2020: The National Law Review – 172 Immigrants Arrested in Sanctuary Cities by ICE in Six Days
October 9, 2020: World Health Organization – Improving migrant health in the Americas: WHO and IOM joining forces
October 13, 2020: The Wall Street Journal – U.S. Agents Returned Migrants to Honduras in Unauthorized Operation, Senate Report Says
October 9, 2020: The New York Times – Even as the Economy Grew, More Children Lost Health Insurance
October 6, 2020: Bloomberg Government – Undocumented Migrants Face Fast Removals in Renewed Trump Push
October 4, 2020: The Associated Press – Appeals court upholds ban on holding migrant kids in hotels
October 3, 2020: The Associated Press – Pence ordered borders closed after CDC experts refused
October 3, 2020: The Wall Street Journal – CDC Officials Objected to Order Turning Away Migrants at Border
September 30, 2020: The Washington Post – Trump administration will no longer block abortion access for immigrant teens in custody
September 30, 2020: Bloomberg Law – U.S. Ordered to Reserve 9,000 Diversity Visas Past Deadline
September 24, 2020: Seattle pi – ‘History making’: City Council passes minimum wage standard for Uber, Lyft drivers in Seattle
September 24, 2020: CNN – Immigrants in US custody died after ‘inadequate’ medical care, congressional investigation finds
September 22, 2020: The Washington Post – Trump asks Supreme Court to overturn lower-court ruling that blocked effort to exclude undocumented from apportionment
September 21, 2020: KIRO 7 News – Wildfires leave migrant workers homeless, jobless in Eastern Washington
September 14, 2020: Crosscut – Migrant workers leave WA farms, risking poverty instead of coronavirus
September 14, 2020: The New York Times – 400,000 Immigrants Can Be Forced to Leave the U.S., Court Rules
September 13, 2020: Yakima Herald – Two Yakima nonprofits serving immigrant populations awarded $20,000 for COVID-19 response relief
September 10, 2020: NPR – Court Blocks Trump’s Attempt To Change Who Counts For Allocating House Seats
September 8, 2020: POLITICO – Harvest of shame: Farmworkers face coronavirus disaster
September 4, 2020: NBC News – U.S. judge orders migrant children to be released from hotel detention
September 1, 2020: The Washington Post – Appeals court overturns ban on immigrant courthouse arrests
August 31, 2020: NPR – Undocumented People With No Health Insurance Struggle Especially Hard From COVID-19
August 27, 2020: STAT – Immigration status, housing, and food-service work explain Covid-19’s burden on Latinos
August 26, 2020: Kaiser Health News – Many People of Color, Immigrants Among Over 1,000 US Health Workers Lost to COVID
August 19, 2020: KING 5 News – Gov. Inslee orders more COVID-19 testing for Washington farmworkers
August 18, 2020: Kaiser Family Foundation – Health and Financial Risks for Noncitizen Immigrants due to the COVID-19 Pandemic
August 15, 2020: The Associated Press – Fear, language barriers hinder immigrant contact-tracing
August 13, 2020: KING 5 News – Gov. Inslee allocates $43 million to help protect undocumented, agricultural workers during COVID-19 pandemic
August 11, 2020: The Seattle Times – Governor creates $40 million relief fund for undocumented immigrants
August 8, 2020: NPR – Without Federal Protections, Farm Workers Risk Coronavirus Infection To Harvest Crops
August 2, 2020: NPR – Washington Farmworkers Ask State Supreme Court For Overtime Pay
July 27, 2020: Yakima Herald – Number of people transported on Yakima ICE flights is down, flights will continue into next year
July 16, 2020: The Spokesman-Review – As COVID-19 strains U.S. agriculture, Newhouse says immigration reform more urgent than ever
July 16, 2020: The Seattle Times – Seattle-area immigrant communities question why bank accounts are closed without explanation
July 16, 2020: Crosscut – Washington DACA recipients still anxious after Supreme Court decision
July 14, 2020: The Spokesman Review – Amid backlash, Trump administration drops new visa requirements for international students
July 13, 2020: USA Today – ‘Cruel, abrupt and unlawful’: States sue Trump administration over college student visa rule
July 13, 2020: Bellingham Herald – Washington state contests new immigration rule for international students
July 6, 2020: The Wall Street Journal – Coronavirus Hits Nation’s Key Apple, Cherry Farms
June 22, 2020: The New York Times – The White House Is Quietly Deporting Children
June 22, 2020: My Northwest – Yakima County in ‘desperate situation’ as COVID-19 outbreak escalates
June 18, 2020: Forbes – How Supreme Court’s DACA Decision Lessens The Doctor Shortage And Boosts Patient Care
June 8, 2020: NBC News – Two-thirds of Asian American health, food workers fighting COVID-19 are immigrants, report says
June 4, 2020: Fred Hutch – COVID-19 and cancer expose society’s health care gaps
May 30, 2020: The Wall Street Journal – Covid-19 Spreads Deportation Fears Among Immigrant Doctors in U.S.
May 28, 2020: KUOW – They aimed to raise $100,000 for undocumented immigrants in Washington state. They’re over $3M
May 27, 2020: The Washington Post – Power Up: Policymakers concerned that immigrants avoiding coronavirus testing and care
May 25, 2020: Home Health Care News – New Immigration Rules Could Harm Home-Based Care Workforce
May 20, 2020: Pew Research Center – Americans favor medical care but not economic aid for undocumented immigrants affected by COVID-19
May 20, 2020: Vox – Cory Booker’s new bill would expand immigrants’ health care access during the pandemic
May 19, 2020: NPR – Community Health Centers Struggling As Fewer People Seek Care During Pandemic
May 18, 2020: NBC News – Fearing Trump’s green card policy, families with immigrants may opt out of coronavirus care
May 15, 2020: Vox – Immigrants were largely overlooked in the US’s coronavirus response. The latest relief bill aims to fix that.
May 13, 2020: Newsweek – Pelosi’s HEROES Act Would Protect Immigrant Health Workers on the Frontline of Coronavirus Pandemic From Deportation
May 12, 2020: The Atlantic – America’s Slaughterhouses Aren’t Just Killing Animals
May 9, 2020: NPR – Immigrant Health Care Worker Fights The Coronavirus – And For His Asylum
May 8, 2020: Seattle Times – Detainees sue; Tacoma’s Northwest immigration jail has positive coronavirus test
May 7, 2020: New York Post – Pelosi says it’s ‘essential’ for illegal immigrants to get health benefits
May 7, 2020: The Hill – COVID-19’s distinctive footprint on immigrants in the United States
May 7, 2020: American Medical Association (AMA) – AMA fighting for IMG physicians on several fronts with many allies
May 6, 2020: The Wall Street Journal – Immigrant Detainee Becomes First Covid-19 Casualty in ICE Facility
May 3, 2020: The New York Times – Before Covid-19, Trump Aide Sought to Use Disease to Close Borders
May 1, 2020: KOMO News – May Day 2020: Protesters call for worker, immigrant rights during caravan, rally
May 1, 2020: The Seattle Times – King County has big racial disparities in coronavirus cases and deaths, according to public-health data
April 30, 2020: NBC News – Farmworkers sue Washington state seeking coronavirus protections
April 30, 2020: Roll Call – Green card bill would bring more foreign doctors, nurses to US
April 29, 2020: The Hill – Emboldened Democrats push for immigrant relief in next coronavirus response
April 29, 2020: NPR – Internal ICE Reviews Of Two Immigrant Deaths Stoke Fears About COVID-19 Care
April 28, 2020: MIT Technology Review – Five things we need to do to make contact tracing really work
April 28, 2020: U.S. News & World Report – AHA News: Coronavirus Intensifies Existing Issues for Older Immigrants
April 27, 2020: Forbes – Lawsuit Asks Judge To Stop Trump Immigration Order
April 27, 2020: Newsweek – National Latino, Immigration Groups Say Trump Left Latinos Out Of Coronavirus Aid, Ask Congress For More Help
April 24, 2020: Reuters – U.S. Supreme Court refuses to block Trump immigration policy during pandemic
April 23, 2020: The New Yorker – Immigrant Doctors Want to Help Fight COVID-19 but Are Stymied by State Licensing Laws
April 23, 2020: Seattle Times – Applications for food and cash assistance skyrocket in Washington as coronavirus pandemic continues
April 21, 2020: Washington Post – U.S. is deporting infected migrants back to vulnerable countries
April 14, 2020: The Associated Press – Washington state sues Greyhound over immigration searches
April 14, 2020: Crosscut – Undocumented workers fend for themselves with little COVID-19 help
April 11, 2020: ABC News – Immigrant detention numbers decline as COVID-19 spikes and controversial border policies take hold
April 9, 2020: U.S. News & World Report – Coronavirus Cases Rise in Refugee Camps
April 6, 2020: KUOW – Washington state’s undocumented residents scramble to find funds
Reviewed on 9/18/2022