By Fenit Nirappil Dozens of Syrian refugees were settled in Maryland and Virginia in June, part of a sharp nationwide increase as the U.S. government scrambles to meet its goal of admitting 10,000 refugees in fiscal 2016. The surge has come despite opposition from more than half of the nation’s […]
Author: Foster
WINDHAM, Conn. — Ivonne Barcenas grew up in the hometown of the University of Georgia and had hopes of studying there — until she found out that immigrants without permanent legal status are prohibited from attending the state’s top public universities. Instead Barcenas, whose family immigrated to the United States […]
By Paul Elias SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that Homeland Security officials must quickly release immigrant children — but not their parents — from family detention centers after being picked up crossing the border without documentation. The San Francisco-based 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said […]
By Collin Binkley BOSTON — He came to America on a student visa, earned a master’s degree from Babson College and is now starting a new business, but Abhinav Sureka worries that he’ll have to return to India. To stay, he needs an H-1B visa, a temporary work permit typically […]