WASHINGTON — At least 24 governors, expressing fears about terrorism, are taking action — through executive order, a request to federal officials or some other means — to prevent Syrian refugees from settling in their states. Their stand in the name of public safety began Sunday and escalated quickly Monday, igniting a […]
BALTIMORE — For years, Brian Mejia begged for his father’s blessing to slip out of his village in El Salvador and make the perilous trek to the United States, away from the gang violence that drove his father across the border. For years, Gabriel Mejia said no, recalling his own […]
AUSTIN, Texas — A judge will continue blocking bids by two South Texas immigrant family detention facilities for state licensure as residential child care centers. State District Judge Karin Crump’s decision came Thursday after a hearing in Austin on emergency rules created by Texas health officials. Those rules aim to […]
In mid-2014, Nikhil Aitharaju, the co-founder and chief technology officer of Tint, a social media integration platform in San Francisco, needed to hire a software engineer for his quickly growing, 34-person company. He’d located the perfect candidate through an online application process, but that person was located in the Netherlands. […]