12 Workers Make History Forming New York’s First Farmworkers Union
Farmworkers have been historically excluded from labor protections since The New Deal. Here's the story behind New York's first farmworker union.
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Groups File Civil Rights Complaint With DHS Over ICE Tactics
Plus: How mental health evaluations can help asylum cases, and Wisconsin immigrants strike to show need for reform
DHS Plans to Protect Whistleblower Immigrants From Deportation
Plus: White House halts large workplace immigration raids, and advocates are frustrated with expired visas and unused refugee spots
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Plus: Hochul criminalizes threats to undocumented immigrants, and González-Rojas discusses her fight for immigration reform
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Plus: Bergen County ends ICE detentions, New York's excluded workers fund runs dry, and the state's first farmworker union forms
Fauci Emphatic that Immigrants Aren’t Driving Covid Cases
Plus: Refugee admissions hit a record low in the last year, and a State Department official resigns while slamming migrant expulsions
NY’s Excluded Workers Fund is Almost Out of Money
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First Farmworker Union Forms in New York State
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Immigration Activists Follow Arizona Senator into Bathroom
Plus: Colorado nonprofit helps immigrants after release from detention, and a Sioux Falls immigration attorney is running for mayor
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