Just have a minute? Here are the top stories you need to know about immigration. This summary was featured in Documented’s Early Arrival newsletter. You can subscribe to receive it in your inbox three times per week here.
New York
DoorDash, Grubhub and Uber aim to stop City law that would require them to pay delivery workers $17.96 an hour:
Companies must pay delivery workers starting next week, per the new law which DoorDash has described as “extreme,” “misguided,” and “bad policy.” — THE CITY
Meeting the needs of migrants with low digital literacy in New York City:
Documented details its methods for delivering actionable information to migrants with low digital literacy in New York City. — Read more
Around the U.S.
Florida outlaws ID cards issued to undocumented immigrants:
Certain IDs from Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Rhode Island and Vermont are now invalid in Florida. — News Nation
Employers say Florida’s new immigration law causing worker shortage:
WSJ reporter Deborah Acosta spoke with Florida farmers and contractors who lost more than half of their workers under Gov. Ron DeSantis’ anti-immigrant law. — WBUR
New documentary shows how child translators help their immigrant parents navigate life:
The 20-minute short doc shows the real lives of three bilingual children who are doing their best to bridge the language gap for their Spanish-speaking parents. — Refinery 29
Denver considers giving immigrants, refugees financial assistance using $3 million in federal funds:
The Denver City Council has given an initial approval for using leftover COVID-19 relief funds to help upwards of 2,000 families. — CBS News
The woman saving trans lives at the US-Mexico border: ‘Why would I turn my back on them?’
Susana ‘Susy’ Barrales runs a shelter in Tijuana, which has become a destination for trans women fleeing persecution and looking for support and healthcare. — The Guardian
How migrants DeSantis flew to Martha’s Vineyard came to call it home:
Some of the 49 migrants the Florida government flew to the liberal enclave last year have found work, friends and a new life on the wealthy island. — The New York Times
Washington D.C.
U.S. passport seekers describe a slow-motion agony of waiting, worrying, holding the line:
Government officials are blaming epic wait times on lingering pandemic-related staffing shortages and a pause of online processing. — AP News
