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.
Around the U.S.
Hundreds of migrant minors are wrongly sent to adult detention each year due to scam X-rays, rights groups say:
It’s illegal to use dental or bone X-rays to determine someone’s age, but advocates say they’re being used to classify migrant minors as adults. — Prism
This nonprofit couldn’t fill its caregiver roles. Then migrants from Haiti arrived:
A small human services nonprofit hired dozens of new arrivals from three local shelters. But it didn’t come easily. — The Boston Globe
U.S. dockworkers strike, halting half the nation’s ocean shipping:
The strike has blocked everything from food to automobile shipments across dozens of ports from Maine to Texas. — Reuters
Immigrant workers are the backbone of the U.S. food system:
Immigrant food system workers have some of the least visible but most strenuous and dangerous jobs in the country. — Civil Eats
U.S. won’t extend legal status for Venezuelan migrants who arrived under Biden program:
The program aimed to discourage Venezuelans from traveling to the U.S.-Mexico border by letting them legally enter the country with American sponsorship. — CBS News
New York
Winnie Greco, Mayoral aide under investigation, steered Adams’ relations with China for almost a decade:
An investigation by THE CITY and Documented based on 2,500 pages of emails underscores how Greco played a pivotal role in coordinating Adams’ contacts with the Chinese government and local Chinese community. — Read the full story here
From bodegas to boutiques — the changing face of retail shows gentrification’s effects:
A historian of Williamsburg recounts the neighborhood’s gentrification, and makes a case for other city governments to protect small business owners through similar transitions. — Center for New York City Affairs (opinion)
A stalled luxury condo project in Brooklyn — and a donor’s plea to Adams for help:
Mansurov is a prominent figure in the city’s Uzbek community, and has sponsored a variety of events featuring Adams, Documented first reported. — Gothamist
Washington D.C.
USCIS issues new guidance on EB-1 visa eligibility criteria:This policy guidance confirms what USCIS weighs when considering visas for people with extraordinary ability. — USCIS
