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ILCM In The News | Posted on Feb 15 2020
Immigration through the looking glass: our country’s fill-in-every-blank nonsense
Can you imagine having an application rejected because you don’t have a middle name and didn’t write “N/A” or “None”?
Read More...Immigration In The United States | Posted on Feb 06 2020
Trump’s expanded travel ban will hit Nigerians the hardest
Nigerians make up by far the largest population of African immigrants living in the US, numbering about 327,000.
Read More...ILCM In The News | Posted on Feb 06 2020
Quietly, Trump just made his immigration bans even more inhumane
ILCM Executive Director Veena Iyer on latest immigration ban. All are welcome here, in Minnesota and in the United States.
Read More...ILCM In The News | Posted on Feb 05 2020
Notable Women of Austin: Sara Karki working for minorities
ILCM staff attorney, Sara Karki, has recently been named one of the “2019 Attorneys of the Year” by Minnesota Lawyers.
Read More...Immigration In The United States | Posted on Feb 02 2020
The Trump administration has started sending Brazilian asylum seekers back to Mexico
Until recently, most immigrant advocates thought that only Spanish-speaking migrants would be subject to MPP.
Read More...Immigration In Minnesota | Posted on Feb 02 2020
Minnesota’s Pope County, in Trump Country, votes unanimously to welcome refugees
When the County Board met on Jan. 7, the vote was a swift, uncontested yes.
Read More...ILCM In The News | Posted on Feb 01 2020
Minnesotans raise concerns about executive order restricting immigration from Myanmar, Eritrea
“This action will directly harm Minnesota communities,” Veena Iyer, ILCM Executive Director, said in a statement.
Read More...Immigration In Minnesota | Posted on Feb 01 2020
ABDI WARSAME APPOINTED CEO OF MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY. HE WILL BECOME FIRST SOMALI TO LEAD A GOVERNMENT AGENCY.
Warsame also made history in 2013 when he became the first Somali in Minnesota elected to the Minneapolis City Council.
Read More...Immigration In The United States | Posted on Feb 01 2020
Trump Administration Adds Six Countries to Travel Ban
Trump added Africa’s biggest country, Nigeria, as well as Myanmar, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Sudan and Tanzania, to his travel ban.
Read More...Immigration In The United States | Posted on Jan 31 2020
As the coronavirus spreads, fear is fueling racism and xenophobia
The panic has also taken another, more familiar form, with the re-emergence of old racist tropes against Asians.
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