The Trump administration has been denying visas to experienced, well-paid workers, many of whom have degrees from American universities.
Immigration
Posted inImmigration
Building a wall out of red tape
While debate has raged over the border wall, there’s less attention to invisible barriers affecting immigrants seeking U.S. visas and citizenship.
Posted inImmigration, Inequality
Troubled youth detention firm seeks to open migrant child shelter in Los Angeles
VisionQuest has faced decades of citations for violence against youth in its custody.
Posted inImmigration
How law enforcement agencies undermine the U visa
How U visa certification requests were handled in the 10 states with the largest immigrant populations.
Posted inImmigration
The U visa is supposed to help solve crimes and protect immigrants. But police are undermining it
Among more than 100 law enforcement agencies serving large immigrant communities, nearly 1 in 4 create barriers never envisioned under the program.
Posted inAccountability, Immigration
Trump administration’s denials of H-1B visas are being overturned at record rate
While the president’s crackdown at the Mexican border has gotten plenty of attention, he’s also been dismantling the work-based immigration system.
Posted inImmigration
How jailing migrant children became an act of compassion for one Northern California community
During the summer of family separation, Yolo County rethought its role in detaining unaccompanied minors. And it decided it liked it.
Posted inImmigration, Inequality
Trans national migration
We meet an immigration judge who rejected nearly every asylum case that came before her, then follow a transgender woman as she tries to claim asylum.
Posted inImmigration, Kids on the Line
Government acknowledges 15 to 20 migrant children held in ‘out of network’ facilities
Reveal previously reported that the government is housing unaccompanied children in secret facilities without the knowledge of their attorneys.
Posted inImmigration, Kids on the Line
We’re suing ICE for keeping contract details secret
We’re seeking details on defense contractor MVM, which held migrant children overnight in an unlicensed vacant office building in Phoenix.