immigration

Immigration groups around Pennsylvania and the country want to keep pressure on Washington to include a path to citizenship in the final package.

The relief fund sets aside $2.1 billion for those who lost work during the pandemic, but, due to immigration status, were ineligible for unemployment benefits or federal stimulus checks.

“What strikes at my heart, is the inhumane way in which Libre shackled immigrants with homing devices so they could keep tabs on their investments."

“We hope that it will be a good change, that it will help us, it will help others."

For students, it’s a disorienting change during an already difficult time.

“We can’t stop right now. We have to continue fighting for our families, for our communities, for those who have lost their lives during COVID-19 without getting anything.”

“We’re asking for access to child care for food chain workers, financial relief for undocumented workers and health and safety regulations for all workers on the job, especially farmworkers."

“As a 25-year law enforcement professional, it is unfathomable that information which could be used to prevent crime or a potential terrorist attack, is purposely being withheld."

Attorneys say they believe the stop was racially motivated. The ACLU’s client was detained, then placed in ICE custody.

Cuomo says it’s likely the federal government’s decision was political “retaliation and reprisal” for New York’s law to allow undocumented immigrants to apply for driver’s licenses.