A federal judge in New York has blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to strip immigration protections from Haitians fleeing instability in their country. The ruling Friday from U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan preserves, for now, the Biden administration’s 2024 extension of the protections, known as “temporary protected status,” for up to 500,000 Haitians living in […]
Author Archive | Nicholas Montalto
(Opinion) ‘We can’t do without these people'” Trump’s migrant crackdown has businesses worried.
At his 1,200-person cleaning business in Maryland, chief executive Victor Moran carefully screens new recruits to make sure they are authorised to work in the US. Even so, President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigrants is starting to chip away at his workforce. About 15 people have left his company, Total Quality, since Trump won a […]
Paper critiques the Trump administration for trying to deny admission to international medical graduates, who are 9 times more likely to enter primary care and to serve in rural settings in the U.S.
This article examines the recent impact of restrictive federal actions taken against international students who are F1 visa holders, as well as international medical graduates (IMGs) who have J-1 exchange visitor visas. Both groups of visa holders are registered through the Student and Exchange Visitor Information Program (SEVP) managed by the Department of Homeland Security. […]
(OPINION) Student visas are a critical pipeline for high-skilled, highly-paid talent
Critics of high-skilled immigration like to portray temporary student visas as a source of cheap labor, making it easy for employers to undercut the wages of American workers.[1] The critics use this claim to support their preference for denying foreign graduates of American universities access to the U.S. labor market. And they might well get […]
(OPINION) Immigration raids could ‘devastate’ construction in the United States, says industry leader
The Trump administration is ramping up its immigration arrests and deportations. Recent raids in Los Angeles’ fashion district and at Home Depot parking lots in Southern California suggest that Immigration and Customs Enforcement are targeting people in their workplace. “You’re going to see more work site enforcement than you’ve ever seen in the history of […]
(WEBINAR) The Consequences of Global Population Decline
Declining replacement birth rates are emerging in nations around the globe, including the United States. Demographers forecast that, for the first time in 700 years, the world’s population may begin to decrease. Will there be a decline in the number of immigrants, and will the competition to attract them become fiercer among developed economies? Is […]
Paper argues that intensified U.S. immigration enforcement under the Trump administration has produced severe negative impacts on the health and well-being of immigrnat children, including those who are U.S. citizens
This paper argues that intensified U.S. immigration enforcement under the Trump administration has produced severe negative impacts on the health and well-being of immigrant children, especially those in mixed-status families (where at least one member lacks legal status). The author emphasizes that fear of deportation harms not only undocumented immigrants but also their U.S.-born children […]