Immigration

 ‘I don’t wish this to anybody’: How COVID is disproportionately hitting Minnesota’s Latino community
The rising COVID-19 cases are startling everywhere, but the rates in the Latino community in Minnesota and across the country are particularly alarming. Many Latinos work essential jobs that can't be done remotely and are more likely to be exposed to the virus. And those who are not authorized to be in the country are in a particular bind: They don’t qualify for government benefits that can be a financial lifeline for families struggling during the pandemic.
Judge: Trump administration must take new DACA applications
U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis says the Trump administration must accept new applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that protects some young immigrants from deportation.
Trump races to weaken environmental, worker protections; implement last-minute policies
The Trump administration is rushing to approve dozens of eleventh-hour policy changes. Among them: The Justice Department is fast-tracking a rule that could reintroduce firing squads and electrocutions to federal executions.
A medical haven for Latino immigrants in rural Minnesota
Latinos in the United States are more likely to work essential jobs during the pandemic and be exposed to the coronavirus. They are also three times more likely to die from COVID-19 than white Americans. A free clinic in central Minnesota is helping connect community members to quality health care.
Minnesota immigration advocates hope for quick reversal of Trump policies
Immigration advocates say their clients are cautiously optimistic about their future, hoping a Biden administration will quickly roll back regulations that limited the number of refugees into the country, curtailed work visas and hampered family reunification over the past four years.
Judge rules acting DHS secretary lacked authority to suspend DACA program
It's the latest court ruling against the Trump administration's attempts to terminate the Obama-era program that protects young immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children.
In Michigan, undocumented immigrants form learning pod so they won't lose their jobs
For the past six weeks, 24 students have been doing their virtual classwork in a learning pod at a Michigan church. Their parents feared losing their jobs if they stayed home to help their children navigate virtual schooling.
Biden plans to reopen America to refugees after Trump slashed admissions
The president-elect pledges to welcome as many as 125,000 refugees a year — up from the Trump administration's record-low cap of 15,000. Here are some challenges that await.