Browsed by
Tag: policy

As The Pandemic Recedes, Let Migrants Move Again

As The Pandemic Recedes, Let Migrants Move Again

Post by Isabel Wang. Source: “As The Pandemic Recedes, Let Migrants Move Again,” The Economist. August 1, 2020. The coronavirus has led to immense global immobility. Borders are closed. Trips are canceled. Jobs are cut. Dreams are deferred. Although the pandemic is starting to recover and countries are gradually starting to open up again, some nations are unwilling to open their doors to migrants. There is a fear of a second wave of the pandemic. And even if a vaccine…

Read More Read More

The Fed and Main Street: The Immigrant Experience during COVID-19

The Fed and Main Street: The Immigrant Experience during COVID-19

Post by Isabel Wang. Source: “The Fed and Main Street: The Immigrant Experience during COVID-19,” Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 11 June 2020. This event hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York gathered leaders in numerous industries such as business, nonprofit, and policy to gain insights on the impacts of COVID-19 on the economy and specifically immigrant workers. A large portion of immigrant workers are low-skilled essential workers yet do not have the same benefits in “healthcare,…

Read More Read More

Why California Is Giving Its Own Stimulus Checks To Undocumented Immigrants

Why California Is Giving Its Own Stimulus Checks To Undocumented Immigrants

Post by Raf Schott. Colgate Class of 2021. Source: Holcombe, Madeline, and Catherine E. Shoichet. “Why California Is Giving Its Own Stimulus Checks to Undocumented Immigrants.”  CNN, Cable News Network, 16 Apr. 2020.             A CNN article reported that California Governor, Gavin Newsom, will distribute $125 million towards undocumented immigrants in the state. This marks the first state to support undocumented immigrants and the reasoning is quite simple. Many of the undocumented immigrants are essential workers in many important sectors,…

Read More Read More

For Indian Diaspora, Panic, And Anger Over Trump’s Immigration Plans

For Indian Diaspora, Panic, And Anger Over Trump’s Immigration Plans

Post by Alessandro Conte. Colgate class of 2021. Source: Schultz, Kai, and Sameer Yasir. For Indian Diaspora, Panic and Anger Over Trump’s Immigration Plans. The New York Times, 22 Apr. 2020. I read The New York Times article, “For Indian Diaspora, Panic, and Anger Over Trump’s Immigration Plans.” Posted on April 22, 2020, authors Kai Schultz and Sameer Yasir begin their article with the story of Ms. Nagar, an Indian citizen working in the US as a software developer. She…

Read More Read More

The US needs foreign doctors and nurses to fight coronavirus. Immigration policy isn’t helping

The US needs foreign doctors and nurses to fight coronavirus. Immigration policy isn’t helping

Post by Sara Feidelson. Colgate Class of 2022. Source: Narea, Nicole. “The US needs foreign doctors and nurses to fight coronavirus. Immigration policy isn’t helping.” Vox, March 30, 2020. Nicole Narea introduces the issue of a lack of medical professionals amidst the coronavirus outbreak in the United States, and how it could be alleviated through less restrictive immigration policies. The shortage of medical personnel in the United States has been an ongoing issue, only further emphasized by the current COVID-19…

Read More Read More

13 Changes to the US Immigration System during the Coronavirus Pandemic

13 Changes to the US Immigration System during the Coronavirus Pandemic

Post by Rohan Gupta. Colgate Class of 2022. Source: Alvarez, Priscilla. “13 Changes to the US Immigration System during the Coronavirus Pandemic.” CNN, Cable News Network, 20 Mar. 2020. This article focuses mainly on the impact of the coronavirus on U.S. immigration and related immigration policies. In the article, the author, Priscilla Alvarez, describes immigration trends in the United States in response to the coronavirus. Alvarez also describes how ICE and government services are changing their respective operations in response to…

Read More Read More

css.php