Articles tagged as: Immigration, immigration
July 21, 2020
You Asked: COVID-19 Information For Burmese Immigrants
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, Side Effects is answering questions from our audience about the virus. To reach a larger audience, weve translated some of this material into Spanish. And now, we're partnering with Indiana University linguistics professor Kelly Harper Berkson and the Chin Languages Research Project to provide information to the Burmese-American community.
Read MoreJune 26, 2020
Young: 'Nothing's More Important' Than Giving DACA Recipients Certainty
U.S. Sen. Todd Young said he supports a path to legal status for DACA recipients, known as Dreamers, as part of a broader immigration reform package.
Read MoreJune 25, 2020
Advocates For Undocumented Hoosiers Call On Lawmakers For Reform
Advocates for immigration reform rallied in South Bend Thursday night, calling on Indiana lawmakers to make changes that would help many undocumented Hoosiers.
Read MoreJune 23, 2020
Barring Highly Skilled Immigrant Workers Will Affect Indiana's Industries, Universities
President Donald Trump's executive order said, during a time of high unemployment, skilled foreign workers with H-1B visas pose "an unusual threat to the employment of American workers."
Read MoreJune 18, 2020
Hoosier Dreamers And Their Advocates Cautiously Celebrate Supreme Court 'Win'
Hoosiers protected under the DACA program and their advocates across the state are celebrating the Supreme Court's decision to prevent the government from ending it.
Read MoreJune 6, 2020
Language Barrier Hinders COVID-19 Response At Meat Processing Plants
Meat processing plants across the Midwest have become hotspots for COVID-19. Now rural health workers are trying to keep track of workers who get sick -- and those exposed to the disease. But that's challenging because many workers are immigrants or refugees, and theres a language barrier.
Read MoreMay 1, 2020
Protesters Rally Across Indiana For Immigrant Worker Rights During Pandemic
Protesters across the state gathered in car caravans Friday in response to claims of "rampant workplace exploitation" of undocumented workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreFebruary 6, 2020
A National Survey On Immigration Led Me To A Rural Iowa Town Changed By Immigrants
The APM Research Lab survey asked Americans how they feel about the numbers of immigrants in this country.
Read MoreNovember 18, 2019
Hispanic Immigration, Naturalization Drives Millennial Growth In 2020 Electorate
Turnout among young people in Indiana climbed from 8 percent in 2014 to 23 percent during the 2018 midterm elections, according to the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement.
Read MoreJuly 31, 2019
How Foreign-born Doctors Help Refugees, Other Immigrants
Foreign-born doctors make up a significant percentage of the doctors practicing in the United States. But, it's getting harder for foreign-born doctors to move here.
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