A former employee of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (“PennDOT”) has been accused of dozens of felony and misdemeanor charges arising from a scheme in which the employee allegedly assisted driver’s license applicants in exchange for financial payment. According to … The post Former PennDOT Employee Charged in Illegal Licensing Scheme that Targeted Immigrants appeared first on Immigration Matters. READ MORE

N.J. Bergen County Board Votes to End ICE Prison Contract at Local Jail This week, the Bergen County Commissioners Board officially ended its agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that permitted the detention of immigrants at the county jail in Hackensack, New Jersey. The board’s decision was unanimous, and ICE now has 45 days to remove the remaining detainees from the Bergen County Jail. However, READ MORE READ MORE

On August 25, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that it has settled an immigration-related discrimination claim with Ascension Health Alliance (“Ascension”), a Missouri-based healthcare organization with more than 2,600 sites – including 146 hospitals and more than 40 senior living facilities – spread out over 19 states and the District of Columbia. Ascension violated the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) when it discriminated against work-authorized non-U.S. READ MORE READ MORE

The 2020 population census revealed that many rural areas in the United States have seen a decrease in population, while urban and suburban areas have grown. The decline in the rural population has caused agricultural labor shortages, underscoring the need for immigration reform. Decreasing Rural Population in Ohio Although Ohio and Pennsylvania are not the major states for livestock processing, Ohio agribusiness is still in need of READ MORE READ MORE

Several Hundred Thousand in New Jersey, Nearby States Affected by Delay in Immigration Reform The U.S. Senate Parliamentarian’s decision to disallow including immigration reform in a massive budget bill under consideration in Congress will impact hundreds of thousands of people in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, spurring a march through Philadelphia last weekend to pressure lawmakers to provide a pathway to citizenship for millions of immigrants in READ MORE READ MORE