Year: 2023

The New York Times recently published an expose highlighting the exploitation of migrant children working in factories, slaughterhouses, construction sites, and agriculture throughout the United States. Migrant children are coming to the U.S. in record numbers – in the last two years alone, more than 250,000 children have entered the [...]

Last Thursday, 64 members of KIAC’s community gathered in Olympia to advocate for two pieces of legislation that would positively impact the lives of immigrants – HB1095/SB5109 and a health equity budget proviso. As you may recall, HB1095/SB5109 would create an unemployment system for undocumented workers who currently pay into [...]

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently rolled out a new app for asylum seekers to apply for asylum at the U.S.-Mexican border. This app presents several barriers for asylum seekers, including that many have outdated phones that are not compatible with the app, or do not have internet access [...]