A proposed Department of Homeland Security rule would make it more difficult for indigent people to obtain green cards.
Manuel Madrid
Manuel Madrid is a Washington, D.C.–based freelance journalist and former Prospect writing fellow. His work has also appeared in Bolts magazine, the Miami New Times, and Caracas Chronicles.
Posted inWorking in America
Tipped Workers Do Better When They’re Paid the Same as Everyone Else
A new study shows that laws like D.C.’s Initiative 77 boost employees’ incomes and don’t cripple the restaurant industry.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Packing in the Migrant Kids, Even When Beds Are Running Short
Trump’s shelters for migrant children veer dangerously close to capacity.
Posted inWorking in America
The Big Business of Exploiting Au Pairs
A State Department program that oversees the nation’s au pair programs isn’t doing much overseeing at all.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Law Professors Denounce Sessions’s Push for Case Quotas for Immigration Judges
In a letter sent to Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday, more than 120 law professors denounced the Justice Department’s new performance metrics for immigration judges as a danger to due process and an infringement on judicial independence. Administrative and immigration law professors from at least 30 states warned that, while the current backlog of […]
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Jeff Sessions and the Conservative Nostalgia for Harsh Sentencing
A new Republican bill would slap nonviolent criminals with 15-year mandatory minimum sentences. White-collar crimes, property crimes, and drug-related offenses would all count toward being considered a “career armed criminal.”
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
For Missouri Unions, the Battle Is Far from Over
Voters rejected “right to work,” but other new laws could curtail workers’ power.
Posted inEducation in America
Republicans’ ‘Tax Reform 2.0’ Would Be (Another) Giveaway to the Rich
By expanding the scope of 529 savings accounts, the GOP gives the wealthy another way to cut their taxes.
Posted inLaw and Justice
“Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing”: How ICE and Other Agencies Vilify Immigrant Youth
An interview with Immigration Law Professor Laila Hlass
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
D.C. Council Members Join Congressional Republicans to Override Voters’ Decision to Raise Tipped Workers’ Wages
District voters passed Initiative 77, but “Freedom Caucus” House leaders and Democrats on the council say the vote shouldn’t count.
