Yes. Since the expansion of a federal immigration “parole” program, illegal immigration from the four countries covered by the program has decreased by more than 90%.
Tag: Immigration
The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism is proud to cover issues related to immigration and immigrants around our state.
Posted inJustice & Safety
‘Driver’s licenses for all:’ Why some advocates call for expanding access in Wisconsin
Wisconsin, which once provided a driver’s license pathway for residents who entered the country illegally, now leaves them with few safe options.
Posted inJustice & Safety
Death on a Dairy Farm: What really happened to 8-year-old Jefferson Rodríguez
When an 8-year-old Nicaraguan boy was run over on a Wisconsin dairy farm, authorities blamed his father and closed the case. Meanwhile, the community of immigrant workers knows a completely different story.
Posted inHealth & Welfare, Justice & Safety
Fainting and freezing in the fields: Alleged labor trafficking victim tells of mistreatment in Wisconsin and Georgia
‘Roberto’ says he was taken from Georgia, where he worked legally but was exploited, to Wisconsin, where he worked illegally — and in the shadows.
Posted inHealth & Welfare, Justice & Safety, Opinion
Behind the story: Why we delayed publication of our labor trafficking report
While journalists’ first inclination is to bring you the news as soon as we learn it, we decided to delay release of the story and to conceal Roberto’s identity to minimize harm.
Posted inGovernment, Justice & Safety, The Cannabis Question
Advice to immigrants: ‘Do not mess with marijuana’ even where it is legal
Immigrants face a danger of deportation if they possess or invest in marijuana, even in states where it is legal.
Posted inJustice & Safety
Video — Behind the story: For immigrants without lawyers, justice is hard to find
Investigative reporter Natalie Yahr learned that having a lawyer greatly increases the chances of immigrants being able to stay in the U.S, once they have been put into deportation proceedings. Yahr talks about the role that lawyers play in immigration cases, and how she reported this story.
Posted inJustice & Safety
Stuck in detention: For immigrants without lawyers, justice is hard to find
Having a lawyer is an important factor in getting released. A Dane County, Wis., program helps immigrants get out of jail and challenge efforts to deport them.
Posted inJustice & Safety
Dane County is home to pilot program that provides lawyers for immigrants
Dane County, Wisconsin, has been selected as one of 13 sites across the country to test a new model: a public-defender-style system aimed at providing a lawyer to every detained, indigent immigrant.
Posted inNews about Wisconsin Watch
Now showing online: Our film on rising immigration tensions in America’s Dairyland
‘Los Lecheros’ (Dairy Farmers) played at 25 film festivals, bringing immigrant labor on dairies out of the shadows.
Posted inEconomy
As Trump disparages immigrants, Midwest dairy farmers build bridges to Mexico
The Puentes/Bridges program is a small nonprofit that organizes annual trips to Mexico to bridge the cultural gap between farmers and immigrant dairy workers — and the families they left behind.
Posted inEconomy
Asian restaurants and Chicago employment agencies accused of exploiting Latino workers in Midwest
The story, produced in collaboration with the Chicago Sun-Times, explores the practices of Chicago labor agencies that provide Latino workers to Asian restaurants across the Midwest, including in Wisconsin, under what the Illinois attorney general charges are illegal and exploitative conditions.