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Immigrant workers and allies rallied in New Haven in support of legal permanent status for millions of undocumented essential workers. The rally comes after the U.S. House of Representatives passed a budget blueprint this week that includes a path for citizenship.

While President Joe Biden continues to commit to an August 31 deadline for a full withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, two United States senators from Connecticut are saying Biden should extend that deadline if it means saving lives. Democratic Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy addressed the ongoing Afghan evacuation crisis at the State Capitol Tuesday.

With the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban and with thousands still hoping to flee the country, a local nonprofit in New Haven welcomed a small group of refugees Monday night. The organization expects to resettle as many as 400 Afghan refugees in the next year.

Immigrants from Central America living in USA under temporary protected status face uncertain future.

From 24-hour-long zoom public hearings to a Capitol closed to the public, 2021’s legislative session was like no other.This hour, we recap what happened…

Up until last year, 22-year-old Yenimar Cortez spent her whole life growing up without health insurance.“In high school, I started realizing my mom, when…

Last week the Biden administration ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement to close a detention facility in Massachusetts that has held many people…

Roya Hakakian came to the US as a refugee from Iran when she was just a teenager.Now, the Connecticut author and poet has drawn on her life story to…

Richard Marvin Thompson pulled his truck into a rest stop to take our phone call.“I’m currently on the road. I’m working. I’m headed to make a delivery in…

The troubled history of the Connecticut Juvenile Training School, a high-security detention facility closed in 2018, should not disqualify it from…