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The Supreme Court has agreed to bypass lower appeals courts and review a case about a question on the 2020 census asking about citizenship status.

News in Brief

The Supreme Court Will Bypass Lower Courts to Review Controversial Census Question About Citizenship Status

After a circuit court ordered the removal of a citizenship question from the census, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to weigh in on the case. On Friday, the high court agreed.

Kate Wheeling

President Donald Trump gestures during the 2018 State of the Union address.

Social Justice

Trump Will Address Immigration in His State of the Union Address. Here Are the Facts.

Trump will likely stoke anti-immigrant sentiment in his address, but he won't talk about child separation and immigration court backlog.

Massoud Hayoun

Atlanta rapper 21 Savage attends the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund 15th Anniversary Event on November 5th, 2018 in Brooklyn, New York.

Social Justice

Has ICE Overstepped Its Authority by ‘Demonizing’ 21 Savage?

The agency reportedly targeted not just the artist's immigration status but his persona, in the latest example of what advocates identify as ICE abusing its authority.

Massoud Hayoun

Protesters with the 1804 Movement for All Immigrants march with the Haitian community and other immigrant forces across the Brooklyn Bridge.

Social Justice

Inside the Effort to Bring Haitian Religious Leaders to the Forefront of Social Activism

In New York City, Haitian community leaders are attempting to change the script when it comes to the church's influence on social justice issues.

Vania Andre

The Lede, Issue #15: A New Episode of the Podcast, Covering Climate Injustice, Political Satire, and More

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Pacific Standard Staff

In Fairmont City, a Long History of Industry and Immigrants

"This is where we make our living. This is how we live."

Kevin Stark & Winifred Bird

Since We Last Spoke: Why It’s So Dangerous to Send Salvadoran Immigrants Back Home

Updates to stories from the Pacific Standard archive.

Pacific Standard Staff

Kim Wasserman has been fighting for environmental justice in Little Village for two decades.

How Chicago’s Mexican Immigrants Are Fighting Toxic Air Pollution

In 2012, Little Village residents helped shut down a coal plant. Now, a redevelopment company plans to build a distribution center in its place, bringing more dirty trucks to the neighborhood.

Sophie Yeo

Social Justice

Chinese Immigrants Revolutionized Seafood in California

They founded California's first commercial abalone fisheries, but after a few short decades, they were forced out by institutional racism. Let's not repeat the same mistakes with current and future immigrants.

Todd Braje

News in Brief

How the Secretary of Commerce Forced a Citizenship Question Onto the Census

Wilbur Ross ignored many Census Bureau officials' warnings and will include a question about citizenship status in the census for the first time since 1950.

Justin Elliott