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President Trump’s attempt to demand the Census Bureau produce a 2020 count that doesn’t include illegal immigrants is illegal, a panel of federal judges ruled Thursday, delivering another blow to the administration’s attempts to shape the census. The judges, acting unanimously, flatly declared Mr. Trump’s July 21 directive unlawful, saying they hoped such a firm…

The administration’s top border official said Thursday that illegal immigrants have a duty to the world to stop coming to the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic, saying some of them are making the trip knowing they have the disease and risk spreading it far and wide. Mark Morgan, acting head of Customs and Border Protection,…

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Congressional Democrats and state governments are pushing a range of ways to assist illegal immigrants in their response to the coronavirus crisis, calling for the release of those in detention and lobbying to make them eligible for over a thousand dollars each in stimulus payments.President Trump, for his…

Undocumented Californians may begin applying for disaster assistance payments of $500 per person and up to $1,000 per household.The state government has made available $75 million to help a projected 150,000 undocumented immigrants weather the coronavirus crisis.To qualify, applicants must show that they are ineligible for federal assistance programs stemming from the coronavirus pandemic, such…

In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, Felix Gallardo still left her Passaic apartment every day to head to her job at a local warehouse. Once she started coming down with covid-like symptoms, the single mother said she had to quit her job, which didn’t offer sick leave. She can’t collect unemployment and isn’t eligible…