Human Rights Watch reported that more than 1.6 million families have been separated due to deportations since the passage of the 1996 immigration laws.  more>


When the parents of U.S.-born children are deported, the kids often have two choices: go with their parents or remain here in foster care.

Yesterday, Gabriela Galarza, who was born in the United States, signed a document that will be sent to President Barack Obama petitioning to adopt her father, Ecuadorian, Hector Florencio Galarza; she is six years old. more>

"We see people who are not used to thinking of themselves as needy finding themselves for the first time struggling to make ends meet. It's not just the severity of the need but the immediacy of the need." more>


Willie Rapfogel, CEO of Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, talks on economic crisis and need for help among the working and middle classes.

President Barack Obama announced a new policy that would ease restrictions on loans to small businesses and offer loans with more lenient terms to community banks as an added cushion. Bankers in the Chinese community have rejoiced at the news, and Chinese business owners are eager to apply for relief. more>