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A green card is a document that allows a foreign national to live and work in the United States as a permanent resident. It is also known as a Permanent Resident Card or Form I-551.
To be eligible for a green card, an individual must generally meet certain criteria, such as having a close relative who is a U.S. citizen or having a job offer from a U.S. employer. There are also other categories of eligibility, such as asylum seekers and victims of human trafficking.
Holding a green card allows an individual to live and work in the U.S. on a permanent basis, although it does not provide the same rights and privileges as U.S. citizenship. Green card holders are subject to U.S. laws and are required to pay taxes. After living in the U.S. as a green card holder for a certain period of time, an individual may be eligible to apply for U.S. citizenship.
Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a package of bills into law Wednesday that aim to combat human trafficking and expand the state’s anti-human trafficking task force and length of duty. The group of six bills will require Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, commercial service airports and bus stops, MTA facilities, truck stops and…
Human trafficking is the act of compelling someone to work, for little or no pay, through force, fraud, or coercion. It is a multidimensional problem that disproportionately impacts marginalized communities across the United States and around the world. While human trafficking can happen anywhere, systemic injustices like racism, homophobia, sexism, economic inequality, and more lead…
In 2006, Saket Soni worked as a labor organizer in New Orleans. One day, he received a disturbing phone call late at night; The man on the other end was desperate for his help. The caller, an Indian migrant worker, told Soni that he had been lured to the U.S. by a company called Signal…
Editor’s note: Food for thought. We included this article to demonstrate how the term “illegal alien” can be used to manipulate public opinion, specifically surrounding human trafficking. The correct, legal, term is “undocumented person.” Do you think the article would still get the point across if it said undocumented person? Would the headline still have…
Governor Kathy Hochul today announced new efforts to combat child labor violations and labor trafficking in New York State. In light of a significant 68 percent spike in reports of child labor violations in 2022 in New York State, Governor Hochul and the New York State Department of Labor are strengthening their commitment to ensuring…
Days away from millions celebrating the ball drop to ring in 2023, investigative reporters have a lot to worry about. Media trust remains near an all-time low; data and technology trends increasingly pressure the media sector; and consumers are the new producers, making reporters more and more irrelevant. How much moreso for old-dogs trying to…
Squalid work camps, 24-hour shifts, heavy surveillance, and withheld wages: these were the conditions that 500 Indian workers became trapped in after they were lured to the U.S. to repair oil rigs in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. In his new book, The Great Escape, labor organizer Saket Soni tells the story of the workers…
President Joe Biden is directing the nation’s deportation agents to raise pay for the millions of illegal migrants who are pushing many older, slower, and sicker Americans out of the workforce. The new policy from border chief Alejandro Mayorkas dangles the promise of temporary residency permits to illegals who report workplace abuse by employers. The…
A woman from Costa Rica who said she was coerced into commercial sex work in the United States alleged in federal court this week that a former Fairfax County police chief and three former officers paid for sexual acts and protected a human-trafficking ring in Northern Virginia before federal prosecutors busted it in 2019. …
The federal government is making it hard for labor trafficking victims to get legal immigration status that allows them to remain in the United States without fear of deportation, according to a first-of-its-kind nationwide report from Boston University. “The findings of this report show that the T-visa system that is built on a goal of…
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