
Sophie Carson
News Reporter at Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
General assignment reporter covering religion & faith, immigrants & refugees and anything else that comes my way. Find me frantically typing @journalsentinel
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1 week ago |
yahoo.com | Kelly Meyerhofer |Sophie Carson
In a wave of international student visa terminations, the case of University of Wisconsin-Madison student Krish Lal Isserdasani drew attention this week after he won a temporary victory in the courts. Judge William Conley of the Western District of Wisconsin issued a temporary restraining order April 15, preventing the Department of Homeland Security from revoking Isserdasani's student visa or detaining him.
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1 week ago |
yahoo.com | Sophie Carson
A foundation run by Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, cut off funding to an Afghan women's sewing circle in Milwaukee because of its organizer's views on the war in Gaza.
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1 week ago |
yahoo.com | Sophie Carson |Kelly Meyerhofer
(This story has been updated with new information.)A federal judge barred the government from taking any action against a University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering student from India, delivering a temporary blow to the Trump administration's sweeping campaign to revoke international student visas.
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1 week ago |
jsonline.com | Sophie Carson |Kelly Meyerhofer
A federal judge barred the government from taking any action against a University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering student from India, delivering a temporary blow to the Trump administration's sweeping campaign to revoke international student visas. The April 15 order prevents the Department of Homeland Security from revoking the visa or detaining Krish Lal Isserdasani, 21, who was expected to graduate with a bachelor's degree in computer engineering in early May.
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2 weeks ago |
jsonline.com | Sophie Carson
The IRS has been urging undocumented people for years to pay taxes, promising their personal information would be confidential. Undocumented immigrants paid $96.7 billion in federal, state and local taxes in 2022. As people live in fear of deportation, they're staying home not just from their tax offices, but from other local businesses. In a typical year, Reyes Esparza prepares tax returns for 850 clients from his small storefront office on West Lincoln Avenue. He's done the work for three decades.
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UPDATE: Trump administration terminates more UW-Madison student visas Totals: 26 at UW-Madison, incl. 15 students, 11 alumni 10 at UW-Milwaukee 4 at other UW campuses https://t.co/wNlpvNneA9

NEW: IRS deal to share personal data with ICE scares undocumented immigrants from filings taxes https://t.co/Jln1iOmman

NEW TODAY: ICE officers recently arrested two people in Milwaukee County Courthouse complex hallways, according to an email from the county's chief judge, raising concerns about the chilling effect of federal enforcement actions near court hearings. https://t.co/midlNN0QEy