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It’s not a converted industrial warehouse in Brooklyn. Or a stately, century-old building in the Flatiron. But YC-backed Regalii’s atypical office location up in the Dominican-heavy Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan has given it plenty of insights into its working-class immigrant customer base. The startup, co-founded by several Latino founders who personally knew the hassles of sending money home, […]

Stilt, a Y Combinator alum that provides financial services for immigrants without Social Security numbers or credit reports, announced today that it has closed a $7.5 million seed round. It also launched FDIC-insured pre-approved global bank accounts today. The startup has raised equity from investors including Liron Petrushka; Hillsven Capital; Streamlined Ventures; Gokul Rajaram; Bragiel […]

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Stilt, a Y Combinator alum that provides financial services for immigrants without Social Security numbers or credit reports, announced today that it has closed a $7.5 million seed round. It also launched FDIC-insured pre-approved global bank accounts today. The startup has raised equity from investors including Liron Petrushka; Hillsven Capital; Streamlined Ventures; Gokul Rajaram; Bragiel […]

ICE recently terminated a hotline operated by a California advocacy group for immigrants held in detention centers after it was featured Netflix's 'Orange is the New Black.'

Another group of suspected migrants have been intercepted by Border Force officers in Kent today as the huge increase in crossings since lockdown was imposed continues.

A new law to give the government more discretionary powers to deport convicted rapists, killers, pedophiles and violent thugs out of Australia may now be backed by Labor.

Modern slavery watchdog Walk Free Foundation is urging businesses and governments to help reduce COVID-19 risks for vulnerable workers.

'Migrants are first of all human persons, and that they are the symbol of all those rejected by today's globalised society,' the pontiff tweeted on Monday.

Uber has won a partial victory at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in getting its London operating licence renewed following safety concerns, with a judge granting a 15-month permit.

A dozen tents housing around 20 rough sleepers have been set up on Park Lane, across the road from the London Hilton hotel and the area is strewn with litter, empty food cartons and drug paraphernalia.

'Dangerous criminals are being released every single day', an ICE spokesman said. Sanctuary cities like NYC limit cooperation with U.S. immigration authorities.

Mexican authorities recaptured 100 of more than 200 that fled an immigration station on Monday in southern Mexico as hundreds more remained stuck on the Suchiate River's shore.

Boris Johnson's plan to scrap a minimum earnings threshold for migrants who want to move to the UK after Brexit has sparked a backlash among Tory MPs.

The 33 illegal immigrants were found on Monday hiding in a lorry in Calais, France by shocked border force guards after clambering aboard at Dover. Many have now been returned to the UK.

Migrants will also earn 'points' for how well they speak English. In some cases migrants taking jobs paying as little as £23,000 could be granted visas, depending on their skills.

The chancellor insisted the UK's new border system would not be ready by December. Relations between No 10 and No 11 were stretched by the proposed extension.

Customs and Border Patrol agents have arrested a 32-year-old man from Mexico who was caught smuggling 26 illegal immigrants into the country Wednesday via a tractor-trailer in California.

Leaders in agriculture, hospitality and the care system lashed out at the Home Secretary after she dismissed fears over staff shortages caused by the proposed points-based system.

Jonathan Coreas-Salamanca, 20, and Ivan Reyes Lopez, 19, were arrested earlier this month for allegedly raping two different 11-year-old girls in Montgomery County, Maryland.

The New York Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against ICE claiming New York officers rigged algorithms to always recommend people arrested for immigration violations be detained.

Rishi Sunak today announced he is hiking the amount it costs migrants to use the NHS as the government's spending watchdog predicted net migration could fall to 129,000.

Migrants wearing facemasks were pictured arriving at Dover after crossing the English Channel in a large rubber dingy today.

It is understood the migrants were taken into the Port of Dover before being handed over to immigration officers, after being tested for coronavirus.

More than 350 undocumented immigrants detained by ICE have gone on a hunger strike at a privately-operated jail in Georgia over fears of a possible coronavirus outbrea.

CBP agents detained and quickly deported two Honduran migrants who were found hiding in the trunk of a car that was stopped Sunday near Gila Bend, Arizona.

The decision comes on the heel of mounting pressure from Democrats and pro-immigrant groups who have demanded the mass liberation of more than 34,000 incarcerated.

CBP agents detained 28 migrants from Ecuador, Guatemala and Mexico during the search of a tractor trailer on Monday in Texas. The driver, a U.S. citizen, was taken into custody.

Gazmir Nuzi, of Tottenham, London, has been charged with an immigration offence in connection with the investigation into the deaths of 39 migrants in a lorry, found in Essex.

Ronan Hughes, of Co Armagh in Northern Ireland, is due to appear at Dublin's High Court on Tuesday charged with 39 counts of manslaughter, as well as immigration offences.

Ronan Hughes, 40, from Silverstream, Tyholland in Co Monaghan, was detained on Monday following the execution of a European arrest warrant in the Irish Republic.

Priti Patel today signalled a fresh crackdown on illegal migrants crossing the English Channel as she also vowed to tackle 'vexatious' asylum claims.

It was the first time since 2011 that net migration - the difference between immigration and emigration - was negative. The main groups who left last year were Somalis, Syrians and Iraqis.

Border Patrol agents in found 36 unlawful migrants inside a truck during a road checkpoint on Interstate 35 last Thursday in Laredo, Texas.

Despite a police presence, nine buses carrying vulnerable migrants to hotels near Thessaloniki were forced to turn back on Wednesday as dozens of villagers blocked the road.

The netted barrier will be put in place within the next three months after the government has found a private contractor to build it.

The coastal area of Makrygialos is one of many areas in mainland Greece where the government is locked in a tug of war with local communities over the housing of migrants.

An estimated 30,000 migrants gathered at checkpoints after Turkey's president claimed to have 'opened the doors' to allow as many as 4 million asylum seekers to leave the country.

Turkish interior minister, Suleyman Soylu, announced the number of crossings in a statement on Twitter. Migrants have been spotted wading through a river and arriving in Greece on boats.

More than 13,000 migrants have gathered on the Turkish side of the river which runs 125 miles along the frontier and separates them from Greece, and therefore the EU.

Turkish officials are said to be allowing people smugglers to operate freely and as a result, the criminals have slashed their prices for getting migrants into the EU to as little as £11

Migrants, most of them Middle Eastern and African men, were seen hurling back canisters of tear gas on Wednesday morning, setting fire to fences near the village of Kastanies.

More clashes erupted on Saturday between Greek police and Europe-bound migrants gathered on the Turkey side of a border crossing near the Greek village of Kastanies.

President Erdogan said today he wouldn't stop migrants trying to cross into Greece before advising Athens to allow them to pass through, as they are aiming to go further into Europe.

The Interior Ministry said the minors landed in Hanover on a flight from Athens on Saturday.

Suspected migrants have been seen in Dover, Kent, as the UK basks in bank holiday sunshine.