Some of the nation's leading immigrant rights activists describe the lessons they are carrying forward from the last failed attempt at comprehensive immigration reform. New... Read More
From the dark days of the Chinese Exclusion Act to post–September 11 crackdowns on undocumented immigrants, immigration detention has a controversial history in both our... Read More
As our project moves forward, we invite you to a preliminary look at our work:
http://www.whyy.org/widerhorizons/ourstories.html
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Hussien Mohamed, Producer of HEARMe project interviewed Mayor Howard Tygrett of Clarkston, Georgia. Listen to Audio
Nadia Sol Ireri Unzueta Carrasco is 22 years old, and since she began participating with SALUD she has received a bachelors degree in Gender and... Read More
Since Edy Dominguez began participating at Radio Arte, he has graduated from Northeastern Illinois University with a major in Communication, Media, and Theater with a... Read More
What made America? What makes us? These two questions are at the heart of the new PBS series Faces of America with Henry Louis Gates,... Read More
Americans want their leaders to step up and solve tough problems, and immigration reform provides a perfect opportunity to deliver, write Gebe Martinez and Marshall... Read More
Sagal Radio, WRFG 89.3 FM, Office of University-Community Partnerships and community organizations asking the questions surrounding United States citizenship. Listen to Audio
After almost nine years, Nigerian immigrant Emakoji Ayikoye is on the brink of becoming an American, just waiting to say the words of the citizenship... Read More
“Officials, some of them still on the job, used their role as overseers to cover up evidence of mistreatment of immigrants in federal custody.” Nina... Read More
Recently obtained documents shed light on immigrant deaths that occurred while immigrants were held in detention. They foreshadow later ones that galvanized public attention. Nina... Read More
The story of Nashville's growing Somali immigrant community. Over 5,000 Somali refugees now call Nashville their home. They left a war-torn country and many still... View Video
With a national debate on the impact of foreign workers on jobs and the economy heating up for 2010, it’s time to brush up on... Read More
When Peter Aldeza first arrived in Illinois from the Philippines, he filed U.S. Immigration paperwork to allow his older brother and sister to join him.... Read More
Sanctuary for Families tells victims of domestic violence that the police or vengeful spouses cannot turn them over to immigration authorities. Read More
Black church leaders have come up with answers both idealistic and pragmatic. Brian K. Woodson Sr. pastors a church, the Bay Area Christian Connection, that... Read More
Arizona's new law requires state workers to report undocumented immigrants who apply for public benefits, like health care, even when it's for their citizen children.... Read More
Find interesting data in easy-to-understand chart form: Age-Sex Pyramid of Immigrants, Age Distribution of Immigrant Population, Median Age Sex Ratio. From the Migration Policy Institute.... Read More
Via La Opinión, 16 December 2009.
The
immigration reform bill introduced yesterday in the House of
Representatives by Illinois Congressman Luis Gutiérrez is co-sponsored
by 87 other representatives... Read More
Agriprocessors was the site of a May 2008 federal raid that caught 389 illegal-immigrant workers. About 300 were charged with aggravated identity theft or possession... Read More
An estimated 100,000 immigrants in the United States carry the virus that causes AIDS, and more than a fifth of them are Mexican. In the... Read More
Dairy farmers face challenges hiring immigrant workers
By Jacob Kushner
Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism
"Just 10 years ago, 5 percent of workers on Wisconsin dairy farms were
immigrants... Read More
The Philadelphia New Routes project, Our Stories, Our Health has just released three short videos aimed at improving the health of Southeast Asian immigrants. "Hypertension",... Read More
Sam Fulwood III discusses why immigration reform is becoming a major issue for faith groups and what they're doing about it. Read More
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