by Rose Zhou | Aug 27, 2014 | Data Projects, Immigration
Cindy Monge was like many children in detention centers today when she crossed the border from Guatemala by herself. “When I was 11 years old, I came here alone,” said the 19-year old girl. “I was detained when I first came here, and I know how it feels. It’s very...
by Rose Zhou | Aug 20, 2014 | National Security
Medill School Washington program director Ellen Shearer taught James Foley in 2007. Shearer describes Foley as a thoughtful and gentle person with a passion to tell under-covered stories of people in conflict zones.
by Rose Zhou | Aug 19, 2014 | Science + Technology
The Video Gamers United convention took place at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center this past weekend. The two organizers tried to bring a full-scale video game convention to the Southeast region. Although the participation is lower than expected, the...
by Rose Zhou | Aug 18, 2014 | Immigration
WASHINGTON – House Republicans’ efforts to repeal a law that allows young undocumented immigrants are scaring qualified young Hispanics in the Frederick area from stepping forward to obtain legal status, an immigration advocate said Wednesday. Two years after...
by Rose Zhou | Aug 11, 2014 | Immigration
The Migration Policy Institute reports that in the past two years of the Deferred Action Program, more than half of the undocumented immigrants under age 30 who arrived in the U.S. before they were 16 registered for temporary legal status. But hundreds of thousands of...
