by Yanchun (Roxanne) Liu & Xiaozhang (Shaw) Wan | Aug 31, 2018 | Featured, Immigration
When Qiuxu Li, a 23-year-old Georgetown University law student, received her master’s degree a few months ago, she worried whether she could find a paid job in the U.S. before running out of the last $3,000 her family gave her. “It’s really hard for an international...
by Holly Honderich | Aug 18, 2018 | Featured, Immigration
MCALLEN, Texas – The final step of their journey was small. Crossing the bridge from Brownsville, Texas, into Matamoros, Mexico, requires a short walk, a $1 toll – in quarters – and a perfunctory customs stop. But for the members of “Grannies...
by Giulia Petroni | Jul 27, 2018 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – Children and families marched together and protested at the U.S. Capitol on July 26, the court-ordered deadline for the Trump administration to reunite thousands of families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border. Children sang lullabies and drew...
by Medill News Service | Jul 27, 2018 | Immigration, Politics
WASHINGTON — On the court-ordered deadline to reunite families seperated at the border, children and families gathered to march and protest at the Hart Senate Office Building. The children sung lullabies and drew pictures of their families to demand that the...
by Loumay Alesali | Jul 26, 2018 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON— Dozens of parents and children marched to Capitol Hill Thursday morning to demonstrate against family separations at the U.S.-Mexico border under the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy and to highlight the Thursday deadline...
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by Loumay Alesali | Jul 18, 2018 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security is expected to decide whether to cancel or extend protected status for hundreds of Somalis living in the U.S. by Thursday, and experts warn that revoking the protection would send the Somalis back to a country...
