by Kevin Wang | Jul 5, 2012 | Immigration
WASHINGTON — Nasim Bolandparvaz said she was too young to understand what culture shock meant back in the early 1990s. At age eight, she left Iran with her parents and younger brother, heading to the United States, a country about which she knew almost nothing....
by Jean Song | Apr 30, 2012 | Immigration
WASHINGTON — Immigration is often seen as a Hispanic issue in the United States. However, a group of Asian Americans raised their voice on the steps of the Supreme Court to protest the Arizona immigration law and show solidarity with the other immigrant...
by Meghann Myers | Apr 25, 2012 | Immigration, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — “Los immigrantes, somos importantes!” protesters chanted Wednesday outside the Supreme Court. Immigrants, we are important. Others carried signs saying “Exporting illegals = Importing Jobs for Americans!” Inside the Supreme Court building, the...
by Andy Matarrese | Apr 25, 2012 | Immigration, National Security
An employee form President Lincoln’s cottage helps one child, who was given his certificate of citizenship at the ceremony at the cottage that day, make a Lincoln-style top hat. (Andy Matarrese/Medill News Service) One child doffs her homemade hat before the...
by Jean Song | Apr 21, 2012 | Immigration
Final Flight of Honor, a service that flies North Carolina WWII veterans to Washington so they can see the memorials built in their honor, took its last flight April 18.
by Chelsea Wallis | Dec 15, 2011 | Immigration, Politics
WASHINGTON – Tracye Redd won’t be home in Waterloo, Iowa, for Christmas. The 20-year-old will stay in Washington and pull in a few extra hours of work. The holidays don’t inspire warm memories of family and friends for Redd. They’re a hard reminder of the absence of a...
