So it finally happened. Despite the support of a U.S. senator and a legion of immigration rights activists, a U.S. Army veteran who served two tours in Afghanistan has been deported to Mexico, where he hasn’t lived since ...
Daily Archives: March 26, 2018
Kaine: Trump is ‘lying’ or ‘delusional’ on DACA
Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine shot back Sunday at President Donald Trump’s rhetoric on DACA, saying the president is “lying“ or “delusional” when he blames Democrats for the end of the program. ...
5 daughters of immigrants describe living ‘Between Two Cultures’
The daughters of immigrants often straddle two worlds: The one where their parents were born and raised, and the United States, where they built another life. Both places end up shaping who they are. ...
Keeping Refugee Families Apart, Reuniting Others Next Door
In apartment complexes on opposite sides of town, the women — one a former shopkeeper from Somalia, the other a teacher from Bhutan — waited for children to come home. ...
Young Migrants’ Return to Mexico Is More ‘Exile’ Than Homecoming
Lalo Aguilar was born in the Mexican border city of Juárez 29 years ago, carries a Mexican passport and lives in Mexico City. Yet he speaks of Mexico as a kind of foreign country, a place to which he was banished. ...
As Trump targets immigrants, elderly and others brace to lose caregivers
The two women have been together since 2011, a 96-year-old originally from Italy and a Haitian immigrant who has helped her remain in her home — giving her showers, changing her clothes, taking her to her favorite parks ...