One of the proudest days of my life was Dec. 16, 2015, when I became a naturalized citizen of the United States. ...
Daily Archives: November 26, 2018
Klobuchar: Trump has ‘gut-punched’ immigration reform efforts
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) on Sunday criticized President Donald Trump for having “gut-punched” Congress in its efforts to legislate fixes to America’s immigration system, and said lawmakers are prepared to boost feder ...
Trump Urges Mexico to Send Migrants Home After Border Clash
President Donald Trump said on Monday Mexico should send Central American migrants seeking asylum in the United States back to their homelands, a day after U.S. authorities shut the country's busiest border crossing and ...
This photographer wanted to humanize Ellis Island’s immigrants. His images are still powerful.
A century ago, Lewis Hine believed Americans should have as much respect for Jews, Italians, Greeks and others ‘as they have for Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth Rock.’ ...
Educated immigrants face big hurdles to apply their skills. That must change.
John F. Kelly, the White House chief of staff, recently told NPR that illegal immigrants in his country today are “overwhelmingly rural people.” Adding: “In the countries they come from, fourth-, fifth-, sixth-grade educ ...
‘These children are barefoot. In diapers. Choking on tear gas.’
A little girl from Honduras stares into the camera, her young features contorted in anguish. She’s barefoot, dusty, and clad only in a diaper and T-shirt. And she’s just had to run from clouds of choking tear gas fired a ...
Singing ‘Amazing Grace,’ a church surrounded an ICE van to stop an arrest. 27 were jailed.
“Who’s willing to get arrested if it comes down to that?” Pastor Cleve May asked two dozen members of his congregation in the parking lot at CityWell United Methodist Church early Friday morning. ...
Undocumented Man Arrested After Leaving Church For Immigration Appointment
Samuel Oliver-Bruno, 47, who had taken refuge in a church for nearly a year, was taken into custody upon arriving at the immigration office. ...
Let The Caravan In
The “caravan” has reached the U.S.-Mexico border. What those in the group found at America’s door is violence. Sunday afternoon in the border city of Tijuana, men, women and children ― some barely toddlers ― were hit wit ...
Activists, Politicians React With Horror At Border Scenes Of Tear-Gassed Children
Activists, Democratic politicians and others watching the news Sunday reacted with shock at scenes of mothers fleeing with children from tear gas fired by American officers at the Mexican border. ...
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