Originally Published in The Washington Post Kevin Sieff - April 24, 2021 MATAMOROS, Mexico — Carolina had memorized the date, but she triple-checked her documents just to make sure. For months, her life had revolve ...
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Rob Bonta is confirmed as California attorney general — the first Filipino American to fill the role
Originally Published in the Los Angeles Times Patrick McGreevy - April 22, 2021 Assemblyman Rob Bonta (D-Alameda) has been confirmed to become California’s attorney general. (Alexis Cuarezma / For The Times) ...
When Will the US End Magdalena Hernández’s Family Separation Nightmare?
Originally Published in Mother Jones Noah Lanard - April 21, 2021 Magdalena Hernández and her granddaughter in Cubulco, Guatemala, in 2019Noah Lanard/Mother Jones In the summer of 2019, Magdalena Hernánd ...
Last North Carolina immigrant to take sanctuary at a church goes home
Originally Published in The Washington Post Yonat Shimron - April 19, 2021 (RNS) — Juana Luz Tobar Ortega, who spent nearly four years in church sanctuary at an Episcopal church in Greensboro, North Carol ...
Video captures Border Patrol rescue of two migrant children in Rio Grande
Originally Published in CNN Geneva Sands - April 20, 2021 (CNN)Two Honduran children found clinging to an island surrounded by a powerful current in the Rio Grande were rescued by Border Patrol agents last week and ...
Quiet No More: Sen. Hirono’s Immigrant Journey Fuels Her Fire In Congress
Originally Published in NPR Michel Martin - April 18, 2021 Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, says her immigrant journey, detailed in a new memoir, has driven her to "stand up to bullies." Samuel Corum/AFP via Getty Ima ...
ICE Deported Me for Appearing in a Film
Originally Published in The Daily Beast Opinion by Claudio Rojas - April 19, 2021 Claudio Rojas lived in the U.S. for over 20 years—until Trump’s ICE deported him for appearing in “The Infiltrators.” Now, ...
Night Crossings: Scenes From the U.S.-Mexico Border
Originally Published in The New York Times Peter van Agtmael - April 19, 2021 ROMA, Texas — Shortly after sunset, there are signs of life on an isolated riverbank outside the border town of Roma, Texas. Over ...
‘La Gran Madre’ helps child migrants separated from their families — because she was one
Originally Published in the Los Angeles Times Molly Hennessy-Fiske - April 16, 2021 Nicaraguan American businesswoman Nora Sandigo hugs a girl while holding a baby at her home on the outskirts of Miami. Sandi ...
Becoming American: This unaccompanied minor nearly drowned coming to the US. Now he has a new life in Florida
Originally Published in USA Today Rick Jervis and Jasper Colt - April 16, 2021 The water was cool and dark and swirled around Francis Portillo as he waded into the Rio Grande. Portillo, then 14 and all alone, felt t ...
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