Under the blazing sun, the clinking of metal stopped when one of the men scooping dirt out from under a tree spotted smoke rising from the ground. ...
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Personal Stories From the Refugee Experience
Personal Stories From the Refugee Experience ...
Naperville father deported despite plea that ICE allow him to stay in U.S. with daughter who has spina bifida
A Naperville father who made a last-minute plea to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement so he could remain in the U.S. to care for a young daughter with severe spina bifida has left the country, his lawyer said Satur ...
‘They have nothing’: How a $20 tip cost an immigrant her Dulles job and severed a lifeline to Sierra Leone
The Dulles International Airport maintenance worker had heard children were flying in from Sierra Leone, the country she had left years earlier, and she needed to see them. When they arrived, their bodies spoke of the br ...
How a Texas Bus Terminal Became the Backdrop for Powerful Immigration Reporting
Central Station in McAllen, Tex., a city whose southern limit is defined in part by the Rio Grande, is unremarkable, as bus stations go: metal benches in the lobby, a Subway sandwich shop. But for journalists who cover i ...
In My Iowa Town, We Need Immigrants
Julio Barroso was not there last week as President Trump bellowed during his visit to Iowa, closing a job-training round table with another tirade on immigration. ...
Photos: The Agonizing Realities of Family Reunification
Government officials say they have now reunited more than 1,800 families, but some are still waiting. ...
Immigrant held after Army base pizza delivery released
Pablo Villavicencio exited the detention center shortly before 9 p.m. Tuesday. He was greeted with hugs from his jubilant wife and two young daughters. He thanked supporters and the media before being whisked away in an ...
Olympian: This is what it means to be an American
As a child, I rode my bike in my neighborhood and played until bedtime. My family ate dinner at the table together, camped and vacationed at Disney World. The values that make me an American were instilled in me during t ...
I was born stateless and persecuted in Myanmar. Here is what it took for me to come to the U.S.
I was born in 1994, in Myanmar, to Rohingya parents. Although Rohingya have lived in Myanmar for generations, the government refuses to recognize us as one of the eight “national indigenous races” and we face constant pe ...