It’s never been easy for Iranians to travel to the U.S. – the travel ban is...
By Siobhan Neela-Stock, Medill, Immigrant Connect Snowy Evanston is a far cry from the memories Emad Tayefeh has of the bustling district of Sadeghieh in Tehran. He describes his childhood neighborhood...
View ArticleNo warning, no severance, no reason, the Felix Hotel puts 28 housekeepers on...
By Kristine Sherred, Medill, Immigrant Connect Fired without warning. Fired without severance. Fired without reason. After years of working for the same River North hotel, 28 housekeepers lost their...
View ArticleFinal-Sydney & Rowan-Proposed immigrant detention center raises concerns for...
By Rowan Lynam and Sydney Boles, Medill, Immigrant Connect Hours away from immigrant-welcoming Chicago, the massive for-profit corrections company CoreCivic is moving forward with plans to open a new...
View ArticleA misunderstood Uzbek community stands by the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program
By Zhejun (Eunice) Wang, Medill, Immigrant Connect Like many other American citizens, New Yorker Sitora Ashrafova was shocked and grieved when she heard about the terrorist attack in Lower Manhattan on...
View ArticleUndocumented are invisible in school success data
By Hannah Wiley, Medill, Immigrant Connect When Chaney* decided on Richard Daley Community College as the perfect place to start her career, she felt the payoff that came as a result of all her hard...
View ArticleFinal-Dena-Confronting refugee trauma through an American therapist’s lens
By Dena Khalafallah, Medill, Immigrant Connect Methods for treating trauma are fairly universal regardless of cultural context—even if it may seem paradoxical that Western mental health professional...
View ArticleFinal-Natalya-Akwesasne
By Natalya Carrico, Medill, Immigrant Connect In northern New York State, stretching onto islands in the St. Lawrence River, east into Québec, and west into Ontario, is the territory of a sovereign...
View ArticleTPS ends for Nicaraguans and Haitians, thousands more face uncertainty and...
By Griselda Flores, Medill, Immigrant Connect Edwin Murillo’s home isn’t the same anymore. The joy filled by his two daughters has been replaced by uncertainty and instability in the past few weeks....
View ArticleA Social Justice Journalism Approach to Immigrant and Refugee Issues
By Jack C. Doppelt, Medill, Immigrant Connect, Dec. 21, 2017 A Social Justice Journalism Approach to Immigrant and Refugee Issues One year ago, the writing was on the wall of tweets that a new...
View ArticleTPS ends for Nicaraguans and Haitians, thousands more face uncertainty and...
By Griselda Flores, Medill, Immigrant Connect Edwin Murillo’s home isn’t the same anymore. The joy filled by his two daughters has been replaced by uncertainty and instability in the past few weeks....
View ArticleJanuary 2018
When deportation is a death sentence: Hundreds of thousands of immigrants in the U.S. may face violence and murder in their home countries. What happens when they are forced to return?, The New Yorker,...
View ArticleDraft of a Code of Ethics, Norms and Practices for Social Justice Journalism
Working Draft of a Code of Ethics, Norms and Practices for Social Justice Journalism Other Codes of Journalism Ethics, Norms and Practices: Al Jazeera America Code of Ethics Al Jazeera English...
View ArticleFebruary 2018
Undocumented immigrants scooped up at staggering pace, Boston Herald, Feb. 10, 2018 These legal immigrants might have their path to a green card blocked by Trump, Miami Herald, Feb. 10, 2018 Exclusive:...
View ArticleThe cruelest legacy – a nation of enough immigrants – is in the gnarled hands...
[An earlier version was published on Feb. 28, 2018 by Yes! Magazine – How Master Propagandists Linked Immigrants to the Florida School Shooting: No, Nikolas Cruz is not an immigrant. But his name has...
View ArticleA Taste of Chicago Immigrant Stories: A World Musical Premiere
Watch Howard Levy, Kerry Leung and CJP’s Artistic Director Orbert Davis in rehearsal for Chicago Immigrant Stories – Millennium Park’s World Premiere on June 14.
View ArticleUndocumented are invisible in school success data
By Hannah Wiley, Medill, Immigrant Connect When Chaney* decided on Richard Daley Community College as the perfect place to start her career, she felt the payoff that came as a result of all her hard...
View ArticleJuly 2018
Trump plans to rescind work permits for spouses of immigrants on H-1B visas: Advocates say revoking the Obama-era rule could confine spouses at home and strip their families of a necessary second...
View ArticleJune 2018
US expected to limit visa length for Chinese students, Daily Northwestern, June 1, 2018 CEO OF NON-PROFIT SHELTER THAT CALLED POLICE ON SENATOR FOR TRYING TO VISIT DETAINED CHILDREN PAID $770,860,...
View ArticleMay 2018
The Trump Administration’s Hard Line on Refugees Comes Under Fire, The New Yorker, May 1, 2018 Seeking asylum in the U.S. under Trump, Jessica Villagomez, PBS News Hour, May 1, 2018 Hundreds of...
View ArticleApril 2018
A Year Later, Fewer Deportations in Cities That Adopted “Welcoming” Policies: Where local governments collaborate with ICE, deportations have increased more than 75 percent. New Mexico shows a...
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