Immigration

The Invasion of Chicago

They zip-tied the children and tore them from their parents, half naked in the dead…

Saving Ourselves Means Saving Each Other: A Reflection on Suicide Awareness Month

This month, heartbroken parents testified before Congress about losing their children to suicide. It brought…

First, they came for the immigrants…

I’m an immigrant and I’m afraid to use my name in this oped. I’m afraid I could be snatched off the street or from my home and taken to detention and then deported. I’m also an international human rights attorney working for an immigration law firm; we primarily work in removal proceedings, meaning we prevent people from being unjustifiably deported and separated from their families.

Culture Roots, Stems and Shoots in Wilting Health

Quintessential to the migrant journey, tales from our native soil are not the only things…

The Borders Between Us

Immigration is top of mind for Americans, as President Trump began cracking down on border…

One Day We Will All Be Migrants

It’s a Wednesday afternoon. Sunlight rolls through the back windows into the classroom. The city…

Latino voters deserve respect

Latino voters, particularly Puerto Rican voters, can make all the difference in swing states like Pennsylvania. As the saying goes, “su voto es su voz” or “your vote is your voice.”

“Enemies Within”: Trump’s Anti-Immigration and Authoritarian Rhetoric

It’s almost Halloween and, this year, I have already been given a real fright. Former…

What Changed our simple societies over time, and where are we heading?

I enthusiastically listened to the 2024 State of the Union address.  Two ideologies were on…

Unwelcome Here: Why My Immigration Story Fuels Anger of Exclusion

I immigrated with my mother and two sisters to the United States in the fall…

Beyond the U-Visa: Defending the Rights of Undocumented Immigrants who are Victims of Crimes

On a sweltering morning this past summer, two armed men broke into our home in…

Parenting in the In-between space

He was 11 years old. He was skinny and tall, with a head full of…

As a Child of the Diaspora, Loss is Part of My Identity

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has spoken out about the unprecedented immigration challenges at…

It’s time to stop expecting undocumented immigrants to solve our Social Security deficit

Last year, while volunteering as a tax preparer, I helped Alejandro (not his real name)…

Undocumented immigrants pay taxes – Let’s be fair and give them the tax benefits they deserve

Every tax season I find myself in some sort of déjà vu explaining to my…