by justinagrelo | Dec 27, 2018 | The Migration
By Justin Agrelo, Medill, Immigrant Connect For Arlette Jácome, the hyper-visibility of Central Americans in the mainstream news cycle over the past several months has been “devastating.” “I feel like we’re only important because it’s serving a purpose, you know? I...
by justinagrelo | Nov 17, 2018 | Our Staff, Problems with Papers
By Justin Agrelo, Medill, Immigrant Connect I’m sitting in a brightly lit classroom, my desk facing front to the teacher and blackboard. The walls of our public high school in the Hermosa community in Chicago are adorned with three posters, a cork board of student...