by Jack Doppelt | May 27, 2021 | About, Featured projects, Our Staff
One year ago, the spring of 2020 brought fear, death and grief to hundreds of thousands across the globe. Immigrant Connect documented the hardships and effects of Covid-19 on immigrant communities. The winds of the spring of 2021 are spreading seeds of relief,...
by Jack Doppelt | Sep 24, 2019 | Featured projects, Immigrant stories under Trump
Defending Immigrants When Their Landlords Use ICE Against Them: Here’s how Illinois tenants are fighting back, In These Times, Sept. 25, 2019 Trump Proclamation Bars Immigrants Who Cannot Afford Health Insurance, Daily Caller, Oct. 5, 2019 Do Deportations Lower Crime?...
by Jack Doppelt | Jul 6, 2017 | 100 Days for Immigrants and Refugees, Featured projects
By Jack C. Doppelt, Medill, Immigrant Connect When Donald Trump took office on Jan. 20, the clock began ticking. For American politics, for the beltway and for mainstream media, the first hundred days of a new Presidency has been used as a benchmark since President...
by Jack Doppelt | Jun 29, 2017 | 100 Days for Immigrants and Refugees, Featured projects
With President Obama’s executive order protecting certain children of illegal immigrants from deportation, and Republicans countering that the announcement is a political ploy, immigration has wedged its way into the 2012 election cycle. And with it has come some...
by Jack Doppelt | Jun 23, 2017 | Fearing the Law, Featured projects, Good Question, Problems with Papers, Work, Jobs and Money
By Sam Brief, Medill, Immigrant Connect David Marin is just doing his job. “This is how we contribute to public security,” Marin says. On April 18, MSNBC ran a segment featuring a “ride along,” with reporter Gadi Schwartz interviewing Marin, a Southern...
by Jack Doppelt | Jun 2, 2013 | Featured projects, Work, Jobs and Money
A birthday blessing: An abused woman’s journey to receive her U Visa by Kalyn Kahler This story was re-published on Gapers Block as Protection from Abuse & Deportation Carla, a 22-year-old Ecuadorian mother of two and victim of domestic and sexual abuse...
