by yasmeen | Jun 3, 2021 | Good Question
By Yasmeen Altaji, Medill, Immigrant Connect Third country removals have been the default method for potentially dangerous deportations. Experts say that under the Biden administration, this may need to change. When Jimmy Aldaoud was deported from the U.S. to Iraq, it...
by margaret | Jun 3, 2021 | Good Question, Problems with Papers, Work, Jobs and Money
By Margaret Fleming, Medill, Immigrant Connect June 2021 Sandeep Kumar has a hard time getting out of his head a clip of Kamala Harris on the campaign trail in Iowa. An eighth grade Indian immigrant asks Harris to speak with fellow Democratic...
by delia | Jun 3, 2021 | Good Question
By Delia Corridon, Medill, Immigrant Connect June 2021 On May 20, 2021, five months after taking office, President Biden signed the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act into law. The law aims to make...
by benefield | Jun 3, 2021 | Good Question, Problems with Papers
By Victoria Benefield, Medill, Immigrant Connect June 2021 Listen to Victoria Benefield’s podcast: Biden introduced community sponsorship to resettle refugees. How’s that going? SCRIPT: HEBA KALAJI: The...
by Jack Doppelt | Jun 14, 2020 | Good Question
By Michael Fitzpatrick, Medill, Immigrant Connect Fear and uncertainty come naturally to Chutmagai Bul Ayual. Ayual spent 13 years walking across Africa and in refugee camps. The scarring experiences left Ayual in a position to confront almost anything. The Covid-19...
by Jack Doppelt | Jun 14, 2020 | Back Home, Good Question, Work, Jobs and Money
By Chloe Jeonghyun Heo, Medill, Immigrant Connect At the beginning of April, KANU (Koreans Association at Northwestern University) distributed disposable masks to anyone who applied for one. “[At that time], a lot of Koreans were going back to Korea,” said an...
