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How should international students plan for or adapt to policy changes?

by sarahameadow | Jun 3, 2021 | Good Question, Problems with Papers

By Sarah Meadow, Medill, Immigrant Connect                              June 2021 Bengi Rwabuhemba was a quarter away from finishing her freshman year at Northwestern University. She had finals to finish before returning to her home in Eswatini, formerly known as...

What is Vice President Kamala Harris doing for Indian immigrants? Has she abandoned S.386?

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...

Biden introduced community sponsorship to resettle refugees. How’s that going?

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...

Glo Harn Choi: Pathways to citizenship for the undocumented can come slowly, and surely, with collective action

by Jack Doppelt | Jun 11, 2020 | Problems with Papers

By Chloe Jeonghyun Heo, Medill, Immigrant Connect When Glo Harn Choi turned 21, he lost his dependent visa to stay in the U.S. No need to enjoy his new status to be able to legally drink. He wasn’t celebrating. Choi came to the US at the age of four with his family...

I realize what it means to choose citizenship – US or Korean

by Jack Doppelt | Jun 9, 2020 | Our Staff, Problems with Papers

Chloe Jeonghyun Heo, Medill, Immigrant Connect I’m on a Face Time call from Evanston to Arizona. I was supposed to be in Arizona to see Alicia during this time of spring break, but the fear of carrying the virus by plane stopped me from traveling.  As I write...

Coronavirus leaves immigrants trapped in a byzantine court system

by Jack Doppelt | Apr 24, 2020 | Fearing the Law, Problems with Papers

By By Stephen Franklin, Steve Bey, Catherine Kim, Areeba Shah, Shreya Bansal, LaTesha Harris, Wanying Zhao and Kari Lydersen [Story originally published on April 22, 2020, in The Reader. Click here to go to the original story.] In a small courtroom on the third floor...
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