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...
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 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 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...
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...
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...
