by gabriellerabon | Dec 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
By Gabrielle Rabon, Medill, Immigrant Connect [see lead story – How does service in the armed forces change immigrants’ paths to citizenship?] The journey to citizenship starts before joining the armed forces. With some exceptions, to be accepted into the Armed...
by stidman | May 10, 2019 | About, Identity, Our Staff, Uncategorized
By Owen Stidman, Medill, Immigrant Connect It’s 9:30 p.m., and the only people still inside Edina High School are members of the robotics team. We’ve been working since 3:15. The dissonant buzzing of power tools in the workshop has stopped. Tonight is only one of many...
by Jack Doppelt | Dec 5, 2017 | Uncategorized
By Kristine Sherred, Medill, Immigrant Connect Fired without warning. Fired without severance. Fired without reason. After years of working for the same River North hotel, 28 housekeepers lost their jobs on an otherwise normal Tuesday in September. Many, like Rosa...
by Jack Doppelt | Nov 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
By Siobhan Neela-Stock, Medill, Immigrant Connect The restaurant in Montclair, New Jersey is bustling. Eyes from across the room lock on our mismatched family as we continue to eat. The 4-year-old twins noisily eat food from the kids’ menu. My older sister is at the...
by Jack Doppelt | Jun 26, 2017 | Family, Good Question, Uncategorized
By Aine Dougherty, Medill, Immigrant Connect Hundreds of students and faculty flooded the sidewalk outside Northwestern University’s Multicultural Center on Feb. 1, 2017, spilling out into Sheridan Road, blocking traffic, waving signs, listening to Muslim...
by Jack Doppelt | Apr 23, 2017 | Uncategorized
By Sidney Thomas, Medill, Immigrant Connect Wielding our US passports, my mother and I are in an immigration line at Miami International Airport awaiting reentry into the country she’s called home for 18 years and one I’ve always called home. My mother is the epitome...
