Trump-era Covid-19 border policies are being carried over to the new administration. For weeks, pundits, conservative politicians,…
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This Is Not Our First Holiday Season Away From Our Families
Michelle Eigenheer, a 28-year-old freelance journalist based in Louisville, Kentucky, shared similar experiences. Born in Korea,…
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My Cousin Runs ICE. He’s Killing the Same American Dream Granted to His Own Parents
My cousin and I have never spoken of any of this. I don’t remember the last…
Continue ReadingCountry Music Was the Soundtrack of My Hmong Upbringing
For a refugee family in St. Paul, Billy Ray Cyrus and Tanya Tucker provided a window…
Continue ReadingThe White Nationalist Education of Stephen Miller
GEN: Why did you want to write a book about Stephen Miller? Jean Guerrero: It started…
Continue ReadingThe Coronavirus Has Pushed ICE Detainees Across the Country to Hunger Strike
Throughout April, panic spread through Otay Mesa in tandem with the virus. Detained immigrants describe scenes…
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I’m Being Held at a Border Detention Center. I’m Scared They’ll Let Us Die Here.
I’m from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, but had to flee in 2016 because gangs threatened to kill me.…
Continue ReadingNo One Is Coming to Help the Undocumented Workers
I’m a New York City kid, with thick gold hoops and a nameplate necklace and bracelet,…
Continue ReadingBut the Stimulus Excludes Undocumented Families
We can’t pretend to be shocked that tax-paying immigrants are left out of the coronavirus relief…
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