AltWeeklies Wire
Heartbreak and Hope in Lesbosnew
A Santa Barbara couple is on front lines of refugee crisis on the Greek island of Lesbos.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Tyler Hayden |
03-10-2016 |
Immigration
Opposite of Americanew
Asylum seekers fearing death at home find only prison and discrimination in the U.S.
Boulder Weekly |
Angela K. Evans |
02-19-2016 |
Immigration
Not One Morenew
ICE accused of abusing asylum-seekers in Colorado and elsewhere ... is it because they came from Muslim-majority countries?
Boulder Weekly |
Angela K. Evans |
12-11-2015 |
Immigration
The Invisiblesnew
57,000 minors crossed the Southern border last year. Should we send them back?
INDY Week |
Billy Ball |
12-04-2015 |
Immigration
Deported Fathernew
Cesar Leyva is holding on to a very thin thread of hope that he'll be able to return to the United States to be close to his 6-year-old son. He hasn't seen his boy in six months.
Tucson Weekly |
María Inés Taracena |
11-24-2015 |
Immigration
A Softer Landingnew
An Iraqi family dreamed of a new life in Missoula, but they landed here with a thud. As the world grapples with the worst refugee crisis in a generation, can a group of local moms convince the state to open its arms?
Missoula Independent |
Derek Brouwer |
10-29-2015 |
Immigration
The Newest Portlandersnew
Meet the refugees from the most violent places on the planet.
Willamette Week |
Leah Sottile |
10-02-2015 |
Immigration
Death in Detentionnew
The autopsy shows that while undocumented immigrant Jose de Jesus Deniz-Sahagun was being housed in a privately run Eloy prison in May, he shoved a sock down his throat and choked on it.
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Nintzel |
06-25-2015 |
Immigration
Partial Freedomnew
Supporters of an initial bill to help trafficking victims say the end result continues to punish victims.
Tucson Weekly |
María Inés Taracena |
04-24-2015 |
Immigration
Poli-Migra No Morenew
A policy change by the Tucson Police Department brings relief to the city's undocumented community.
Tucson Weekly |
María Inés Taracena |
03-20-2015 |
Immigration
Living in the In-Betweennew
When Vietnamese people say American they always mean white.
San Diego Reader |
Tam Hoang |
03-13-2015 |
Immigration
Undocumentednew
The uncertain future Honduran immigrant children face in New Orleans.
Gambit |
Kari Dequine Harden |
12-05-2014 |
Immigration
Here Without Fearnew
Six years after giving birth in shackles, in a case with historic implications, Juana Villegas has legal standing to live and work in the U.S. Other new mothers may not be so lucky.
Nashville Scene |
Heather Lyn Wood |
10-30-2014 |
Immigration
Migrant Teen Faces Deportationnew
A Honduran teen risked it all to join her family in St. Louis. Will she be allowed to stay?
Riverfront Times |
Ray Downs |
09-10-2014 |
Immigration
Who Would Jesus Deport?new
Religious leaders, political figures and hyperbolic talking heads have yet to reach a consensus on the Bible's application to the issue of immigration in the United States.
Jackson Free Press |
Anna Wolfe |
07-31-2014 |
Immigration
