Immigration
Quandary over U.S. travel policy spurs rush for naturalization
As uncertainty continues around President Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban, those with green cards are flocking to immigrati ...
9 years ago
Appeals court refuses to reinstate Trump travel ban [updated]
A federal appeals court refused Thursday to reinstate President Donald Trump’s ban on travelers from seven predominantly Muslim nat ...
9 years ago
Stress stemming from fear of raids, deportation appears to influence immigrants’ health
New research is looking into how deportation and immigration enforcement actions affect health. University of Michigan researchers ...
9 years ago
ListenThe Mongols are coming! The Mongols are coming!
Donald Trump’s wall is sure to become a geo-political trivia question, which will likely be phrased, “What humongous ego tha ...
9 years ago
A view of Trump’s wall from our neighbors to the south
During a recent vacation week in Playa del Carmen, a tourist town 30 miles south of the Cancun airport, I chatted with dozens of locals, ...
9 years ago
For a refugee, making it work in America means not being afraid to ask for help
I don’t find myself very special. I know there are thousands of people like me who work hard to survive, to make money to support their ...
9 years ago
Earlier this morning, Sarah Assali’s mother was already planning a big dinner. Makes sense, since Assali had been anticipating the ...
9 years ago
Trump’s vision of America’s past is bad for America’s future
When I was an undergrad at Temple, I was asked to create an illustration for an article about abortion to appear in the first issue of th ...
9 years ago
Few presidents have been as concerned with their legacy as Barack Obama. From writing his first memoir at age 34, to declaring ...
9 years ago
In fighting sanctuary cities, Pat Toomey acts against his own history
In December 1911, Wilbur Franklin Phelps was finishing up his first year publishing ...
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‘Virtual’ refugee journey a somber reminder things could always be worse
How ironic. Just as many Americans were threatening to move to Canada, an installation opened on Independence Mall to replicate the exper ...
9 years ago
Refugees remember forging new lives in Philadelphia
According to the Children’s Advocacy Project of Philadelphia, there are over 130,000 immigrants and refugees in Philadelphia. Their ...
9 years ago
Refugee elders support each other after a long, difficult journey
Naw Gay Lay is a 77-year-old Burmese refugee living in South Philadelphia. When she reached her mid-30s, her whole village had to flee military insurgents.
9 years ago
A tangled path from Khmer Rouge refugee to community healer
Imagine for a moment your childhood memories included living in a bomb shelter for years, watching your 2-year-old sister die in your arms.
9 years ago
When the chef is better off ordering Chinese take-out
When Mrs. Smithson asked me to cook them "an authentic Chinese dinner," I couldn't say no. How could I tell them that I was almost 23 but had never learned to boil water?
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