Why I'm Undocumented

What is often called 'illegal immigration' isn’t really treated as illegal

December 20, 2016

Within the immigration system, there's often no bright line difference between immigrants who came legally and those who broke immigration laws.

Global Politics

An immigrant family remembers the past and ponders their future under Trump

The World

December 01, 2016

For this immigrant family in North Carolina, the immigration crackdown promised by President-elect Donald Trump might mean having to split in half.

Conflict

After 50 years as a legal immigrant, I spent 18 months in immigration detention without a bail hearing

The World

November 30, 2016

Arnold Giammarco was deported to Italy. He says the lack of a bond hearing destroyed his life.

Justice

This woman has been stuck in Korea for three years trying to get home to the US

The World

November 17, 2016

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11/23/2016 - 12:45pm

Her adoptive parents never filed the paperwork to make her a US citizen. So Kim Craig fell through the cracks. And now she finds herself stuck in Korea after a visit, unable to get back to the US.

Global Politics

Young, undocumented and worried. What's next for those who received DACA.

The World

November 09, 2016

President-elect Donald Trump has promised to dismantle DACA — a federal program that offers temporary reprieve to undocumented immigrants brought to the US as minors. We spoke to DACA recipients about how they see their future under a Trump administration.

Justice

'When I vote next week, I will be saying loud and clear, this is also my country.'

The World

November 02, 2016

More than ever before, Luis Mancheno feels the heavy burdens of the color of his skin and his national origin. Come November 8, he’s looking for some relief.

Justice

A day in the life of immigration limbo

The World

October 18, 2016

Day after anxious day, a mother who escaped gang violence with her children in El Salvador waits in Boston to know whether she and her family can stay in the US legally or not.

Justice

This is how an entire family that grows up together in the United States can end up with one person undocumented

The World

August 31, 2016

This is how the US Immigration system works. There is no gray area.

Justice

These undocumented workers aren’t in the shadows, they’re out on the catwalk

The World

August 12, 2016

Whether Melania Trump modeled in the US without work authorization, the fashion industry is a prime place to find undocumented workers, say these models who have been there.

Justice

She'll get US citizenship 60 years after being adopted, but thousands more must still wait

The World

July 01, 2016

Ella Purkiss will be sworn in as a US citizen next week. Advocates say as many as 15,000 people who were adopted from abroad but never naturalized are waiting for legislation that would give them the chance to get documented too.

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