“We Are America” stories digest
A family torn apart by immigration – MSNBC
The Dylan Ratigan show reports on Tony Wasilewski and the film “Tony and Janina’s American Wedding”. Tony was featured last year on http://weareamericastories.org. More at http://tonyandjanina.com/… More »
Perdomo family border story (Washington Post)
After deportation, a family divided
Princess Martinez was born and raised in south Texas. She and her six daughters are U.S. citizens, but her husband is not. Last year, he was deported after a DUI arrest, and the whole family… More »
The latest immigrant stories from We Are America – April 21, 2011
We wanted to share some of our latest We Are America stories. Lately we are mostly focused on deportation stories as part of the Change Takes Courage… More » campaign. But we also take time to post the occasional uplifting story, such
DREAM student Anngie Gutierrez and Maria Bolaños, a mother facing deportation, speak out at press conference
From March 31 press conference – “Grassroots Groups Launch Change Takes Courage Campaign”… More »
Olga Zanella update, March 18: “Woman Raised in Texas Faces Deportation After Traffic Infraction” ?
A young woman raised in North Texas now faces deportation to the same city in Mexico where an American immigration agent was murdered.
Twenty-year-old Olga Zanella was brought to the country illegally by her parents when she was a young… More »