The March Marches on

I’m in Alabama to take part in the 47th reenactment of the historic civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.  The 50 mile march is taking place over 5 … More »

A New Life in a New Homeland

“There’s a lot of worry when you don’t know if you can stay in this safe place and stabilize your life.” Cheng is an immigrant from Zimbabwe. He fled his … More »

Calling All Filmmakers

The American Immigration Council is now accepting submissions for their 2012 “Change In Motion” Multimedia Contest. The topic of year’s contest is immigration; namely, how has immigration played … More »

How our backwards immigration system tore our family apart

My family and I are still living the results of the broken immigration system and its events from 2006. My uncle was detained and deported as product of the … More »

“A Better Life” isn’t Just a Story About Immigration

When I see Carlos Galindo, Demian Bichir’s character in the film A Better Life, I see my mother.

A Better Life is about an undocumented single father who is … More »

Brick wall

When I was 5 years old I emigrated to America. Previously I lived in the Republic of Georgia. A country next to Armenia and Turkey. I’m 18 years old right … More »

Undocumented resident aspires to make a difference

Ethnically Indian, I was born in Fiji and I came to the United States when I was two-years-old. Six months later, I became undocumented. At the age of 23, I … More »

Alabama immigration law hurting farmers

Humanitarian and rights issues aside, it’s now becoming more and more apparent that Alabama’s new immigration law has the devastating potential to drive the state into economic ruin as farms are left … More »

DREAMer Unshackled but Threat of Deportation Remains

As unexpectedly as it was put on, Matias Ramos’ electronic monitoring ankle bracelet came off last night. Matias, an undocumented DREAM Act leader, was home in his DC apartment when … More »