immigration

Reducing the Barriers to Citizenship
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Reducing the Barriers to Citizenship

Examining how the latest changes to the citizenship test have made it even more challenging to become a U.S. citizen.

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The Titan Submersible and the Erasure of Migrant Deaths
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The Titan Submersible and the Erasure of Migrant Deaths

Before five wealthy men perished in the Titan submersible, 500 migrants died in a shipwreck off the coast of Greece with minimal news coverage.

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How Chinese Migrants Built the Transcontinental Railroad
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How Chinese Migrants Built the Transcontinental Railroad

The Transcontinental Railroad is hailed as one of the country’s greatest engineering feats, but the immigrants who built it have long been ignored. 

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The Families Torn Apart by the Biden Administration
A small group of people protesting outside. They hold signs saying, "no asylum ban," "end immigrant detention," and a poster with President Biden's head that says, "Fail Biden."

The Families Torn Apart by the Biden Administration

Despite ongoing inhumane treatment and policies, immigrant rights receive significantly less attention from the media, public, and legislators post-elections.

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The Deadly Consequences of Criminalizing Migrants
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The Deadly Consequences of Criminalizing Migrants

The Ciudad Juárez fire tragedy is not an outlier but a direct result of deprioritizing human life in U.S. immigration policies.

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What the Myth of Enslaved Irish People Tells Us About Whiteness and Resistance
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What the Myth of Enslaved Irish People Tells Us About Whiteness and Resistance

Though Irish people suffered from colonization, the “Irish were slaves first” story is used to attack the struggle for racial justice.

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Hunger Strike Continues at ICE Detention Centers
A protester in front of a detention center holds a pink sign that reads, "Retaliation from ICE for hunger strike."

Hunger Strike Continues at ICE Detention Centers

Immigrants in two for-profit detention centers in California are on a hunger strike against the “abhorrent” conditions in the facilities.

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Who is “White”? How the Supreme Court Helped Constructed Our Definition of Race
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Who is “White”? How the Supreme Court Helped Constructed Our Definition of Race

The U.S. legal system played a vital role in constructing the country’s understanding of race and whiteness, as was the case of Bhagat Singh Thind.

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How Anti-Filipino Hate Led to the Watsonville Riots
Two sepia-tone photographs of Filipino farm workers tending a field. On the left, workers put crop inside crates. One the right, a farm worker stands in a field of cauliflower.

How Anti-Filipino Hate Led to the Watsonville Riots

The Watsonville Riots was a violent attack on Filipino farmworkers by a mob of white residents in the city of Watsonville, California, between January 19 and January 30, 1930.

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How Population Collapse Revived a Pro-Birth Movement
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How Population Collapse Revived a Pro-Birth Movement

Concerns of an imminent population collapse stoke fear that humanity is about to face its biggest threat due to declining birth rates globally.

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