Mar 29 Watch 9:36 What the immigration debate means for the White House race By PBS News Hour Immigration reform is one of the biggest issues of this year’s presidential race, and every contender has their own take. Judy Woodruff talks to Mark Krikorian of the Center for Immigration Studies, Frank Sharry of America’s Voice and Brittney Parker… Continue watching
Mar 23 How one Minnesota school district handles a rising immigrant population By Corey Mitchell, Education Week The United States is now home to the largest number of foreign-born black people in its history and many are K-12 students enrolled in public schools. This presents unique challenges for the school districts that welcome them. Continue reading
Mar 21 Trump's wall plan draws mixed reactions on the border By Astrid Galvan and Brian Skoloff, Associated Press NOGALES, Ariz. — Donald Trump's ambitious plan to build a giant wall on the border hits close to home for people like Berenice Andrews. Continue reading
Mar 18 Homeland Security using unpopular raids to curb border crossings By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is openly stepping up efforts to find and deport immigrants who were part of the 2014 surge of illegal crossings by unaccompanied children and families. Continue reading
Mar 14 How poetry helped Marcelo Hernandez Castillo speak out on immigration By Corinne Segal At a young age, language was Marcelo Hernandez Castillo's best defense. Growing up undocumented, Castillo said that fluency in English -- and, later, poetry -- were the tools with which he could protect against deportation. Writing was "a way… Continue reading
Mar 10 The surprising beauty in Europe's abandoned border checkpoints By Corinne Segal Photographer Josef Schulz's series on abandoned border checkpoints has taken on a renewed importance, as one of the largest migrations in European history has brought new discussion about the continent's borders. Continue reading
Feb 25 Watch 5:05 Police step up effort to evict homeless from Tijuana canals By PBS News Hour About 1,000 homeless people live in Tijuana, many of them migrants hoping to make their way into to the U.S. Hundreds dwell in makeshift tents or storm drains in the branching tunnels of the Tijuana River canal, despite the local… Continue watching
Feb 23 Republican race rips bandage off Nevada immigration detente By Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press PAHRUMP, Nev. — Nevada Republicans thought they had put their immigration problems behind them. Continue reading
Feb 19 How do gender roles in an immigrant's home country affect the female labor force here? By Making Sen$e Editor How much does an immigrant's source country affect their adjustment to American life? What role does assimilation play in that adjustment?… Continue reading
Feb 18 Watch 3:54 Trump: Pope Francis will wish I'm president when ISIS attacks Vatican By PBS News Hour Pope Francis waded into American presidential politics on his return from a visit to Mexico, saying that "a person who thinks only about building walls…is not Christian." Republican frontrunner Donald Trump wasted no time in transforming the debate over Christian… Continue watching