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Immigration

Immigration NEWS 

Life beyond the shadows

November 9, 2015August 2, 2016 SJNN

By Taylor Mullaney When Erendira Calderon graduated from high school as an undocumented student, she knew she would face an

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Immigration NEWS 

Hoping for a dream deferred

October 14, 2015August 2, 2016 SJNN

By Taylor Mullaney A pop-up screen appeared, and she couldn’t continue the application. Surely, she thought, it was just a

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Immigration 

The Palestinian-American radio personality named Rush

July 28, 2015October 31, 2019 SJNN

A Palestinian-American videographer and radio personality films his first Jewish wedding and talks bias against and within the Palestinian community in Chicago.

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Immigration Mental Health Professional Partnerships 

For immigrants, status and stigma affect mental health, few resources exist

June 4, 2015August 2, 2016 SJNN

Immigrants often deal with mental health impacts of being undocumented or being part of mixed status families. Story by Stephanie Manriquez, originally published in Contratiempo and The Gate.

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Immigration NEWS 

Iraqi minorities plead With lawmakers for more US aid

May 19, 2015August 2, 2016 SJNN

Iraqi minorities testified in front of the House Foreign Affairs Committee with recommendations for U.S. government action on the self-proclaimed Islamic State’s attacks on religious minorities, particularly the Yazidi and Christian populations. By Mary Lee for Medill Social Justice Initiative.

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Immigration NEWS 

Demonstrators back Iranian dissidents in front of White House

April 20, 2015August 2, 2016 SJNN

Iranian-American rallied outside of the White House this morning calling for the U.S. to protect 2,500 Mojahedin-e-Khalq (MEK) at Camp Liberty in Iraq. This coincides with the Iraqi prime minister’s visit with President Obama at the White House today.

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Immigration 

From personal tragedy and terror, global hope

October 26, 2014October 31, 2019 Kari Lydersen

In Uganda, residents have survived decades of brutal civil war; abduction, rape and violence carried out as part of the

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  • In South Africa, COVID-19 compounds domestic violence crisis…and leaders fight back
  • Rewriting 70,000 Individualized Education Plans puts Chicago Special Educators in a Bind
  • Mapping Vulnerability in Puerto Rico
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  • Medill Explores Puerto Rico, 2019

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