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Running For Ayotzinapa: A Father's Marathon To Find His Son, Gustavo Martínez
Running For Ayotzinapa: A Father's Marathon To Find His Son, Gustavo Martínez
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People find a world of reasons to run marathons: to fight cancer, to raise money for a charity, to fulfill a promise. But Antonio Tizapa runs for the reason that has dictated his every waking moment for more than two years: finding his son. The story is presented through a written piece and a video short documentary. It follows Tizapa through events and races in the New York City area.
Crossing Borders, Jarrett Lyons
Crossing Borders, Jarrett Lyons
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The United State Supreme Court declared the right to marry for LGBT people under “equal dignity in the eyes of the law,” on June 26th, 2015. The front pages of virtually every newspaper that day highlighted that proclamation. Exactly a week prior, another United States federal agency made an official declaration that didn’t make the front pages but also affected LGBTQ politics. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued a Transgender Care Memorandum, detailing policies for treatment trans migrants in detention facilities. The facilities have a noted history of mistreatment of transgender detainees.
Ishalaa Ortega is a transgender woman who …
Catering Hall Harbors Immigrant Families Through Underground Employment, Kimberly J. Avalos
Catering Hall Harbors Immigrant Families Through Underground Employment, Kimberly J. Avalos
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A catering hall in Queens serves as a hub of work for immigrant families and holds a collection of Latin American migration stories and insights into illegal immigration in the United States.
The stories of the catering hall workers—younger and older, longtime residents and new arrivals—reflect the different struggles of immigration across the different generations of immigrants who work there. Their stories also show the common bonds for the different generations and the longstanding dreams of America.
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Who Controls Immigration Judges?: Towards A Multi-Institutional Model Of Administration Judge Behavior, Mark Richard Beougher
Who Controls Immigration Judges?: Towards A Multi-Institutional Model Of Administration Judge Behavior, Mark Richard Beougher
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Numerous studies have shown dramatic variations in the rates that immigration judges grant asylum. What these studies have failed to adequately explain as of yet is why? In attempting to understand the behavior of immigration judges in asylum cases, scholars have generally taken one of two approaches, either examining immigration judge behavior through top-down bureaucratic models or with models developed through the study of the judiciary. From these studies we have learned that similarly situated asylum applicants have different chances of success based merely on the ideological leanings of the judge who decides their case. We also have learned that …
A Case Study Of Latino Immigrant Employment In The California Central Valley, Alfredo Saldivar
A Case Study Of Latino Immigrant Employment In The California Central Valley, Alfredo Saldivar
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This purpose of this case study was to examine the employment experiences of Latino immigrants in the California Central Valley. The case study was conducted to determine why Latino immigrants in this location leave or stay in places of employment and whether federal and state immigration and employment laws and policies affected their employment status. The study included the obstacles Latino immigrants encountered during their search for employment. A qualitative case study research design was used gather detailed data from participants about their employment experiences in the California Cantal Valley. Four focus groups were conducted for this research to gain …