Her parents took their Holocaust secret to their graves
Raised by two loving Hungarian immigrants who came to the U.S. to start anew, Linda Ambrus Broenniman recalls a normal, happy childhood. However, as an adult that all changed. As she recounts in her new book, The Politzer Saga, her parents took a shocking Holocaust secret to their graves.
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Cuts to refugee & immigrant programs exacerbate trauma but inspire resilience
For more than 30 years, MORE has helped Minnesotan refugees and immigrants with the education and support they need to become citizens and community members, often through legal and financial assistance. Now, with executive orders cutting funding and access, organizations like MORE and the people they help are at risk.
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Mexicans and Muslims among many worrying about impending immigration law changes
"From day one of his campaign, Donald Trump found the ultimate political pinata by targeting immigrants. Every immigrant must be illegal. Every immigrant was a drug dealer or a criminal. Every immigrant was going to steal your job," Jerry Huffman writes. "The president-elect successfully demonized millions of people, one soundbite at a time." Now, immigrants are afraid they'll no longer be able to call America home.
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Police take pro-democracy crackdown to new levels
Pro-democracy activist Kong Tsung-gan recounts his experience being followed and harassed by Hong Kong police.
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On the road with struggling migrants in the Mexican desert
In the midst of the political storm, reporter Elliot Granath claims there is a humanitarian crisis: every year, about 200 bodies are recovered along the U.S.-Arizona border alone. Hundreds of others are never found.
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U.S. continues to ignore the intersection of immigration and terrorism
"It's my contention that the threat of a terror attack being carried out inside the United States is greater today than at any time since the terror attacks of September 11, 2001." That's the contention of a retired Senior Special Agent of the former INS (Immigration and Naturalization Service). Michael W. Cutler explains why he fears the worst.
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