After applying for temporary legal status that would permit them to work in the United States, undocumented immigrants would then have to wait for at least 10 years to apply for a green card.
Is American Hyphenated?
April 10, 2013 By 2 Comments
An Aussie soldier challenges his Yank counterpart to drop the hyphen from his American identity.
Taking Cues on Immigration from Jesus
February 18, 2013 By 2 Comments
it’s difficult to modulate the imprecation to “Get the hell out of my country” into anything that sounds even remotely loving to the stranger.
An Excerpt from THE REEDUCATION OF CHERRY TRUONG
February 1, 2013 By 3 Comments
“Until they moved to America, Sanh never realized how rarely he spent time alone with his son.” By Aimee Phan
Consider the Radical Center Before Voting
November 4, 2012 By 12 Comments
We should all be Americans before Democrats or Republicans.
Running: A Poem
October 10, 2012 By 1 Comment
David Karpel tells an American story of persecution and flight: a family that can’t stop running.
Assumed Identities: 10/13
September 20, 2012 By 3 Comments
What have other people assumed they knew about you?
25 Things I’d Like in My President
September 8, 2012 By 19 Comments
Tom Matlack cuts through the political rhetoric to identify what’s important to him. What’s on your list?
Mulberry, The Final Scenes of Act One
August 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The final installment of Act One in James Olm’s “Mulberry.”
By the Time I Get to Arizona – What SB 1070 Means Now
June 26, 2012 By 5 Comments
Whether or not the climate in Arizona is becoming more progressive, the passage of SB 1070 contained a chilling anti-immigrant subtext, and has had larger ramifications for the rest of the country.
Freedom: 6/23
June 8, 2012 By 4 Comments
What does it mean to be a free man in the 21st century? Call for submissions.
When I Was Your Age
May 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Edward Yau grew up comfortable in Westchester County, on stories of his parents’ struggles in Panama and rural China.
Sexual Abuse in US Immigration Prisons
April 22, 2012 By 4 Comments
The USian Immigrations and Customs Enforcement service has recently revised the rules applying to immigrants detained and awaiting their deportation hearings. Most notably for me, they’ve strengthened the absolutely shit regulations regarding sexual abuse in detention. The Prison Rape Elimination Act (which is already inadequate, but at least it’s a step) does not apply to [...]
Jan the President Was Born in the U.S., Really!
January 27, 2012 By 10 Comments
Wagging a finger at the leader of the free world is never a good idea.
Let’s Sell Citizenship
December 5, 2011 By 28 Comments
Tom Matlack thinks there is a simple solution to the problem of immigrants who work here illegally: charge them money to become citizens.
He Has A Gun
September 25, 2011 By 24 Comments
Jeremy Adam Smith’s son asked, “Did they get the bad guys?” Turns out, that was a really difficult question to answer.
“When I went to forgive those who had bullied me in school, they had no idea what they had done to me.”
This is a comment by Anonymous on the post “Should We Forgive Apologetic Bullies?”