News
Curated news resources about immigration and related topics.
2017 News
539 news items
- (environmentally forced migration -147 environmental defenders killed in 2017) https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2017/jul/13/the-defenders-tracker; (Global Witness) https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/environmental-activists/
- (Puerto Rico) https://www.nytimes.com/20/us/puerto-rico-power-outage.html
- (the wall & art) https://inhabitat.com/artists-are-turning-the-u-s-mexico-border-fence-into-the-worlds-longest-peace-themed-mural/
- (journalist fears deportation) https://www.democracynow.org/20/full_jailhouse_interview_with_mexican_reporter
- (refugee) https://splinternews.com/meet-the-college-student-whos-starting-a-scholarship-fo-1820928789
- (Rohingya women and abuse) https://www.nytimes.com/20/world/asia/rohingya-women-abuse-myanmar.html (bureaucracy and immigration) https://www.nytimes.com/20/us/politics/trump-immigration.html
- (Puerto Rico) https://www.nytimes.com/20/us/puerto-rico-power-outage.html
- (separating families) https://www.nytimes.com/20/us/trump-immigrant-families-separate.html
- (deportation history) https://www.thisamericanlife.org/blog/2017/12/we-deported-half-a-million-people-to-mexico-in-the-1930s-did-it-create-jobs
- (undocumented in prisons) https://www.nytimes.com/20/us/undocumented-immigrants-crimes.html <U+FEFF><U+FEFF><U+FEFF> (Devastating climate change could lead to 1m migrants a year entering EU by 2100) https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/dec/21/devastating-climate-change-could-see-one-million-migrants-a-year-entering-eu-by-2100
- (H-1B and temporary visas) https://www.nytimes.com/20/us/trump-immigration-slowdown.html
- (DACA) https://www.democracynow.org/20/headlines/four_jailed_daca_recipients_on_hunger_strike_face_possible_deportation
- (Puerto Rico) https://www.democracynow.org/20/headlines/puerto_rico_to_review_hurricane_death_toll_following_reports_nearly_1_000_died
- (refugees in US) https://www.rescue.org/article/white-house-yanked-back-welcome-mat-refugees-are-thriving-america-heres-how
- (sexual assaults in Immigration Detention Centers) http://www.newsweek.com/congress-sexual-assault-immigration-detention-centers-homeland-security-751986
- (family and deportation) https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/rekha-basu/20/des-moines-superintendent-teen-immigration-deport-guatemala/922938001/
- (hate speech) https://splinternews.com/trump-gave-a-racist-and-anti-immigrant-speech-to-cops-a-1821328656
- (anti-immigrant speech by Trump) https://splinternews.com/trump-gave-a-racist-and-anti-immigrant-speech-to-cops-a-1821328656
- (ICE) https://www.splcenter.org/news/20/splc-sues-federal-government-over-unconstitutional-ice-raids
- (disappeared) https://www.democracynow.org/20/headlines/caravan_of_central_american_mothers_search_for_their_missing_children_in_mexico
- (border statistics) https://twitter.com/i/web/status/941795085901029376
- (border statistics) https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/sw-border-migration
- (border statistics) https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/sw-border-migration
- * (radio podcast immigration) #632 Our Town Part One: This American Life https://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/633/our-town-part-two
- (detention centers) https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/20/570984026/federal-investigation-finds-significant-issues-at-immigrant-detention-centers
- (Nora Sándigo guardian of undocumented children) https://www.nytimes.com/20/magazine/will-they-take-me-too.html
- (refugee stories) https://www.rescue.org/article/most-read-international-rescue-committee-stories-2017
- (trauma) http://www.philly.com/philly/news/immigrant-children-health-kaiser-family-study-trump-20171213.html
- (Dreamers) https://www.democracynow.org/20/rep_gutierrez_on_passing_the_dream
- (MVRHS and Brazilian consulate visit) http://www.mvtimes.com/20/saudade-news-brazilian-community-noticias-de-e-para-comunidade-brasileira-12/
- (farmworkers/climate change) https://www.democracynow.org/20/amid_worst_winter_wildfires_in_california
- (ICE raids) http://www.newsweek.com/government-sued-over-ice-raids-allegedly-targeted-women-and-children-744844
- (illegal ICE raids) https://www.splcenter.org/news/20/splc-sues-federal-government-over-unconstitutional-ice-raids
- (Puerto Rico) https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/20/us/puerto-rico-hurricane-maria-death-toll.html
- * (radio podcast immigration) #632 Our Town Part One: This American Life https://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/632/our-town-part-one
- (DACA) http://www.newsweek.com/dreamers-doomed-daca-fix-out-year-end-spending-bill-advocates-741362?utm_source=internal&utm_campaign=right&utm_medium=related1
- (migrants) https://www.democracynow.org/2017/12/5/headlines/trump_administration_withdraws_us_from_global_migration_compact
- (travel ban –internment) https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/20/my-father-resisted-japanese-internment-trumps-travel-ban-is-just-as-unfair/?utm_term=.4a50cc6b5d79
- (Rohingya) https://www.nytimes.com/20/world/asia/myanmar-rohingya-denial-history.html
- (DACA) http://www.newsweek.com/trump-administration-has-made-illegal-attempts-deport-daca-recipients-724842
Attribution
The resource list was compiled by Lynn Ditchfield with contributions from:
- Cynthia Aguilar
- Anita Botti
- Cheri Cluff
- Michael Ditchfield**
- Victoria Dryfoos
- Camila Fernandez
- Justen Foster
- Shari Geistfeld**
- Linda Graham
- Marissa A. Gutierrez-Vicario
- Julie Huff**
- Naomi Ostwald Kawamura
- Jenik Munafo Khelalfa
- Roslyn Sue Le Mesurier
- Kendra Mills
- Vivian Maria Poey
- Nadia Sahila
- Jane Sampaio
- Guy Michel Telemanque
- Rachel Toon
- Others
* - especially informative content
** - special thanks
Funds to help support granted in part by:
- Mass Cultural Council (MVLCC)
- Martha’s Vineyard Vision Fellowship
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