AltWeeklies Wire
The Invisiblesnew
57,000 minors crossed the Southern border last year. Should we send them back?
INDY Week |
Billy Ball |
12-04-2015 |
Immigration
Immigrants Denied Mental Health Servicesnew
When Cardinal Innovations quietly assumed local management of public mental health services in Orange and Chatham counties last April, they brought with them a policy to deny Medicaid reimbursements for the treatment of undocumented immigrants.
INDY Week |
Billy Ball |
03-21-2013 |
Immigration
Undocumented immigrants circumspect about Obama directive on deportationsnew
"We want more than anyone to actually have this to be true and for us not to be played again, so we're not calling this a victory yet."
INDY Week |
Billy Ball |
06-27-2012 |
Immigration
The story of Uriel Alberto: father, immigrant—and inmatenew
If Uriel Alberto could speak with legislators on the immigration committee, he would tell them: "This is not an immigration issue, but a human issue. The fear, that we have to hide is unacceptable. We're trying to empower youth and our community by coming out of the shadows."
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
03-09-2012 |
Immigration
North Carolina's Misguided House Immigration Committeenew
The N.C. House Select Committee on the State's Role on Immigration Policy has a long name with a short mission: to craft legislation that in effect would make life in North Carolina miserable for undocumented immigrants.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
03-09-2012 |
Immigration
Former Immigration Official Sentenced to Prisonnew
Bedri Kulla, a former immigration services official, tried to woo a 23-year-old undocumented immigrant from El Salvador. And when she ignored his advances, he attempted to have her deported.
Now he is going to jail.
INDY Week |
Rebekah L. Cowell |
10-01-2010 |
Immigration
What Happens When Undocumented Immigrants Become Crime Victims?new
A former immigration officer blackmailed an undocumented immigrant to have a sex with him. Victims confront a dilemma: Do they report the incidents to police and risk deportation? Or do they continue to be victimized?
INDY Week |
Rebekah L. Cowell |
09-24-2010 |
Immigration
Raleigh's Cuban Community: Their Views on Obama's New Diplomacynew
Local exiles reacts as President Barack Obama rolls back some of George W. Bush's most ineffective stances toward Cuba, primarily related to the migration of Cubans.
INDY Week |
Matt Saldana |
06-04-2009 |
Immigration
Suspected Illegal Immigrants Allegedly Held Too Long in North Carolina Jailsnew
Wake County officers who have been trained on the 287(g) program can delay the release of a prisoner they suspect might be living in the country illegally. Prisoners can be held for 48 hours while ICE takes them into custody and attempts to determine their immigration status. So why did Teodolo Nunez Bustos remain in jail long after those 48 hours were up?
INDY Week |
Vernal Coleman |
09-04-2008 |
Immigration
With Few Options in N.C., Immigrants Return to Mexico by Busnew
Riders are separated from loved ones or have not achieved their dreams. Many who've traveled speak of their failures. Others say the United States isn't what they envisioned.
INDY Week |
Joseph R. Schwartz |
07-31-2008 |
Immigration
Hating the French, Irish, Chinese, Germans, Russians, Japanese -- and Now, Mexicansnew
Fear, mistrust and hatred of foreigners and things foreign have been with us throughout the ages. When fear gains the upper hand, people do fearsome things.
INDY Week |
Daniel H. Pollitt |
06-05-2008 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Lives Lived in Light and Shadownew
In North Carolina, a sister and brother, one undocumented, one legal, live starkly different lives.
INDY Week |
Remy Scalza |
02-28-2008 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
No Security in Muslim Americans' Homelandnew
Almost five years after Iyad Hindi passed the test to become a U. S. citizen, he's still waiting to be "cleared" by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
01-31-2008 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
