The Local Film Festival Bringing Stories of Immigration and Resettlement to the Big Screen
Home Is Distant Shores Film Festival runs through Sunday, October 24.
A Durham Courthouse Moment: “El Sueño Americano”
A Guatemalan immigrant fights for custody of his son in the Durham County Courthouse.
On the Mexican Border, a Triangle Resident Receives an Education from Immigrants Hoping to Settle in the United States
While volunteering at a refugee center in El Paso, writer Tito Craige came to appreciate what life was like for his great grandfather, Ernst Kohlberg, who arrived on Ellis Island in 1875.
Op-Ed: Immigrants Are on the Front Lines of the Fight for $15
We cannot wait any longer.
PHOTOVOICE: The José Chicas Saga
José Chicas has been in sanctuary from ICE at the School for Conversion in Durham since 2017. On Friday, October 16 at Saint John’s Missionary Baptist Church of Durham, there was a socially distant prayer vigil for him and two others in sanctuary.
As Election Day Looms, José Chicas Feels Like He’s in Limbo
Chicas has been living in sanctuary in Durham since 2017. After more than one thousand days of isolation, he says his chance of returning home to his family in Raleigh is riding on Election Day.
More Immigration Coverage
It’s Hard to Get Unemployment Benefits in North Carolina. For Immigrants, It Can Be Next to Impossible.
The N.C. Division of Employment Security has approved almost 1.3 million claims for unemployment benefits, but immigrants risk being lost in the shuffle.
Because of What I Did as a Three-Year-Old, I Have No Access to the American Dream
“Imagine if you parked in the wrong spot and were then subject to separation from your family and the loss of your livelihood.”
The Good, the Bad & the Awful
ICE can’t hold kids, Raleigh bars buck Covid regulations, Art Pope’s dream comes true.
Supreme Court Saves DACA from Trump
Thursday’s ruling will ensure undocumented immigrants brought into the United States as children are given the chance to remain here legally.
Activists Launch Campaign to Register 200K Latinos in North Carolina Before the November Election
They celebrated Cinco de Mayo by making 10,000 phone calls.
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