Missing pieces: Enduring hardship for a brighter future

Missing pieces: Enduring hardship for a brighter future

Despite the early struggles that migrants faced, their perseverance paved the way for them to build a new life in a foreign land that would become their adopted home.

Despite warnings from organizations defending the rights of migrants, by the end of April, 47,000 undocumented people in the United States had registered with the Foreigners Registration Requirement, reactivated as part of the anti-migration policies of the Donald Trump administration.

Refugee mother seeks stability in America, promising brighter futures for her children

In 2013, Venezuela’s economic downturn hit Evany hard. Prices had inflated and she couldn’t even buy milk. Life had previously been good in Venezuela. She was a university student pursuing Industrial Relations and expecting her first daughter, Vida – meaning life.  Despite the growing hardship, Evany was determined to provide the best for Vida. However, as the years passed, she recognized the futility of staying in Venezuela. Chronic food shorta…

Social networks, created as spaces for interaction and entertainment, have been transformed into surveillance tools used by the U.S. government. Publications, comments, images, and even real-time locations are now analyzed by immigration authorities to identify inconsistencies between what an immigrant publishes and what he has officially declared in his forms. This practice responds to an executive order signed on January 20 by President Donald…