Families, immigrants struggle as politicians feud over reform
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Startled by sharp knocking on the door of her family’s Florida City home at 5 a.m., Brenda Perez, 20, jumped out of bed on a chilly Monday […]
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Stories and images of strife and struggles in South Florida’s young immigrant community
Startled by sharp knocking on the door of her family’s Florida City home at 5 a.m., Brenda Perez, 20, jumped out of bed on a chilly Monday […]
Read moreWedged between a small office desk and an oil painting of two dismal-looking farm workers, two stuffed boxes overflow with the files of nearly 200 undocumented immigrants […]
Read moreBrothers Francis and Jorge Tume, six and seven years old, couldn’t wait to get to Miami to reunite with their father, who the year before had fled […]
Read moreA smile masks the memories of Tomas Pendola’s painful past, his struggles as an undocumented immigrant in a world dominated by American culture. His transition eyeglasses hide […]
Read moreActivists and some politicians who support the DREAM Act in Congress argue that a huge brain drain would result from sending as many as 2.1 million undocumented […]
Read moreFor about 140,000 DREAMers who live in Florida, the DREAM Act, first introduced in 2001, would have created an opportunity to continue their educations in U.S. colleges […]
Read moreSisters share childhood secrets, shopping trips, cultural heritage, even the occasional favorite outfit. But in Miami, Suany Galo, 16, and her big sister Reyna Lopez, 20, do […]
Read moreOn the first day of fall semester of 2012, the Florida International University campus was crawling with eager freshman. Missing from their ranks, however, was Tómas Monzón, […]
Read moreIn a move that surprised many political observers, Florida’s Legislature recently passed a law, effective July 1, making undocumented immigrants eligible to pay in-state tuition at the […]
Read moreA scared six-year-old dressed in dull clothing to avoid attention, Walter Velasquez clutched his mother’s hand as they boarded a bus in San Pedro Sula to cross […]
Read moreA new tide of undocumented children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border appears to have eroded bi-partisan support for immigration reform. The latest arrivals of children without parents or […]
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