Immigrant Report is an online publication celebrating the immigrants of this country through their stories, art, and ideas.
Vietnamese who live in-country refer to those in the diaspora as Viet kieu – sojourners, those that wander.
I was the first in my family to return to Vietnam since we fled in 1975: an ill-defined quest to claim what I could.
THIS MONTH
I'm not sure what my mother expected when she first moved to America, but I can certainly tell you what she did not anticipate; raising four boys as a single mother living on welfare was not part of the plan. It became her reality.
Facing danger is a way of life when you are nineteen, undocumented, and hitchhiking to school. When it all began to feel too dark, Atash found hope bounding in unexpectedly.
Writer and poet Sarah Leamy explores the contours of deportation: the memories, fears, and identity caught in the web of what it means to be deported.
I was a lost kid back in my hometown, an immigrant in my own family.
Stories from previous weeks:
A daughter’s journey through foreign grief.
I smile when I read the words revolution and feminism in a single sentence because in many revolutions in Latin America we were segregated because of our gender.
Her paintings are tapestries woven of all these stories; deeply personal, collective, intimate and vast. The paintings of Ana Maria Velasco are creating universes.
An interview with the artist.
Articles
WHAT WE'RE READING
WRITING FROM AROUND THE WEB
Inside the Lives of Immigrant Teens Working Dangerous Night Shifts in Suburban Factories -ProPublica
Undocumented and Pregnant: Why Women Are Afraid to Get Prenatal Care -NYTimes
Biden to nominate first Latino and immigrant to run Homeland Security -Independent
Guest Column: An immigrant and Thanksgiving -Press Herald
Nail Salons, Lifeline for Immigrants, Have Lost Half Their Business -NYTimes
The U.S. Immigrant Rights Movement Plans for a New Vision Under Biden -Rolling Stone
A New Immigration Vision For America -Forbes
Simon Han Explores The Immigrant Experience In His Debut Novel -NPR
Undocumented immigrants may actually make American communities safer – not more dangerous – new study finds -The Conversation
Pulitzer Prize-winner Viet Thanh Nguyen recalls his immigrant experience -Yahoo News
New DACA Ruling Has Undocumented Immigrants Hopeful Biden Will Expand Program -Gothamist
In Michigan, Undocumented Immigrants Form Learning Pod So They Won't Lose Their Jobs -NPR
An Immigrant Thanksgiving -The Cornell Sun
The vaccine breakthroughs at Moderna and Pfizer are the latest examples of how immigrants have been driving billions in American innovation for decades -Business Insider
Immigrants help make America great -Science
Immigrants Don’t Just Change Voting Patterns -The Atlantic
'False sense of perspective': Immigrant TV stories mainly focus on Latinos, deportation -NBC News
Undocumented immigrants behind on their rent are self-evicting across Texas -Texas Tribune
What Does it Mean to Be a Black Immigrant in the United States? -The Immigrant Learning Center
5 Ways Immigrants Are Leading The Way -Yes Magazine
Getting the Job Done: How Immigrants Expand the U.S. Economy -Wharton
9 Books for Kids About the Immigrant Experience in America -Brightly
Artist Renzo Ortega paints the immigrant experience -WPB Magazine
The Immigrant Artist Biennial Offers a Lesson in Perseverance -CultBytes
The Welcome Project Lets Local Immigrants Showcase Their Culture & Sell Art -Cincinnati Refined
Immigrants Are Essential: a vital art project shining a light on the frontline -The Guardian