Johnny SilvercloudinAfroSapiophile·2 days agoMember-onlyNo One is Stealing Your JobBecause you can’t lose what you never had — “They are gonna take our jobs!” It is a common trope to call a mass of people stealing or taking your job. What I want to do here is establish how complete and utterly ridiculous this claim is. So let’s get into it. “They are taking our jobs!” This horrendous political trope usually cuts across racial…Immigration5 min readImmigration5 min read
Megan Smolenyak·2 days agoMember-onlyCaptured in Time: Nameless English Singing Girls upon Arrival in America in 1890I Just Wanted to Figure out Who They Were, but Found Myself Ensnared in a Victorian Melodrama — No names were given, but the caption grabbed my attention: “English singing girls — imported by Italian padrone — ret’d by Britannic, Nov 19 1890.” As part of my series about immigrants featured in the virtually unknown E.W. Austin collection of 1890–1892 photos, I’ve enjoyed writing about Percy Hemingway, Sultana…Immigration11 min readImmigration11 min read
Madeline FaberinDocumented·1 day agoIntroducing Caribbean and Chinese Communities Audience ResearchAs New York’s only immigrant-centric newsroom, Documented is dedicated to creating journalism that serves these communities. Building on what we learned from our audience of thousands of Spanish-speaking immigrants, we began research in spring 2022 to reach Chinese and Caribbean readers in New York. Our findings, which came from surveys…Immigration2 min readImmigration2 min read
Imelda Knottril·1 day agoHow I Turned My Childhood Bullying Experience Into A Strength As A Spanish ImmigrantI was born in Valencia, Spain in 1998, and I immigrated to the United States with my family when I was just five years old. My parents had decided to move to the US in search of better opportunities and a brighter future for our family. I remember feeling both…Immigration3 min readImmigration3 min read
Ellen BalleiseninMigrant Matters·1 day agoLife on a roller coaster of hopes dashed and raisedAs an Arizona high school student in the early 2000s, Karina Ruiz de Diaz fell in love with biology and chemistry. She dreamed of majoring in biochemistry in college, then working in a lab, or as a pharmacist. …Immigration6 min readImmigration6 min read
Maya Mackrandilal·1 day agoThe Fortunate OnesTrigger warning: off-page death The morning light makes the room feel unnaturally still, like a photograph of an abandoned home. It spills between the cream-colored venetian blinds, not enough to read by, but enough to sink past eyelids and disturb sleep. Whether it is because of hunger from the dinner…Immigration16 min readImmigration16 min read
Byron George·2 days agoMember-onlyEstrangedIt’s difficult when you know Your differences show The clues abound When you look around Being perceptive, The subtlety, the sounds, The nuances sensitive Trapped in an island of contempt For those poor and unkempt Who come from afar I sense how they must feel Surrounded by rhetoric so ill Clues, words are everywhere Sending me…Immigration2 min readImmigration2 min read
Todd BensmaninThe Right Side of History: U.S. National Security·1 day agoOne Far-left Canadian Policy is Behind Northern Border Surge, Ushering in Mexican Cartel OperativesNo evidence that Biden’s government has ever demanded change at multiple US-Canadian immigration summits By Todd Bensman The Canadian border is back big in the news, with headlines proclaiming that illegal immigration over that one suddenly has spiked by eye-catching 700- and 800- percentage points in recent months. Amid a…Immigration9 min readImmigration9 min read
Shefali O'Hara·2 days agoMember-onlyMy American Immigrant ExperienceHow I was taught about the idealistic “melting pot” and how that comes short — When I was going to grade school, I lived in New York City. This is significant for immigrants because Ellis Island used to be a main hub for people entering the United States. New York is also the location of the Statue of Liberty, which is supposed to welcome people…Immigration4 min readImmigration4 min read
Intemporaliter·3 days agoNew York vs. London: Food (Part 2: Corn Syrup)The Overwhelming Sweetness of Corn Syrup — I knew some things about the country I was moving to. I was expecting everything to contain corn syrup (which is a different kind of sweetness from cane sugar) and I thought I was ready for this. I was not. High Fructose Corn Syrup is in a wide variety of…Immigration2 min readImmigration2 min read
