Patricia Stout long had the confidence to go her own way. Born in 1940s Mexico, she pursued business and math in school, took an airline job in the United…
March 15, 2022
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May 3, 2019
Mexican Immigrant Builds Her Way from Small Business to Presidential Appointments
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April 24, 2019
The Guardian Opinion: I won a Pulitzer. Yet Trump wants to deport me because I’m undocumented
In September 2017, I sat with my friends in a Ball State University library room trying to come to terms with the news that Donald Trump had just shut down…
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April 16, 2019
Religion News Service Opinion: Four decades after Saigon fell, we still need refugees as much as they need us
The day Saigon fell, on April 30, 1975, my mother and her family knew they could not stay in their native Vietnam. They joined the tens of thousands of South…
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April 16, 2019
Portland Press Herald Maine Voices: Reform bill would allow DACA recipients to give back to U.S.
Last month, when Democrats introduced legislation to protect young immigrants like me who were brought to the United States as children, I felt a huge wave of relief. Ever since…
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April 12, 2019
Communications of the ACM Opinion: Immigrants Help Solve the Looming STEM Worker Shortage
As an engineering hardware manager working in the rapidly growing automotive electronics industry, I’ve been baffled by politicians who champion anti-immigration policies. If we want our economy to prosper, we…
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