Posts Tagged ‘immigration’
Undocumented high school students speak out
Students from Mira Mesa High School in San Diego wrote an open letter to “Whom It May Concern” that was published by Education Week in March, 2012. The students want their teachers and others to understand what they face upon graduation in a country that doesn’t recognize them. …
Lies result in teen’s deportation
Jakadrien Lovece Turner was fourteen years old when she ran away from home in November, 2010. The Texas girl remained on the run until April, 2011, when she was arrested for theft. She gave the police a false name and claimed to be from Colombia, …
Illegal Immigrants Come Out
College students across America called Wednesday, March 10, 2010 a “National Coming Out Day.” In Chicago, Detroit, New York and Boston, illegal immigrants proclaimed their illegal status carrying banners that read “Undocumented and Unafraid.” The students plan additional events and hope to call attention to the …
