Yale student fights against his mom’s possible deportation

This article is about a woman who has been detained by ICE and could be deported while fighting stage four oral cancer. Her son who is attending Yale has spoken out about the denial of service his mother has been receiving. ICE won’t speak to the son about his mother’s status and won’t supply any medical attention she needs for her cancer. Romero has been her since 1990 and has raised 4 kids in Florida and Atlanta. She has worked as a housekeeper for most of her life but in august that’s when her life changed. She was stopped for speeding and when she didn’t have a license the police reported it to ICE when they picked her up and brought her to Irwin County detention center. Her son is doing everything he can with his sisters to get their mother release but with the constant denial and the privacy ICE is keeping it is hard to get information about their mom and the situation they are fighting for.

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"The Color of Fear"

"The Color of Fear" is a movie about race and what it means to be "American". I saw this movie during one of my psychology classes when we were talking about discrimination. A group of men from all different ethnic groups and background were selected to go on a weekend retreat to talk about the issue of racism. This movie isn't about immigration specifically but the two latino men that were in there talks about there family immigrating to America and why that was important to them. The movie talks about how being "American" means different things depending on each persons background and ethnic group. They talk about the fear they have because they are not born white. Even though it is an older movie it still brings up current issues we are facing with racism today.


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A Purdue university engineering student was up early one morning making his way to CVS to buy some over the counter cold medicine since he wasn't feeling too well. Jose Guzman Payano went to the school clinic before his visit to CVS and the doctor said that he was coming down with bronchitis. He went to CVS to see if the over the counter medicine would work for him but was stopped at the when the lady who worked there asked for his ID. He showed her his Puerto Rican ID but apparently that wasn't valid for her. She asked him to show he his visa because apparently you can't buy cold medicine without an US ID. She kept asking for his ID over and over again until he gave up and left because he didn't want to argue with him and make a scene. Later that day he told his mom what had happen and she posted on social media the story she was told and how this was not right. They are still investigating the situation but CVS made a statement saying they apologized and that they have reminded their associates that they are not allowed to what had happened.


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Living in the basement

Nikita Stewart wanted to research people living in basements in New York City, so she went around and started interviewing people. People in New York, specifically Queens living in illegal basements are mostly immigrants. These basements are unsafe and overcrowded with many people. Many people were afraid to talk due to their status, but they got to talk to a 50-year-old man named Amado who has a green card. He talked about his living situation and what it is like living in the basement. Amado lives in a cramped basement with a bunch of others who barley knows each other. He even has a roommate who he doesn’t know much about. Amado works throughout the week and sends majority of his money to Mexico to where his family is. The news reporter found this story difficult to write because all Amado did in his daily life was work, home, eat, and sleep. So, they took it a step further and in this article, you will also learn about what his homeland is like, what all of Amado’s sacrificing is for.

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The Untold Story of an Undocumented Immigrant Family Torn Apart by 9/11

This article is about an untold story of an undocumented immigrant family who went through 9/11. Luis and Ana came to New York in the late 1980’s when he got a job as a bus boy. They had a son together and raised him in Queens NY. In 1996 he landed the job of his dreams and worked for the Windows on the World restaurant that was on top of the North tower. In 2001 he was promoted to a manager position. On September 11th he headed into work kissing his wife goodbye like he usually does and started his day at 5:30 in the morning. The restaurant had over 400 workers that included immigrants from over two dozen different countries. Luis sadly was on of the 73 people who died along with 6 other workers and 91 guest. Kenneth Feinberg created a Victims Compensation Fund and raised over 7 billion dollars for people who were injured or dependents of the deceased. After Ana was really scared because she lived here illegally, she wanted to leave but needed to stay for her son who needed special medication they couldn’t get back home. Ana was afraid to ask for help because of her status but when she did the amount of help she received she said “was so beautiful”. In 2016 she finally got her green card and owns her own bakery something Luis and her dreamed about. Unfortunately they never found his body but since he always wanted his ashes to be in the ocean Ana believes that’s where he is. 

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British Family Detained

A British family was detained by the US government when they accidentally crossed over the U.S. border while driving. The were kept in a service center for ever two weeks with their 3 month old baby. They claim that they conditions they were kept in were awful but border control is denial any accusations. They were visiting some family in Vancouver and was driving near the border when they saw an animal in the road and swerved to avoid hitting it. They drove onto an unmarked road resulting in crossing the border. They have four adults, 2 year old twins, and a baby. They claim they watch them on a video surveillance trying to enter into the U.S. illegally. After the two weeks they were deported back into the UK with no further information. 

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Living Undocumented reviews

CNN wrote a review about the new Netflix series called “Living Undocumented” stating how it is a passionate piece that shows the roles of immigrants lives and how they live in fear every day. CNN makes a note in the series Trump administration was getting blamed on for problems we see with immigration today. However, they made a point stating that the problem with the immigration stating under Bill Clinton but Trump is the recent president that is expanding on it in a negative way. They followed 8 families but after this some of them struggled staying together seeing how their kids are so afraid to be out in the world. They also stated that even though this show was so powerful and a great discussion piece it is sad that it doesn’t do much to the immigration policy we have to deal with today.

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