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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