Tag: immigration
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Noise Around TPS: February 2019 News Headlines
What’s the future of TPS (Temporary Protected Status) in 2019? TPS is making mainstream news while the program’s existence is in its most uncertain state. Here’s what you need to know this month.
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Noise Around TPS: January 2019 News Headlines
What’s the future of TPS (Temporary Protected Status) in 2019? TPS is making mainstream news while the program’s existence is in its most uncertain state. Here’s what you need to know this month.
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1,000 miles: step 87
On January 8th, I was given a kind of death sentence. That’s the date DHS announced to end El Salvador’s TPS (Temporary Protected Status). I’ve had almost a month to process the implications of this, and I don’t feel like I’ve made big leaps. The thing is that I don’t want to process this information.…
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Immigrant Me: How It Feels When You Say I’ll Be Okay
When people say “you’ll be okay, just wait until the next President,” know you are not comforting anyone. I need more from you. I need your support with everything you’ve got.
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1,000 miles: step 86
We don’t want 2017 to roll onto 2018. In 2017, the immigrant community received several hits. Let’s change that.
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Top 13 Scary Moments: Claudiapoet’s Edition
In the spirit of Halloween, I want to share some moments that have scared me in different degrees, but scared me for sure. Are they all spooky? You have to read on and find out! Go on, see whether any make you scream or scram. Some of these moments are small fears–you may even say…
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On Citizenship: A Takeaway from the DACA Decision
This past week, the nation tuned into Attorney Jeff Sessions’ announcement on the termination of DACA. News outlets were then eager to interview DACA recipients to share the stories of these youth. DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) is a program. It did not offer a pathway to citizenship or permanent residency. When the program started in…
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AMERICA: PLEASE TALK ABOUT ME, BEHIND MY BACK, TOO
TPS affects hundreds of thousands. TPS means you will go home eventually. The thing with TPS is that in many cases, it carries on for several decades—not out of a fault in the system, though many will argue that.
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Hey, World: I Am Immigrant and I Graduated College
In the spring of 2012, I unpacked bags and sat on a bed I shared with my mother, a bed inside a room rented through a former friend in the Falls Church area. I had returned from my first year at a small liberal arts school, Simon’s Rock in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. I had returned…
Claudia Rojas 