This month’s articles include discussions of immigration’s economic impacts; accounts of government and citizen efforts to assist and support new immigrants; articles about the dangers, both physical and psychological, faced by migrants; a reflection from a recently naturalized U.S. voter; and the story of nuns gathering in Nogales and the KBI in solidarity with the migrants.
• From the New Yorker (10/31/16), a thoughtful book review about the immigration debate, the place of immigrants in our society, and our collective responsibilities to those who seek refuge and a better, safer life: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/31/untangling-the-immigration-debate?mbid=nl_TNY%20Template%20-%20With%20Photo%20(109)&CNDID=31758749&spMailingID=9770391&spUserID=MTMzMTgzMjE4NTczS0&spJobID=1022166920&spReportId=MTAyMjE2NjkyMAS2.
• From the Los Angeles Times (10/27/16), a story about the pending deportation of a South Korean man who was raised in the U.S. by his adoptive parents and has lived here for 37 years: http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-south-korean-deportation-20161027-story.html.
• From the Loyola Phoenix (10/26/16), an article about Loyola University’s student-organized Mock Border Wall project, designed to encourage constructive discussion about immigration and the migrant experience: http://www.loyolaphoenix.com/2016/10/mock-border-wall-sparks-immigration-dialogue/.
• From The New York Times (10/25/16), a history of the economic impact of immigrants in the U.S. labor force since the 1940s: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/26/business/economy/if-immigration-cant-be-stopped-maybe-it-can-be-managed.html?emc=edit_th_20161026&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=68564230.
• From Nogales International (10/25/16), a report on Haitian refugees arriving in Nogales, Sonora after their long journeys and seeking entry into the U.S.: http://www.nogalesinternational.com/news/haitian-migrants-arrive-in-nogales-sonora-after-months-long-journey/article_859edb06-97ed-11e6-8166-8f727c352eca.html.
• From The New York Times (10/20/16), an op-ed from a newly naturalized U.S. citizen about voting for the first time in the upcoming election: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/20/opinion/how-to-vote-as-an-immigrant-and-a-citizen.html?nlid=68564230&src=recpb.
• From the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (10/18/16), three short films from the 2016 Nansen Refugee Award ceremony honoring volunteer efforts in Greece to save thousands of refugees in distress at sea, a situation that tragically echoes the desert deaths in North America: (1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrKwV2M17gs&index=4&list=PLtPw-Y91GlmUpiWE6-T7pRAR7UxhRoQSg; (2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqrVAnc-1uQ&list=PLtPw-Y91GlmUpiWE6-T7pRAR7UxhRoQSg&index=5; and (3) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T06F6LS8NSc&list=PLtPw-Y91GlmUpiWE6-T7pRAR7UxhRoQSg&index=6.
• From The New York Times (10/18/16), a chronicle of how job placement is helping refugees in Europe acclimate to their new lives: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/19/business/international/guiding-refugees-in-europe-on-a-rocky-path-to-assimilation.html?emc=edit_th_20161019&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=68564230.
• From The New York Times (10/18/16), an op-ed about refugee resettlement in the U.S. and the importance of these humanitarian efforts: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/18/opinion/refugees-need-a-nations-better-angels.html?emc=edit_th_20161018&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=68564230.
• From The New York Times (10/17/16), a piece about a November ballot measure in California seeking to expand bilingual education in response to their increasingly multilingual population: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/18/us/californians-having-curbed-bilingual-education-may-now-expand-it.html?emc=edit_th_20161018&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=68564230.
• From the Global Sisters Report (10/9/16), coverage of a recent gathering of nuns in Nogales and at the KBI comedor for prayer, discussion, and advocacy in support of immigration reform: http://globalsistersreport.org/blog/gsr-today/migration/sisters-advocates-gather-us-mexico-border-call-attention-immigration.
• From Scientific American (10/8/16), an article about a forensic anthropologist using DNA to identify remains found along the migrant trail in the Sonoran Desert: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/qa-forensic-anthropologist-mercedes-doretti/.
• From The New York Times (9/8/16), stories of Canadians welcoming Syrian families to their new home: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/10/22/world/americas/canada-refugees-syria.html?emc=edit_th_20161023&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=68564230. (Part I of this coverage here: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/01/world/americas/canada-syrian-refugees.html?emc=edit_th_20161023&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=68564230.)
• From The Hill (5/13/16), a blog post by a pediatrician and advocate documenting the psychological damage children suffer when their parents are deported: http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/healthcare/279544-immigration-deporting-parents-negatively-affects-kids-health.
• From the New Yorker (4/27/15), an in-depth story by recently named MacArthur Fellow Sarah Stillman about the dangers faced by Latin American migrants on their journeys and at the border: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/04/27/where-are-the-children?mbid=nl_100016_Sunday_Wei&CNDID=31758749&spMailingID=9653170&spUserID=MTMzMTgzMjE4NTczS0&spJobID=1020560818&spReportId=MTAyMDU2MDgxOAS2.
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