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A Bill of Rights for refugees and host countries

February 26, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Immigration, International, Justice One comment

Fifty St. Louis-area high school students dived into the international refugee crisis yesterday and created something that, apparently, no one has previously considered: a

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Australian refugees: Who are they, and what are the terms of the deal?

February 3, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Immigration, International, Refugees, Trump, United Nations 4 comments

About 1,200 Afghani, Iraqi and Iranian refugees—currently housed in terrible conditions on islands near Australia—are supposed to come, over time, to the US, under

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MO Senator Roy Blunt plays the odds on Muslim ban

January 31, 2017 Willy Kessler Immigration, Missouri region, Trump Leave a comment

So we’re two days into the fallout from The Donald’s Muslim ban (and, dear folks, all his denials aside, it is a Muslim ban).

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Stephen Miller: New Bannon/Trump apologist is scarier than Conway

January 31, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Government, Immigration, Media, Trump One comment

President Bannon/Trump has trotted out a new spokesperson—Stephen Miller—and he’s even scarier than KellyAnne Conway. I saw him interviewed the other evening, and his

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Ban Syrian refugees from gun-lax TX, says NRA-backed TX lawmaker

November 18, 2015 Gloria Shur Bilchik Guns, Immigration, States Leave a comment

Tony Dale, a Republican State Representative to the Texas legislature, wants to ban Syrian refugees from his state because it’s too easy for them

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What Donald Trump doesn’t know about the Mexican farm workers who make his 5-star dinner possible

July 21, 2015 Renee Shur Employment, Food, Immigration, Republicans Leave a comment

Donald Trump’s sneers about Latino rapists, criminals, and druggies coming-to-harm-your-property-and-your-kids have real-life consequences. His all-too-familiar ethnic scapegoating intentionally obscures the truth about a community

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Immigration foes say, “Immigrants steal our culture.” Why they are wrong.

September 3, 2014 Adam Levin Immigration, Republicans Leave a comment

I recently saw a Facebook post entitled, “Here’s All I Want.” It included four wishes: “Obama: Gone!” “Borders: Closed!” Language: English!” “Culture: U.S. Constitution

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I’m a member of a minority culture: Here’s what it’s like

July 10, 2014 Hafsa Human Rights, Immigration, Women 2 comments

A few years back, I was searching for essay contests to enter (they were for extra credit; don’t judge), and I stumbled on one

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Coca-Cola ad delivers ‘happiness’ via drones, but the world’s workers are still thirsty

May 19, 2014 Bojan Francuz Activism, Immigration, International, Poverty Leave a comment

The latest ad from Coca-Cola, made in collaboration with the Singapore Kindness Movement (SKM), has an upbeat, random-acts-of-kindness message. But before you help the

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Voting news: No more microscopic type on New York City ballots

February 17, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik Cities, Immigration, Voting/Elections, Widgets: Voting One comment

They may not have needed photo ID to cast their ballots, but in the 2013 city election, New York City voters would have done

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