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The Worst Prison System in America

The INS is holding immigrants in filthy, overcrowded jails across the country — with no rights, no charges, and no relief in sight

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Neighborhoods

Chinatown ’89: Growing by Leaps

“Now the community has 10 newspapers, 25 bank branches, and a population of roughly 100,000 — half of whom have ar­rived in the last five years.”

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Chinatown ’89: Outside Looking In

Ping Chong is a Chinese-American theater and performance artist who grew up and still lives in Manhattan’s Chinatown.

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Chinatown ’89: Surviving in America

The Trials of a Chinese Immigrant Woman

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Chinatown ’89: Riding the Dragon

Chinatown’s Politics: Many Votes, No Chinese Candidates

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America’s Border War Gets High-Tech and Nasty

Journalists and other political tourists come from far away to see “el bordo.” Some say it’s the Wall, some see it as the DMZ. Others say it is a new version of the Maginot line.

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BOOKS ARCHIVES

Natalia Sylvester’s Immigrant Song

‘Looking back at my parents’ experience, I always wondered, “How bad did things have to get in order for you to leave everything you know and love?” ’

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’The President Said We Can Call Our Kids — Why Is He Lying?’

Immigration lawyers describe their visits to detained families split up by ICE: ‘I don’t know how these parents or children can ever recover’

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‘Continuous Trauma’: What It’s Like for Immigrant Kids Separated From Their Families

Reuniting children with their parents is a must — but right now they need lawyers, pediatricians, social workers, and therapists to help them cope

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The Moral Case for Incivility

‘The call to be meek and passive feels like an insult. Even a turned cheek burns when it’s slapped.’

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